Destin boasts beautiful beaches with some of the whitest sand in the world. Popular water sports include windsurfing, swimming, sailing, parasailing, jet skiing, scuba, and snorkeling. Dolphins are regular visitors to Destin, and dolphin encounters are a popular attraction. Tour options include large yachts, smaller sailboats, glass bottom boats, and wave runners, giving visitors a variety of ways to get a close up view of these fascinating marine mammals. Destin also is home to a water park, The Air Force Armament Museum, Emerald Coast Science Center, and Florida’s Gulfarium, the oldest marine show aquarium in the country is in nearby Fort Walton Beach. Challenge your kids to a go cart race, or bumper boat ride, or get your adrenaline pumping on the bungee tower at The Track Family Recreation Center. History buffs and anglers alike will revel in the fascinating displays at the Destin History and Fishing Museum including award winning game fish displays, antique fishing equipment, vintage photos and more.
Destin is also home to more than 10 beautiful and challenging golf courses, with landscaping that is unique to the northwest Florida coast. Golf is available year round and the gorgeous courses range in difficulty from entry level to challenging. Shoppers will love the choices in Destin. From the upscale open-air shopping at Destin Commons, to the quaint Destin Harborwalk, Destin offers a variety of shopping choices. Art galleries, boutiques, souvenirs, beachwear, jewelry, antiques, and more are all available in Destin’s many shopping centers.Dining choices in Destin are many and varied. Destin has five star fine dining, family friendly restaurants, and casual beach side cafes. Many of Destin’s restaurants feature the wonderful seafood caught in Destin’s waters. Destin also has a variety of bars and nightclubs to entertain visitors well into the night with dancing, live music, and more.
Getting to Destin is easy with 4 airports all within 60 miles. Pensacola Airport, 60 mile west, has the most air carriers including American, America West, Delta, Continental, United, Northwest, USAirways, and Transworld. Other nearby airports include Ft. Walton Beach, Destin/Ft. Walton Beach, and Panama City Bay County International Airport, 60 miles to the east. All local airports have major car rental agencies on location making it easy to get to and around Destin at any time.
Destin Game Fish
Destin’s waters are home to a large variety of fish species. Inshore bottom fishing is great for many species of snapper, gag and red grouper, amberjack, shark, and triggerfish. Trolling is good for kingfish, Spanish mackerel, cobia, and wahoo. Deep water sportfishing is great for white marlin, blue marlin, dolphin (mahi-mahi), sailfish, and wahoo. Inshore and flats fishing offers redfish, bluefish, trout, flounder, jack Crevalle, Spanish mackerel, and black drum.
Charter Fishing Destin
Destin has a beautiful sub tropical to temperate climate with high temperatures ranging from the mid 60’s in the winter months up to the high 80’s to 90 degrees in the summer. Destin boasts Florida’s largest charter fishing fleet, with captains specializing in inshore, flats, offshore, bottom fishing, and deep water big game fishing. Inshore fishing for redfish, trout, flounder, black drum, bluefish, and shark is great year round. Inshore flats fishing for cobia is good March through May, while Spanish mackerel are common April through September. Inshore site casting for cobia starting in early spring is one of Destin’s most popular and exciting angling experiences. Bottom fishing in Destin is great year round for amberjack, grouper, shark, and triggerfish, while snapper is most common from April through October. Deep water fishing for mahi-mahi is great from June through October, while king mackerel, tuna, wahoo, sailfish, marlin, and bonito are best from April through October. Whatever time of year you choose to visit Destin, there are a variety of fish that are biting. Charter captains and guides are friendly and knowledgeable about the local fishing trends and can help anglers of any skill level get on the fish all year long.
Choose Destin for your next fishing adventure
Destin is one of Florida’s premier fishing destinations. With a great variety of fish species and the largest charter fishing fleet in Florida, Destin offers fantastic year round fishing. Pure white sugar sand beaches, great water sports, world class fine and casual dining, fantastic shopping, great golf, fascinating museums, and family friendly water parks make Destin a great choice for your next charter fishing vacation.
