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Fall In Destin Is Festival Season

It’s Fall in Destin! As the cooler weather arrives, it’s time to prepare for the Fall festivals in Destin!

It's Fall Festival Season In Destin

October 1st marks the beginning of Destin’s premiere fishing event of the year, The Destin Fishing Rodeo.

Throughout the month of October, the World’s Luckiest Fishing Village will play host to over 30,000 great fisherman as they compete to reel in the biggest game fish. Over $100,000 will be awarded in cash and prizes, and practically every game fish will be recognized. Wether you’re trolling inshore for king mackerel, offshore for marlin, or going deep for grouper, you will be eligible to win. Plus, every Saturday in October is Shark Saturday, and the largest shark will win a cash prize!

You don’t want to miss out on the rodeo action and weigh-in fun! The rodeo is free for all anglers fishing aboard a registered vessel, like the Destination, so make your reservations now to participate in the most popular tournament on the Gulf Coast! The weigh-ins are open to the public, and held every day in October, from 10AM to 7PM, on the harbor boardwalk near AJs.

Fall in Destin always begins with the Destin Seafood Festival. It’s a local tradition.

This year, the 37th Annual Destin Seafood Festival will officially begin on Friday, October 4th at four o’clock, and will run throughout the weekend, showcasing some of the best seafood Destin has to offer.

Destin’s seafood festival tradition began in 1978, founded by the Charter Boat Association’s Women’s Auxiliary as a fundraiser for the local fisherman, and a way to attract visitors to the area. Thirty-seven years later the Destin Charter Boat Association carries on the tradition, and the festival has grown into a huge celebration of Destin’s rich marine heritage.

Over sixty-thousand people are expected to attend this year, for the most amazing local seafood, live music, fireworks, arts, crafts, and all around family fun.

The weekend of October 16-19, is one of the South’s most celebrated festivals, The 39th Annual Boggy Bayou Mullet Festival, in the neighboring town of Niceville.

Back in the days when the small town of Niceville was a nice little fishing village known as Boggy Bayou, local fisherman relied substantially on mullet, and poled flat-bottomed skiffs on the bay at night, listened for the jumping fish, and cast their nets. The mullet was then salted and preserved in fish barrels, and sold or traded to farmers from Florida and Alabama for vegetables.

This family friendly festival celebrating the mullet, and old Boggy Bayou traditions, was named one of the top 12 food festivals in the nation, and boasts three days of jam-packed fun with a large selection of food, including mullet, unique handmade arts and crafts, fun amusement rides and games, and top-notch musical entertainment.

Kick back and relax in between bites, and watch your favorite college football team aboard the Destination, via Direct TV!

A Great Fishing Season in Destin!

So far, It has been a great fishing season in Destin!

Fishing Season in Destin

We have had a lot of great catches, and we’ve made a lot of great memories, too. Another great fishing season in Destin with Charter Boat Destination.

Gag Grouper Fishing Season in Destin

Gag grouper typically weigh up to twenty-five pounds; the largest gag grouper on record weighed in at eighty-six pounds, and was caught near Destin. Gag grouper inhabit rocky bottoms, reefs and drop-off walls in deep water, are fun to catch, and are very tasty.

Fun fact: grouper are born as females but can later become male.

Amberjack Fishing Season in Destin

Amberjack are deep water fiesty fish; they fight hard, and are a prized trophy for any angler. A mature Amberjack typically weighs between sixty and eighty pounds, while a trophy-sized amberjack can weigh over one hundred pounds.

Offshore trolling also heats up in August for Whaoo, blackfin tuna, sailfish and king mackerel!

It’s never too early to make your reservations for October’s month long fishing rodeo!

October is perhaps the best season of the year to fish in Destin; the weather cools off a bit, the humidity is lower, and the water temperatures still linger around eighty degrees. Plus, you can keep up with your favorite college football team while you’re at sea, with our Direct TV.

If you’d like to participate in the Destin Fishing Rodeo, or you would like to book the Charter Boat Destination for any other time, give me a call at (850) 259-3778, or click here. We will make sure you experience the thrill of Destin’s deep sea fishing scene.

Tight lines,

Capt. Stan

Destin Florida Cobia Tournament

Anglers get ready, the 18th Annual Destin Florida Cobia Tournament  kicks off in March!

Destin Florida Cobia Tournament

This year the Destin Florida Cobia Tournament is full of GREAT cash prizes and SUPER prize packs on Super Saturdays!

The charter boat fishing in Destin, Florida really picks up in March with the Destin Florida Cobia Tournament, and the beginning of the annual spring run of Cobia. Each year these big fish migrate through Destin, Florida’s coastal waters towards their spawning areas near the Mississippi Delta.

