Quote Originally Posted by Oldyota View Post
I figured I would ask since lots of folks from Kentuckiana go down to Destin... I'm planning on one 6 hr. trip offshore, but we're staying at the Jetty East which is right by main canal opening from the bay to the gulf. Wondering if anyone has ever fished them with any luck... Just looking to take the kids down there in the evening to watch the sunset and throw a line out... Thanks
I was down in Destin with the family about 2 weeks ago. We did a 6 hour offshore trip and didn't catch one fish. When we got there that morning, the captain recommended that we troll instead of bottom fish. His reasoning was that it took about 1.5 hours to get to the area where bottom fishing was good and of course 1.5 hours back; leaving us 3 hours of fishing. The trolling could start almost immediately. So on his recommendation, we went trolling and got skunked. The real kicker was about 4 hours into the trip, the deck hand on the boat says "Well, I really wished you guys had chose bottom fishing, we would've slayed em"...