What We're Catching Right Now!
- September 2011Redfish and Trout are biting
- September 2011Grouper are taking the bait! Ready for the Destin Rodeo!
The Destin Fishing Rodeo
The Destin Fishing Rodeo began in May of 1948 to bring people to Destin. It worked! Destin shortly became known as a summer tourist destination and “The World’s Luckiest Fishing Village”.
The Rodeo founders, people such as Howard Marler, Jewel Melvin and Willie Marler, decided that moving the Rodeo to October would lengthen the tourist season another month. Today the 61 year-old Rodeo is held October 1- 31.