Yes I am in Gulf Breeze, Destin is about 2 hours South East from where I am at. I went out with my womans brother on his boat, we did not charter. We just went out no further than 15 miles and fished wrecks or public spots as as he called them. According to the guys at the bait shop and working the boat launch we “did very good” .
Sorry I don’t know of any charters down that way. Best thing to do would be to look on line. I’ve seen the same guides and charters out both days we were out so I am guessing they are busy. This is the busy season in these parts , sounds like the busy or tourist season let’s up in August.