Our bountiful blue seas are internationally recognized. The offshore shelf drops off at Destin’s East Pass to 100-feet within 10 miles creating the Gulf’s speediest deep-water access.

Our waters offer 20 species of edible game fish that are always in seasonal runs which is four times more than most destinations.

Destin harbors more than 140 vessels from party boats to private charters. All offer deep sea, inshore and bottom fishing for as little as $25 a half-day. Free fish cleaning for the day's catch provided by many charters.
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More billfish are caught each year off the coast of Destin * Fort Walton Beach * Okaloosa Island than all other Gulf ports combined. Offshore trolling begins only 27 miles (43km) out. Prime months run April-October for sailfish, white marlin, blue marlin, dolphin and wahoo.

Year-round concentrations lure red snapper, grouper, warsaw, amberjack, scamp and triggerfish.

The elusive cobia begins running in March. Lasting through November, subsequent runs include Spanish mackerel, bluefish, king mackerel, tarpon and blackfin tuna.

The 1,200-foot (360m) Okaloosa Pier is lit for night fishing and known to shelter 100-pound (45kg) tarpons. Here you can cast from the 3,000-foot (900m) Destin Bridge Catwalk, finger jetties, and sandy shores to hook speckled trout, white snapper and redfish.

All year long you can catch sheepshead, white trout, channel bass, croaker, sailcat, bluefish and buckets of blue crab in our serene bay and bayou waters.

The Blackwater, Shoal and Yellow rivers -- teeming with bass, bream and catfish -- offer some of the best fishing in the area.

An array of stocked ponds, including the 350-acre (140ha) Hurricane Lake in Blackwater River State Park, are filled with channel catfish, large-mouth bass, bluegill and shellcracker.