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Kingfish
to Blue Marlin - Destin, Florida is a Great Little Fishing Town With
Beaches Your Family Will Love
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Kingfish to Blue Marlin - Destin, Florida is a
Great Little Fishing Town With Beaches Your Family Will Love
by Kirby Collins
A
longtime favorite of fishermen, in fact it started as a humble fishing
village and today Destin, Florida is touted as the "World's Luckiest
Fishing Village" they also claim to have the largest, best equipped
fishing fleet in Florida docked in Destin Harbor, which is great because
we love fresh caught seafood.
Off
shore fishing is excellent with close access to Gulf of Mexico via the
100 Fathom Curve which is closer to Destin than any other spot in
Florida, making it the fastest way to get to the deeper waters in the
Gulf where the best fish are. You can charter a boat and go after a big
Blue Marlin, this is the best place in Florida to catch them, Dolphin
(mahi-mahi), Wahoo and Sailfish are also caught during late spring and
summer.
If you
like to fish in shore you can catch Cobia and Kingfish; bottom fishing is
also good, grouper and snapper are commonly caught. You don't even
necessarily need a charter a big boat to fish in shore or bottom either,
fish can be caught from small boats and even kayaks launched from the
beach. Choctawhatchee Bay is another great place to fish in the area;
trout, redfish and black drum are commonly caught in the Bay. Even if you
don't like to fish the bay is beautiful and a great place to spend the
day on the water but be sure to bring your sunscreen the last thing
you'll want to take home is a nasty sunburn.
 
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The
East Pass, which is also called Destin Pass, has the only outlet of
Choctawhatchee Bay into the Gulf of Mexico. The west side of Destin Pass
is accessible to the public; they have a great beach there which is
beautiful and remote if you want to get away from the crowd.
Destin
is a popular vacation spot and a big resort town with beautiful hotels
and resorts that the whole family will enjoy. They have also have places
you can rent by the week, which is what we did, with many places right on
the ocean. About 4.5 million people visit the area every year and we were
happy to be two of them. They have family amusement parks with go-carts,
miniature golf, thrill rides, and even bungee jumping. We also saw at
least a dozen well manicured golf courses and just as many tennis courts.
If you
like to shop they have these great little outdoor malls that are cleverly
disguised as quaint wood framed buildings that hold all the latest
designer brands and labels; it reminded me of being in Hilton Head, South
Carolina.
One of
the things we liked best about Destin was the food. The dining in Destin
is as diverse as it is delicious; restaurants here range from jacket and
tie fine dining overlooking the Bay to flip-flops and cut offs oyster
bars overlooking the Gulf. Most, we were delight to find, have live
entertainment; everything from classical pianos playing to local bands to
jukeboxes. Seafood is the natural choice, because it's not uncommon to
see restaurant marquees inviting you to come in and enjoy the fresh catch
from the night before, but they have a little bit of everything including
Caribbean style.
So
next time you're going to Panhandle beaches be sure to get over to Destin, it's
a great little seaside town where you can fish, surf, parasail, golf or
shop. You can spend the day on the beach then spend the night out having
some family fun and most of all enjoy the seafood.
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