Okaloosa County boosts fishing industry with FAD network
Okaloosa County will install eight new shallow-water fish aggregating devices off Destin’s coast, expanding the county’s offshore fishing network with a $513,000 project funded through budget savings.
Not Just a FAD, According to one Fishy Former Commissioner
Windes lobbys Okaloosa Commission for FAD Funding Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) have single-handedly created a charter fishing shoulder season, according to former Okaloosa County Commissioner Kelly Windes. Windes, a charter boat captain, wants the commission to make a $500,000 investment in even more of the large concrete structure dropped to the bottom of the gulf […]
