October is Destin Fishing Rodeo Month

This year marks the 70th Destin Fishing Rodeo, which began in May of 1948 to bring people to Destin. It worked! Destin soon became known as “The World’s Luckiest Fishing Village”.  The original founders decided that moving the Rodeo to October would lengthen the tourist season, so now the event is held annually from October 1st through 31st.  Each year hundreds of anglers from far and wide converge on Destin and register their boats to compete in this fishing contest. Come join the fun….weigh-ins are FREE and open to the public every day on the docks behind AJ’s Seafood & Oyster Bar on the Destin Harbor from 10 am until 7 pm.  For more information, visit their website: https://www.destinfishingrodeo.org/

Published on Thursday, October 4, 2018