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Destin Fishing Report 3-23-26
• Tuesday, April 7th
• Legendary Marine Showroom
• 6pm
• Free Pizza
• Cold Drinks
• Plenty of fishing stories
Bay Fishing
• Lots of Spanish mackerel showing in the harbor… but not chewing hard yet
• Best bet: Clark Spoon / straw rig + 2 oz trolling lead
Sheepshead bite is solid around bridges & jetties
• Live shrimp or fiddler crabs are the ticket
• Some redfish mixed in as well
Surf Fishing
Pompano bite is hit or miss.
• Some days hot, some days slow
• The key is moving until you find warmer water pockets
• Best action in warm zones for pompano & whiting
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Pier Fishing
The night squid bite is ON FIRE right now
• Squid jigs are getting it done
• First keeper Spanish mackerel reported
• A few big black drum mixed in
Bottom Fishing
Most of the action right now is with double rigs + cut squid for mingo snapper and triggerfish.
• Frozen cigar minnows producing scamp & red grouper in 125–250 ft
• A few amberine coming on slow pitch jigs
• Some black snapper showing up while chumming
Offshore Trolling
Not many reports this week, BUT…
• The Finitical landed a nice daytime swordfish on a deep drop
