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Pin Fish
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| Planning on doing some more fishing out of Destin this year, anyone care to give me any tips for live bottom fishing? Anyone needing fishing info for the Miss. Gulf Coast, feel free to visit my board. http://fishingmississippigulfcoast.yuku.com/ KennyB
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Kenny, if you have GPS numbers to live bottom areas off of Destin then all you need is quality bait and quality tackle. Aquiring numbers that produce fish is the hardest part of the equation. Catching bait is simple. There are millions of pinfish in Destin Harbor, and catching cigar minnows and herring is as simple as following the charter boat fleet to the right area. The baits will be stacked up thick in one of four places depending on tides and wind. They will be at Destin bridge, East Pass jetties, just outside the pass "on the lip" or they will be down the East beach 1/4 to 1/2 mile East of the pass in 12 to 25 feet of water. If you don't have numbers then start with a good contour map available at Half Hitch tackle in Destin. Most maps show areas of scattered good bottom. Then hunt and peck the areas while watching your bottom machine. I'm sure you know the drill. Good luck.
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i agree with billybob 
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Pin Fish
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Appreciate the info. I will be in Destin a good bit this summer for weadings, dive trips, bachelor parties, etc... We don't have a lot of good hard and live bottom to fish in Biloxi, we are stuck with rigs everywhere, not that is a bad thing. Thanks for the info.
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Just remember that when fishing natural bottom that the fish are more spread out then they are on a rig or other artificial reef. So just remember "if you chum they will come".
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Trigger
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Bottom fishing out of Destin, it can be tough if you don't want to run 30 miles.. we fish DEEP water and private numbers that we have found ourselves. The charter boat fleet in Destin is BIG and has made bottom fishing tough. There are plenty of fish, but you need to get out of striking distance of the average charter boat. Rest assured that the charter fleet did not get that large by fishing "fished out" waters.. you just cant rely on public numbers like you can in pcola or Panama city. Best of luck and enjoy your time in Destin.
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I think I smell SPAM!
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Look on your charts for the bottom area south of San Destin. (Look for a microwave tower on the chart and go south) It is a large area of hard bottom and coral heads in 60' - 90' that is very productive early in the year, and again in the fall. It is a great area to "hunt and peck" or just drift while watching your bottom machine. I would always have a live bait ready on a heavy spinner for the curious Cobia as well.
There he is. There he is.! THERE HE IS !!!! Throw the live bait!
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