Scenic Stays | Blog Post: Why Destin is the Luckiest Fishing Village

 From Destin's early days as a crucial contributor to Pensacola's 19th Century fish markets to its burgeoning—then booming—commercial fishing industry throughout much of the 20th Century, and even up till now, where Destin still boasts the nation's largest commercial fishing fleet and direct access to the Gulf of Mexico, the story of Destin and the story of Destin fishing are mutually intertwined.