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Early May Fishing Report

5/14/2018

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Wow, time is flying, Summer 2018 is right around the corner.  Weather is warming up and afternoon showers are starting to show up signifying summer is here.  Water temps are on the rise, bait fish are showing up, and fishing is heating up.  If you're planing a trip to Destin, Fl area and plan on fishing, remember to book your fishing trip as early as possible as there is limited availability.  

As for fishing, the bite as been good and is just getting better each day.  In the back bay with the bait fishing showing up in full force the fishing as come alive.  We are seeing alot more action on the flats with bluefish, skipjacks, spanish mackerel, and trout.  While fishing around structure we are catching redfish, mangrove snapper, and an occasional blackdrum still.  Majority of the redfish lately on the docks continue to be just under slot making for plenty of action and occasional slot fish to bring home for dinner. 

Out in the gulf while trolling we are targeting spanish mackerel, bonita, and king mackerels.  Bottom fishing we are targeting trigger fish, vermilion snappers "aka mingos snappers", white snappers, and amberjacks.  The red snappers continue to be plentiful but continue to be closed but we are catching them for great photos and releasing them.  
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    Captain Josh Calhoon

    Captain Josh

    Great news! The rental ban has been lifted and summer is here.  Fishing has been great over the past couple weeks and we are booking up fast.  Make sure to call asap to get on the books. Check out below what we have been catching.

    Here lately on our inshore bay fishing charters we have been catching a variety of species.  The redfish continue to be a target as these fish are a year around fishery for the Destin, Florida area.  We are catching there around structure as well as on grass flats.  The Spanish mackerel and bluefish bite has been red hot trolling artificial lures, casting jigs, and using live baits when we are able to find good sized ones.  With the fin baits starting to show up on the grass flats, the grass flats fishing is starting to happen with speckled trout, redfish, spanish mackerel, and bluefish mixed. 

    On our inshore gulf fishing charters the bite has been good as well.  While trolling we have been targeting king mackerel, spanish mackerel, and amberjacks.   Amberjacks are still in season untile June 1st.  While bottom fishing we are targeting a mix bag of  snappers including white snapper, mingo snapper, and mangrove snappers along with triggerfish and redsnappers. 

    Red snappers and trigger fish are out of season but still make for great time to perform "CPR" (Catch, Photograph, and Release)

    Summer break 2020 is here and we are happy to be fishing every day again.  Give us a call to get out fishing while visiting  Destin, Fl. this year.

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