Destin Jetties

[Jetties]

Anyone know why there hasn't been much at the jetties lately? Last year there were tons of cocoa damsels (those yellow and blue fish), beaugregory damsels, sgt major damsels, tangs, doctorfish, wrasse, sandfish, and others at the jetties. Now all there are is wrasse. Do the damsels and tangs migrate or something?

 

[GLENFWB]

We usually start seeing them by now. I think we will see them later in the summer. I am not sure if the extreme cold we had this winter has anything to do with it. The Gulf is still warming up, so we still have a little ways to go.

Anyone know why there hasn't been much at the jetties lately? Last year there were tons of cocoa damsels (those yellow and blue fish), beaugregory damsels, sgt major damsels, tangs, doctorfish, wrasse, sandfish, and others at the jetties. Now all there are is wrasse. Do the damsels and tangs migrate or something?

 

[Jetties]

I'm not scuba certified so I just free dive. I don't really know if these things are found in deeper water right now and progress shallower as the summer goes on?

Also, do you guys ever see grey chromis and brown chromis in the panhandle area?

 

[Dave C]

I don't scuba and I have snorkeled at the jetties many times over the years. My big vacation to Destin is usually in June, so this is the time of year I know best. One of the interesting things is how much things vary from year to year. A couple of years ago, there were hardly any wrasse except for a few small juveniles. One year, arrow crabs were everywhere, and another year razorfish were quite common. Pinfish, cocoa damselfish, gray snappers, belted sandfish, and toadfish seem to always be common in June, and slippery dick wrasse except for that one year. Also, if you dive down to 15-20 ft, there are almost always big schools of pigfish (a grunt).

I've never seen any chromis at the jetties. Maybe they live offshore.

I hope the fish show up by the time I get to Destin on June 15 and the oil doesn't!

I've taken a bunch of snorkeling photos at the jetties. Here they are in case you are interested:
Destin Florida snorkeling - a set on Flickr

 

[Jetties]

I don't scuba and I have snorkeled at the jetties many times over the years. My big vacation to Destin is usually in June, so this is the time of year I know best. One of the interesting things is how much things vary from year to year. A couple of years ago, there were hardly any wrasse except for a few small juveniles. One year, arrow crabs were everywhere, and another year razorfish were quite common. Pinfish, cocoa damselfish, gray snappers, belted sandfish, and toadfish seem to always be common in June, and slippery dick wrasse except for that one year. Also, if you dive down to 15-20 ft, there are almost always big schools of pigfish (a grunt).

I've never seen any chromis at the jetties. Maybe they live offshore.

I hope the fish show up by the time I get to Destin on June 15 and the oil doesn't!

I've taken a bunch of snorkeling photos at the jetties. Here they are in case you are interested:

Awesome, wierd, and thanks.

I heard the oil is supposed to come either this weekend or in the span of a month.

 

[Hetland]

fishing is closed in the federal waters South of Destin already, so I'm thinking there will be evidence of oil on the beach in less than a week.

I see blue chromis, but the shallowest I've seen them in these parts is 75-80ft.