Captain Larry Pentel is a native of South Walton, growing up just 300 yards from the beach. Having fished the local waters for over forty years he is very familiar with all the fish populations, their habits and most importantly their habitats. The finest Snapper and Grouper fishing found anywhere, sight-fishing Cobia along the sandbar or spectacular Tarpon fishing at Indian Pass are all part of the seasonal experiences provided by Capt’n Larry.
Lottsa Kings, Few Beach Goers
Posted 09-20-2009 at 06:26 AM by Captain Larry
Lottsa Kings, Few Beach goers
Capt. Larry Pentel
September 19, 2009
Destin - Saltwater Fishing Report
Fall at the beach, hard to find a better place to be!
The Kings have turned back on full tilt with a few bigger fish starting to show up. Still a few Mahi's around and the triggers are getting a little bigger and more numerous as well. The weather the past week has been a little unsettled with a lot of rain squalls but the surf hasn't really been that bad most days and I have only missed a couple days due to higher seas. When we came in today (Sat.) I was amazed at how few folks were on the beach for a weekend-- and at least half of 'em were locals I knew! Only 2 other boats out off the beach at Grayton today besides us. Not hot, not cold, the waters is 82 degrees and the fish were chewin' hard.
A great rack of Kings (limit) and 8 triggers on a half day.
Another limit of kings and a few Spanish
This is one of the days I missed ! That's a waterspout about a mile off the beach at Grayton at 6:15 in the AM !
Plenty of fish to be cleaned and cooked-
Sorry if these pics are a little fuzzy- Seems my camera is having issues this week. Living on a an open boat and staying wet for a few years seems to eventually take a toll on just about all the equipment---- Easy to find "waterproof & shock proof"-- now if I could just find some "fishhead proof" gear I'd be in business!
I haven't been running offshore to look for amberines or vermilion snappers as we have been finding lots off surface fish and trigs up in close. I would think that they are starting to show up as well. But hey, why spend an hour running out and back when you can spend 40 minutes of that same hour catching fish up in close?
I have heard some good flounder reports from the harbor in Destin already. It won't be much longer and those tasty flat fish will be stacking up on all the shallow wrecks off the beach as well.
So many species--- so little time----
Capt Larry Pentel
Capt. Larry Pentel
September 19, 2009
Destin - Saltwater Fishing Report
Fall at the beach, hard to find a better place to be!
The Kings have turned back on full tilt with a few bigger fish starting to show up. Still a few Mahi's around and the triggers are getting a little bigger and more numerous as well. The weather the past week has been a little unsettled with a lot of rain squalls but the surf hasn't really been that bad most days and I have only missed a couple days due to higher seas. When we came in today (Sat.) I was amazed at how few folks were on the beach for a weekend-- and at least half of 'em were locals I knew! Only 2 other boats out off the beach at Grayton today besides us. Not hot, not cold, the waters is 82 degrees and the fish were chewin' hard.
A great rack of Kings (limit) and 8 triggers on a half day.
Another limit of kings and a few Spanish
This is one of the days I missed ! That's a waterspout about a mile off the beach at Grayton at 6:15 in the AM !
Plenty of fish to be cleaned and cooked-
Sorry if these pics are a little fuzzy- Seems my camera is having issues this week. Living on a an open boat and staying wet for a few years seems to eventually take a toll on just about all the equipment---- Easy to find "waterproof & shock proof"-- now if I could just find some "fishhead proof" gear I'd be in business!
I haven't been running offshore to look for amberines or vermilion snappers as we have been finding lots off surface fish and trigs up in close. I would think that they are starting to show up as well. But hey, why spend an hour running out and back when you can spend 40 minutes of that same hour catching fish up in close?
I have heard some good flounder reports from the harbor in Destin already. It won't be much longer and those tasty flat fish will be stacking up on all the shallow wrecks off the beach as well.
So many species--- so little time----
Capt Larry Pentel
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