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Ft Walton/Destin Area fishing
Oct 13, 2021 06:35:17   #
John Templin Loc: Miramar Beach, FL
 
Just moved here looking to fish off Beaches and island pier in Ft Walton…. What do I need to know?

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Oct 13, 2021 07:42:36   #
flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!
 
John Templin wrote:
Just moved here looking to fish off Beaches and island pier in Ft Walton…. What do I need to know?


Good mornin', John, and welcome to the Forum. You live in a very beautiful place, I'll trade ya.

Well, I wouldn't waste my time fishing with anything else but live shrimp, except when the Macks are running, then you want to use spoons. Take a walk up and down the beaches and talk to the fishermen, talk to the ones with beach carts, chances are they are locals. Do the same thing with the pier, keep in mind the locals have the carts and are the most knowledgeable. Ask them where they buy their bait, they will know where to get the best bait and the cheapest. Look at the equipment that they are using, reels, line, rods, and the rigging that they are using. Ask the guy at the bait shop, find out what he knows. YouTube is your friend. Good luck.

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Oct 13, 2021 08:17:04   #
Flytier Loc: Wilmington Delaware
 
Sounds like good advice to me. 😃😃

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Oct 13, 2021 08:26:35   #
plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland
 
John Templin wrote:
Just moved here looking to fish off Beaches and island pier in Ft Walton…. What do I need to know?


Hey John welcome to the stage. Lived right where you are talking about back in the 70's in my Air Force days. One beautiful area.

On another note, a user on here that goes by Ivey is in Destin vacationing. You might want to use the private message section and give him shout for some intel.

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Oct 13, 2021 08:38:15   #
DanK58 Loc: Englewood Florida
 
Welcome to the stage John. Flyguy has the answer, the folks with carts are a wealth of knowledge and most are willing to answer questions.

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Oct 13, 2021 09:25:55   #
Ivey Loc: South Central Tennessee, Tim's Ford Lake
 
Morning John, Like Plumbob said We're here for a few more days but as far as catching or what bait to use I'm as lost as a ball in tall weeds. Some of the guys I've met here are either using shrimp or cut bait. There was a couple using a 4" swim bait last night but only caught small fish. Good luck and this is a beautiful place but the traffic is nuts.

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Oct 13, 2021 10:03:11   #
Sinker Rig Loc: Tampa area
 
Ivey wrote:
Morning John, Like Plumbob said We're here for a few more days but as far as catching or what bait to use I'm as lost as a ball in tall weeds. Some of the guys I've met here are either using shrimp or cut bait. There was a couple using a 4" swim bait last night but only caught small fish. Good luck and this is a beautiful place but the traffic is nuts.


They are probably tourist like you

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Oct 13, 2021 10:07:13   #
Ivey Loc: South Central Tennessee, Tim's Ford Lake
 
Sinker Rig wrote:
They are probably tourist like you


You're probably right. There was a guy on the dock last night with the cart thing and he did catch a few on cut bait but most were small.

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Oct 13, 2021 10:14:23   #
Sinker Rig Loc: Tampa area
 
Ivey wrote:
You're probably right. There was a guy on the dock last night with the cart thing and he did catch a few on cut bait but most were small.


Get a couple chrome 1/2 Oz squid spoons and work that pier early morning for Spanish mackerel, try to get on the end and sling a spoon out as far as you can, and crank it back. The water has not cooled that much yet up there, so they might still be around

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Oct 13, 2021 11:09:46   #
Pixiedog456005 Loc: Maryland
 
Fly is so on the money!
Those guys with the good carts have spent a lot of time off season as well, preparing for more than one day of fishing.

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