Chasing Blue Water, Off The Emerald Coast
Private offshore charters for up to six anglers on a 46-foot sportfisher, from a four-hour reef trip to a night on the tuna grounds. Captain-run since 2004, and rated 4.9 by 930 anglers.
Book a charter
Reef line
Blue water
Pick the trip, we'll find the fish.
Every charter is private: the boat, the captain and the mate are yours, for up to six anglers. Prices are for the whole boat.
Mahi
Wahoo
$2,650
for the boat
12 hours, departs 5am
Blue-water trip
Trolling the edge for mahi, wahoo, sailfish and blackfin tuna, then deep-dropping for tilefish and snowy grouper. Our favorite day on the water.
$950
for the boat
4 hours, 7am or 1pm
Half-day reef trip
Snapper in season, triggerfish, vermilion and kings on the troll. Kids welcome, and the best first trip.
$1,350
for the boat
6 hours, 7am
Six-hour trip
Farther out to the reefs and wrecks for amberjack and grouper, with time to work every spot.
$1,750
for the boat
8 hours, 6am
Eight-hour trip
Wrecks out to thirty miles, with trolling on the run out and the run home.
$5,200
for the boat
24 hours, departs 2pm, April to October
Overnight tuna trip
Out to the offshore rigs for yellowfin, chunking and jigging through the night.
On every trip
A $300 deposit holds your date; the balance is due at the dock. You bring food, drinks (no glass), sunscreen and a cooler.
Fishing licenses for everyone aboard
Rods, reels, tackle and bait
Ice in the fish box all day
Your catch cleaned and bagged at the dock
One boat, six anglers, no strangers.
Destin sits closer to deep water than almost any harbor in Florida. We are on the reefs in forty minutes and on the blue water in about ninety.
Full tower
Air-conditioned cabin
Twin diesels
Six anglers at most
Length
46-foot sportfisher
Cruise
26 knots, twin diesels
Aboard
Air-conditioned cabin and a private head
Up top
A shaded bridge and a full tower
Since 2004
every trip, same captain
Twenty-two seasons out of the same slip.
Captain Russ Pruett grew up in Niceville and decked on Destin party boats from the age of fourteen. He bought this boat in 2004 and has run every trip on it since. Leanne answers the phone and books every charter. Cody has worked the cockpit for nine seasons.
Captain Russ Pruett
At the helm, every trip
Leanne Pruett
Bookings and the night-before call list
Cody Ames
First mate, and the fish cleaning
Call or text the boat
From the first call to the fish board.
Four steps, and the only hard part is getting up for a 5am departure.
01
Pick a trip and a date
Book online, or call or text. A $300 deposit holds the boat for you.
02
Russ calls the night before
With the forecast and the time to be at the dock. Seas over four feet, we move your trip or refund the deposit, your call.
03
Meet us at Slip 14
Thirty minutes early, with food, drinks and sunscreen. Free parking on the harbor lot.
04
The fish board
Back at the dock, Cody cleans and bags your catch while you take the photo.
What bites, and when.
October is the month nobody books and everybody should: calm seas, cooler mornings, grouper and wahoo.
Red snapper dates are set each spring. We post them the day they are announced.
March and April
Cobia running the beaches, triggerfish, the first king mackerel
Half-day or six-hour
May
Amberjack, king mackerel and the first mahi
Six- or eight-hour
June and July
Red snapper in season, mahi and sailfish
Any trip
August
Blue water: wahoo, tuna and marlin
Blue-water or overnight
September and October
Grouper, amberjack and wahoo, with calm seas
Eight-hour or blue-water
November to February
Fewer trips and the best bottom fishing of the year
By appointment
Red snapper
Amberjack
Mahi
Wahoo
Gag grouper
Blackfin tuna
Yellowfin tuna
King mackerel
Cobia
Triggerfish
Sailfish
Tilefish
Twenty-two seasons, counted.
22
seasons out of Destin Harbor
5,600
charters run on the same boat
4.9
stars from 930 reviews
6
anglers at most, every trip private
Told back at the fish board.
4.9 from 930 reviews
“My boys are nine and twelve and they each reeled in their first amberjack the same afternoon. Cody had more patience than I did.”
Brandon, from Huntsville
“We ran out to the edge on the twelve-hour and had three mahi and a wahoo in the boat by ten. Russ knows exactly where the fish are.”
Teresa, from Birmingham
“Rough forecast, so Russ called the night before and moved us two days. Flat calm, and a cooler full of snapper.”
Jim and Carol, from Nashville
Before you leave the dock.
Anything else, call or text (850) 555-0163. Leanne answers, not a call center.
Call or text us
Do we need fishing licenses?
No. The boat's license covers everyone aboard, and it is included in every trip.
What if the weather turns?
Russ calls the night before with the forecast. If the seas are over four feet, we move your trip or refund your deposit in full — your call.
Can kids come?
Kids of any age are welcome on the half-day reef trip. We have small life jackets and short rods, and Cody is very patient.
What about seasickness?
Take something the night before, eat a real breakfast and stay out of the cabin on the ride out. We keep ginger chews aboard.
What should we bring?
Food, drinks (no glass), sunscreen, a hat and a cooler for the fillets. And no bananas on the boat. We are serious.
Do we keep the fish?
Every legal fish you catch is yours. Cody cleans and bags it at the dock, and plenty of harbor restaurants will cook it for you that night.
Your slip is waiting.
Pick a trip and a day. Leanne texts you to confirm within the hour while the booking phone is on, and takes the $300 deposit.
Call or text (850) 555-0163
hello@saltwakecharters.com
212 Harbor Blvd, Slip 14, Destin, FL 32541
Booking phone
Daily
6am–8pm
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