What would you recommend to anglers fishing in Fort Walton Beach, Florida for the first time?

Many options. Know the difference between state and federally permitted charters. State can only go up to nine Miles out. Federally permitted charters can go out deeper so your options increase but so generally does the cost.

Definitely talk to charters and locals they have the knowledge to make fishing successful your first time. Didn’t meet anyone that wouldn’t be willing to throw in some advice or answer a question that I might have had

Honestly it depends on the person and their commitment to fishing. We could have easily done the 1/2 day tour, we knew our son wouldn’t make it that long so we booked the 3hr…. Which is closer to shore.

Hard to say what to recommend to folks who actually know what they're doing when it comes to deep sea fishing. None of us had ever gone before, and it was an absolute treat catching whatever was biting, and things were biting as the bait hit the bottom!

It's a great place for the family to vacation. It's laid back, yet tons of stuff to do. Great water parks, Para Sailing, Jet skiing, bright white sand beaches, snorkeling, tour boats and rides, boat rentals and shopping for those who choose not to go on the fishing trip. Sea food places and night life abounds. Don't just fish, experience the Destin !

From my experience and the fishing that I am use to in eastern NC I was not impressed at all with my first Fort Walton Beach fishing trip.

End of season and kind of chilly but still a great day on the water - even if we had choppy conditions.

It’s just hot! We got lucky and most of our trip was overcast but as soon as that sun came out the kids were getting hot very quickly, especially with having to wear life vests.

Check on the type of fish you want to fish for and make sure they are in season to keep if you want to keep them.

The night time bow-fishing was one of the coolest experiences ever, it was me & my sons first time doing this, and we can’t wait to do it again!

Nothing is needed to bring other than lunch and beverage. Bait and rods provided. Crew cleans and bags fish

We would certainly try bottom fishing if we had more time, but trolling got us on a handful of Bonito which are fun to catch.

It was a little chilly & the fish were not biting but I know when they are biting the fishing is great

There are many fish you can't keep in Dec, but those we were able to keep provided plenty of meat and we had to figure how to get them home.

There were ALOT of jellyfish, hundreds. Not sure if they were migrating through of if this is a common thing.

Cory great captain, he knows where the fish are. I look forward to going again.

We didn’t care what kinda fish long as we caught fish and captain Mike put us on trigger fish

Go out of Destin so you don't have to ride in a boat for for an hour of your four/five hour trip.

Find the areas where the most fish are being caught and the bait being used to catch these fish.

Do your research. Get a good boat and Captain that gives you a good experience.

Can’t predict weather in July, do your best with planning and have fun with it!