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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.
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Sails, Whales & Mahi Tales

Posted 08-17-2009 at 08:10 PM by Captain Larry (Captain Larry's Blog)

Sails, Whales & Mahi Tales

Capt. Larry Pentel
August 17, 2009
Destin - Saltwater Fishing Report




What an incredible past 2 weeks! Kinda hard to figure where to start but I guess it should be with the big fish- Really BIG Fish! There has been a school (pod?) of Whale Sharks living in the Grayton/Seagrove area for at least the past 12 days. They have stayed within about a 20 square mile area and while they haven't been feeding on the surface everyday we have had several days where not only would at least one stay on the surface they would let us get the boat right next to 'em and even let us swim with them, totally unconcerned about our presence. You have no idea just how "big" a 35 foot long fish is until you swim along side one!



Like I said-they would swim right by the boat!



A full view, hard to judge size with no perspective.



Feeding on the surface with a mouth 8 feet wide!



For a little perspective- That's me cruising along with one we estimated...
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