What's Good Local Magazine

Issue 01 · The Key

The Vacationer's Key

How to actually do October here

Five things that make an October trip to Destin better, from people who live here.

By What's Good Local

  1. Go to a weigh-inEvery day Oct 1–31, 10 AM – 7 PM, on the docks behind AJ's Seafood & Oyster Bar. Free. Saturdays are Shark Saturdays.
  2. Know the Rodeo datesOct 4: 5K Rodeo Run. Oct 12: free kids' movie on AJ's JumboTron. Oct 16: Ringing of the Bell, 5 PM. Oct 31: Halloween on the Harbor.
  3. Check the flags before you swimBeach flags change daily. Live status at whatsgoodlocal.com/beach-conditions.
  4. Eat on the harbor for lessHappy hours, BOGO nights and free things to do, checked with each business: Crazy Good Deals.
  5. Book your boat day aheadIt's Rodeo month on the harbor. Lock in your charter date and time before you arrive.
A boy holding his catch at the 1955 Destin Rodeo
1955.
The Destin Fishing Rodeo leaderboard today
Today.

Left: Francis P. Johnson / State Archives of Florida (C021879)

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The Opener

The Month They Invented

How three fishermen made October the best month of the year.
On the Water

The Kid Who Kept Coming Back

From summer job to owner, and the ten-year-old camper who became his best instructor.
The Maker

The World Is the Office

A Nat Geo Wild survival series, a Travel Channel show, and a page about Crab Island.

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