And every year the Cobia migration is highly anticipated by Destin Florida’s Anglers because Cobia can weigh up to one hundred forty pounds, with many fish weighing-in between fifty and ninety pounds! In fact, it’s not uncommon to fight a Cobia for 45 minutes to an hour!

In Destin, Cobia fishing is done by sight. From a tower aboard the Charter Boat Destination. From the tower we can spot an individual Cobia, or small schools of Cobia, swimming just under the surface of the emerald green Gulf waters, off the Destin, Florida coast. After we spot the Cobia, we maneuver the Destination so our Anglers can cast a bait in front of the slow moving fish.

Participating in the Destin Florida Cobia Tournament aboard the Charter Boat Destination, watching the surface action, and angling Cobia, is one of the most exciting fishing charters that Destin, Florida has to offer.

The 18th Annual Destin Florida Cobia Tournament is right around the corner, and we are booking charters 7 days a week. Give us a call today at (850) 259-3778, or fill out our contact form, to book your charter fishing trip for your Destin, Florida vacation.

Destin Florida Cobia Fishing

Destin Florida Charter Boat Destination

The 2014 Destin Seafood Festival

The 2014 Destin Seafood Festival

Destin Fishing Rodeo

The 2014 Destin Seafood Festival

Fall in Destin always begins with the Destin Seafood Festival. It’s a local tradition. This year, the 36th Annual Destin Seafood Festival will officially begin on Friday, October 3rd, at four o’clock, and it will run throughout the weekend, showcasing some of the best seafood Destin has to offer.

Destin’s seafood festival tradition began in 1978, founded by the Charter Boat Association’s Women’s Auxiliary as a fundraiser for the local fisherman, and a way to attract visitors to the area. Thirty- six years later the Destin Charter Boat Association carries on the tradition, and the festival has grown into a huge celebration of Destin’s rich marine heritage. This year, over sixty-thousand people are expected to attend for the most amazing seafood, live music, fireworks, arts, crafts, and all around family fun.

Destin Harbor

After a few location changes through the years, the Destin Seafood Festival found it’s home along the harbor boardwalk, beside the fishing fleet, and right at the heart of Destin’s Annual Fishing Rodeo activity. So while you’re enjoying the seafood festival this weekend, be sure to join in the excitement, and watch the Rodeo weigh-ins on the boardwalk, near AJs.

Admission to the seafood festival is free, however donations will be accepted at the soda and beer tents, and also at the Fisherman’s Raffle tent. Parking is sparse, so be prepared to walk a lot, or plan to take a shuttle from Lively Cinema 10, in downtown Destin.  You can find more information about the 36th Annual Destin Seafood Festival here.

Trust me, you don’t want to miss this one.

See you there,
Capt. Stan

Deep Sea Fishing in Destin

Deep Sea Fishing in Destin Florida

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Deep Sea Fishing in Destin Florida – Destin Harbor

Book your next deep sea fishing charter with us.

Call 850.259.3778 or visit us at https://www.charterboatdestination.com/.

About the Charter Boat Destination

About the Charter Boat Destination

The Charter Boat Destination is owned and operated by Captain Stan Phillips. Captain Stan Phillips is a established boat captain that has been professionally fishing the waters of Destin, FL for over 25 years. 

Destin Charter Boat - Destination

The Charter Boat Destination is ready to take you deep see fishing.  Big, safe, and comfortable…. we are ready to take you fishing!  Call us today at 850.259.3778.

  • 55′ deep sea fishing boat with a 19′ beam built by Bonner Yachts
  • USCG approved for up to 23 passengers
  • Sleeps up to 11 passengers
  • A spacious interior with plenty of seating, a 30,000 btu marine air conditioning system, 2 sinks, great sound system, XM radio, Satellite TV, and microwave
  • A huge back deck that is clean and uncluttered that allows you to move about easily and safely
  • Large center livewell and 4 custom fish boxes that provides shaded seating
  • Located in the Destin Harbor

Mechanical

  • Twin Detroit Diesel main engines
  • 21kw Kubota generator
  • Electronics
  • Futuro Navnet color radar/chart plotter/gps
  • Furuno FCV1100 fathometer
  • Furuno GP32 gps
  • Icom VHF radio
  • Icom SSB radio
  • Life Raft
  • Life Jackets

Safety Gear

  • High water alarms in all compartments
  • Automatic fire suppression system in engine room

Fishing Tackle

  • We use a combination of Penn and Shimano reels that are matched to custom built rods for specific applications. Whether we are live bait fishing inshore, bottom fishing or trolling big lures offshore, we have tackle designed to get the job done.