Destin FL May fishing guides / ideas

[Bigshrimpin]

The inlaws have booked a week in Destin . . . Can anyone recommend a fishing guide or charter boat in the area?

[TomParis]

Capttodd is a member and runs a charter not far from there send him a pm

[martin]

Depends on what they want to fish for. Date and time they will.be in would be nice.. Capt Todd Jones is in Panama city. I am sure he can point you in the right direction

[RUSTYNTABATHA]

Next time plan your trip A little further west and you won't need a charter... if you plan for the 2 weeks I'm home that is....

[Bigshrimpin]

Rusty - That's super generous . . . will keep that in mind for the future. The wife's parents are planning to relocate to the area from Dallas. We're there May8th - 13th which overlaps with the start of red snapper . . . getting close.

[RUSTYNTABATHA]

yup... Hope to get mine put together this trip home... because my hitch after that I get home Tuesday the 31... of may .... for FED season... I have some holes that we culled anything under 10#...biggest we pulled was pushing 30.... but 6 fish average was around 18 3 years ago .... didn't hit it last 2 years and pretty sure no one else did much on it either because of its location ....
are they relocating to destin or my side .... im not a destin fan ... too many people ... our area is like destin was 20 years ago..... but the water there stays a little clearer with rain ... but id wager we have as many dockside restaurants as they do....

[Bigshrimpin]

Holy smokes those are good size fish!! Don't share that spot. Thanks for the suggestion . . . I'll pass it along. I think they are looking anywhere b/w the Alabama line to Destin. They don't like crowds either, so I was surprised to hear they are going to be spending a day with a realtor. They have some good friends that are living near you in Alabama,so maybe they will end up there. I think the "no state income tax" thing is part of the FL attraction.

[RUSTYNTABATHA]

I was born and raised in Pensacola.... we moved to al 10 years ago... you will pay the same overall tax load just in different places.... I thought it would be a big difference but it wasn't noticeable... perdido key is a good area... still in florida... but less crowd !!

[SandlapperGT]

Hate to pile on, but will also be in Destin from May 28th to June 4th and looking for charter recs. I have PM's Capt Todd, but haven't heard back yet.

If any recommendations please pass along.

TIA!

[martin]

Just spoke to Todd this afternoon. And he said that bigshrimpin will be fishing with him... Glad to hear that. Todd is a great guy and a seasoned Captain.. He will put you on the fish. Oh and he runs a 23 seacraft as well..