Often overlooked as a premier fishing destination, the sleepy town of Port St. Joe elevates itself as a piscatorial power. Nestled in the elbow of Florida's panhandle along the Forgotten Coast, it's an oasis away from the usual crowds, hiding fish-friendly grounds like Indian Pass, St. Vincent Island, Cape San Blas and Apalachicola Bay and offering immediate access to the Gulf of Mexico. The tiny town packs a big punch when it comes to fishing action, as myriad inshore species, such as tarpon, redfish, tripletail and seatrout, and offshore players, like king mackerel, amberjacks, groupers, snappers and sharks, make this quiet destination a big-time player in the sport-fishing arena. My trip to Port St. Joe in mid-August was spectacular, highlighted by hundreds of tarpon rolling and boiling in the bay, wild tripletail action around ...![Port St. Joe]()
