2019 Destin, Florida Fishing Regulations

Destin, Florida Fishing Regulations 2019

2/19/2019

The 2019 Destin, Florida fishing season is here, ARE YOU READY?

With the new year comes the new seasons and regulations for this years fishing season in Destin, Florida. Every year the time frames also known as seasons and regulations for the different species of fish caught out of Destin, Florida change. These regulations are managed and governed by the FWC (Florida fish and wildlife conservation commission). These regulations are more important now then ever before, with more and more anglers taking the water each year. These regulations are put in place to help conserve the different species of fish to make sure they don’t get over fished and help replenish the species that have been over fished over the years, so we as well as our children can continue enjoying catching them in the years to come. Below will be a list of the species along with their size regulation and open season for this year. These regulations listed are all reef fish caught in the Gulf of Mexico in State Regulated waters out of Destin, Florida. The different species of fish caught in the bays of Destin, Florida are open season year around.

Amberjacks
Gulf State Waters
Minimum Size Limit: 34” Fork Length
Daily Bag Limit: 1 per person
Season: Open May 1-31 and Aug. 1-Oct. 31

Triggerfish
Minimum size limit: 15” fork length
Daily bag limit: 1 per person
Season: open March 1st-may31st & august 1st- December 31st

Redsnapper
Minimum size limit: 16” total length
daily bag limit: 2 per person
Season: Proposed 2019 season: June 11 - July 12

Gag grouper
Minimum size limit: 24” total length
Daily bag limit: 2 per person
Season: June 1st - December 31st

Remember if you are venturing out for a fun day of fishing in Destin, Florida check out the FWC website for all the up to date regulations, that way you don't ruin your fun day of fishing.

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Captain Josh

November is here and the 2019 Destin Fishing Rodeo is in the history books. We had another great year for the rodeo winning 1st and 2nd place redfish, 1st place sheepshead, 2nd place flounder, 1st and 2nd place black snapper, 2nd place barracuda, 1st place grouper and 2nd place king mackerel. The award ceremony was a great time and I was awarded the Captain of the year award for our division for the 3rd year in a row. Thank you to all our customers that fished with us this year in the rodeo.

Fall is here and the with the cooler weather the water temps have been dropping. This has made fishing starting to get on the fall fishing pattern finally after being behind schedule with the record breaking temps in september and october. Here lately on our inshore bay fishing charters we have been catching a variety of species. The redfish bite continues to be good as these fish are a year around fishery for the Destin, Florida area. We are starting to sight fish them along the beaches as they move out to the gulf to migrate. The mangrove snappers are still around but we expect them to move out in the weeks coming with the water temps dropping. We have started catching flounders in the bay as well as inshore wrecks in the gulf. We are also starting to see speckled trout and black drum in the mix in the back bay. The sheephead are here in good numbers but we probably wont see them biting much until the water cools down and pushes the pinfish to deeper water.

On our inshore gulf fishing charters the bite has been good as well. While bottom fishing we are catching a mix bag of snappers including white snapper, mingo snapper, and mangrove snappers along with triggerfish and redsnappers. Over the next couple months one of our main targeted species in the gulf will be flounder as they stack up on nearshore wrecks this time of the year. The trolling bite has been off and on from day to day catching king mackerel, spanish mackerel, and bonitas. This is the time of the year we will start seeing some blackfin tunas show up with the cooler water.

Triggerfish and Red snappers continue to be out of season for the remainder of the year but still make for great time to perform "CPR" (Catch, Photograph, and Release)

Our captains fish year around and are always ready to go fishing. Give us a call to get out on the water this fall and winter.