Captain
Ken Carpenter

Member since March 2023 Fort Walton Beach, United States
Background
I have been fishing in the Destin, Fort Walton Beach area for many years as an angler and guide. I have a passion to fish and am excited every day at the opportunity to go fishing. I enjoy teaching children and novice anglers alike.
Techniques
I like many types of fishing my favorites are: Bottom fishing with slip lead for larger snapper and grouper and amberjack. Trolling for mackerel ,wahoo,tarpons, and mahi Casting and spot fishing for reds, trout ,and cobia

Hey, I'm Captain Ken Carpenter

Fort Walton Beach, United States
Background
I have been fishing in the Destin, Fort Walton Beach area for many years as an angler and guide. I have a passion to fish and am excited every day at the opportunity to go fishing. I enjoy teaching children and novice anglers alike.
Techniques
I like many types of fishing my favorites are: Bottom fishing with slip lead for larger snapper and grouper and amberjack. Trolling for mackerel ,wahoo,tarpons, and mahi Casting and spot fishing for reds, trout ,and cobia
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My Charter Listing

Game Changer Charters LLC

State licensed
Excellent
5.0 / 5
(28 reviews)
Fort Walton Beach
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Trips from US $620

Fishing Reports

Rough conditions
Rough conditions
Jun 18, 2025 Fort Walton Beach
we had a six hour go down to a four hour With Lance and Nate today still managed to catch a couple kings and lose some other good bites before trying to buy a fish and being runoff by lightning Thank you for fishing with game changer charters
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4 hr with new friends from Kansas
4 hr with new friends from Kansas
Jun 11, 2025 Fort Walton Beach
Josh and Lincoln from Kansas. Had an awesome four hour trip with game changer charters. They wanted some hard fish to pull on and right out of the gate. First two baits in the water a big jack creavalle , and a Bonita. The hits kept coming after that with some amberjack red snapper that they kept and a grouper we released. Thank you for fishing with GameChanger charters. We look forward to seeing you next time.
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4 hr with new friends from Kansas
4 hr with new friends from Kansas
Jun 11, 2025 Fort Walton Beach
Josh and Lincoln from Kansas. Had an awesome four hour trip with game changer charters. They wanted some hard fish to pull on and right out of the gate. First two baits in the water a big jack creavalle , and a Bonita. The hits kept coming after that with some amberjack red snapper that they kept and a grouper we released. Thank you for fishing with GameChanger charters. We look forward to seeing you next time.
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6 hr on game changer
6 hr on game changer
Jun 2, 2025 Fort Walton Beach
Theese return customers from FL caught a limit of snapper with a nice grade and some big ones they also had some nice mangrove snapper and Vermillion snapper to take home to their families
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King Mackerel 4 hr
King Mackerel 4 hr
May 18, 2025 Fort Walton Beach
Smiles all around! These new friends from Georgia had a great time catching King mackerel and Spanish Mackerel! We finished the day with five kings and a handful of Spanish mackerel. Thank you for fishing with game changer charters and we hope to see you again soon!
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NICE MIX
NICE MIX
May 10, 2025 Fort Walton Beach
Fun 4 hr. With returning crew from Shalimar, Florida. These men wanted to take some fish home for the family. They did just that including. King mackerel, Lane snapper, gray trigger fish, and vermillion snapper! Also caught and released were Cobia and red snapper.
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
5.0 / 5
out of 5 stars from 28 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Great trip!
Great trip!
July fishing trip
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Angler rating
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Good experience
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Friendly captain
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Recommend this charter
96%
Appropriate for children
95%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Caught fish
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Alex P.
Cantonment, Florida
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
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5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Fun Fishing Day with Captain Ken!

VERIFIED   4 Hour Trip on August 3, 2023
Me and my 3 boys had a pleasure to spend an amazing finishing day with Captain Ken! Ken is super knowledgeable, helpful, fun,...
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Dustin M.
Jasper, AL
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Half day trip with Captain Ken

VERIFIED   3 Hour Trip on June 2, 2023
We had a wonderful trip! Captain Ken was absolutely great with my son (6 years old). We caught some beautiful Spanish Mackerel,...
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Houston G.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Great Fishing Charter

VERIFIED   6 Hour Trip on July 27, 2024
Captain was friendly and put us in some nice snapper. Sadly our trip was cut short due to a storm rolling in but still a great...
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Byron E.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Fishing with Ken

VERIFIED   8 Hour Trip on June 12, 2024
We had a great time , capt Ken put us on some great fish , we highly recommend game changers and hope to return soonโ€ฆ
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Danielle T.
Otterville, IL
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Ken was awesome!

VERIFIED   4 Hour Trip on June 29, 2023
This was such an awesome expierence and so much fun! We caught exactly what we were trying to catch and he definitely knew...
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