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Do yourself a big favor and Drive the 45 minutes west to Destin and take Capt Kelly Windes boat Sunrise out. I have fished along the panhandle and Mobile for 40 years and unless you're going to Alabama and fishing the oil rigs, Capt Windes is unarguably the best charter. Besides the Sunrise...
Calloway Gardens. They have boat rentals and we used to catch a lot of fish out of the big lake. They used to have Orvis sanctioned guided float tube fishing in the smaller lakes as well - kind of pricy but we caught some big fish.
We used to go out off of the flats at Ocracoke Island and wear out the big red drum. The water is rough as hell but you can wear them out. We went out in the blue water last time I was there and caught just over 600# of tuna. Enjoy the trip.
Been fishing down there for the past 40 years! The best by far is Captain Kelly Windes at Sunrise Charters. Located at Destin Harbor. I have chartered his boats for business and pleasure and if it's just me, I'll take a 'fill in' spot in a heart beat. He also has the best 2 party boats on the...