Destin 10-11-12

Perfect Conditions

This Fall weather pattern we have been in makes for some perfect fishing conditions. A little breezy out of the North 1st thing and then it has just been laying down to flat smooth by mid day. Cool 1st thing ( a light jacket is nice !)and by noon it's warm without being "sweaty". October sure is wonderful here at the beach !

The grouper bite continued on after my last report and maybe even heated up some more ( like that was possible ?) before falling off the past few days. As usual though when one species backs off there is another predator ready to jump in quickly. The Jacks have shown up-- in force no less ! This morning my first stop had my anglers to the rail right away with a great bite of Amberines. We limited out and moved on to another reef only to find 'em Red Hot there as well. After a bunch of "just short" triggers ( a couple keepers too) Vermillions and Pinks one of my anglers hooked up a big Bull Shark. Now this fellow was not about playing the fish, he was gonna winch 'em in and by gosh he did just that. His wife made some pics of the big toothy critter at the boat and He turned and told me "Capt- I'm beat, we got a great catch of fish-- take us in ". Another successful trip and I got to finish up early and write a fishing report !

Here's a few pics from the past week-- including a couple of great grouper boards.

I had the kids fishing as well as the Dads-- each of the kids caught a Grouper ON HIS OWN. A fantastic 4 hr catch