Fishing Q&A

Can anyone recommend a good beach in Florida where there is deep-sea fishing? I'm looking for a place in Florida that has a nice beach, with hotels right on the beach, and one of those deep-sea charter boats where you pay per person and they provide fishing rod and bait, etc. I'm from Florida and looking for a nice place to bring my boyfriend fishing for a 1st anniversary present. Something other than St. Pete area, because we've been there before... maybe on the East coast? Also, some place where we can go to nice restaurants at night, and with a pier or something... I know this is quite specific but any advice would help! Thanks!

Does anyone know of a good place to book a deep sea fishing trip in Destin, Florida? Looking to go deep sea fishing when we visit Destin next month. Does anyone know of reputable places to try? What should I expect to pay? Thanks!

deep sea fishing in florida I live in florida, and once or twice a year I go deep sea fishing in a party boat. ( I go on weekdays, a lot more fish for 1 ) What I'm wondering is, which location is better for this month? Cape canaveral, or tampa? Also, what should I be expecting to catch in this weather? Also, what should I be expecting to catch in this weather?

what can I catch in the cold weather in florida, at cape canaveral, deep sea fishing? Lets say.. after christmas, what can I catch deep sea fishing, many miles out, about 80-100 feet deep?

Who has best deep sea fishing charters in Florida Keys for novices?

Anyone have an idea on cost for a Bahamas deep sea fishing trip leaving out of Florida? Another area to depart from other than the keys- Were coming from N.C.

What is an acceptable tip for a deep sea fishing crew of three? I belong to a yacht club in Florida and get a major discount when I go deep sea fishing. I don't know what the regular rate is but I pay only $75.00 for 4 hours. I know that the crew depends on tips as part of their wages and really appreciate their work but am not certain as to how much to tip them. $50.00 seems too low but $300.00 seems too high. What are your thoughts?

How much does deep sea fishing cost? I want to send my husband on a deep sea fishing excursion sometime next summer. I've had trouble finding prices online, and I was wondering if anyone could tell me how much this sort of thing costs. He would probably do this in Florida. Also if you have any good websites that would help, too.

How much will a deep sea fishing trip cost? I'm planning a trip off the Florida coast for a total of six people, and I am wondering a rough total for the fishing. As I said, six people, most likely in the Fort Myers area, and it will be in mid December. Also, I think bottom fishing for Grouper is the plan. Thanks in advance.

What is the best time of the summer to target Blue Marlin in the Florida Keys? I want to do a deep sea fishing charter in the Florida Keys, particularly Islamorada. What is the best month to go where the chance of hook-up is greatest?

When is the best time of year to fish for big game fish off the east coast of Florida? I'm looking to take my cousin from Indiana deep-sea fishing, and we're trying to figure out when would be the best time of year for him to come down. Also, since I live in Orlando and am working close to West Palm Beach, what part of Florida usually "nets" the best results?

Equipment for Florida pier and shore fishing? I plan to go fishing the east coast peirs and shores some time and i would like to know what kind of pole, bait, hooks, etc. I would need. I fish freshwater alot but been deep sea once where I rented the needs. Also would i need a license and what is a recomended distance off a peir?

Flats Fishing in the Florida Keys? im located in north florida and fish the flats every chance i get. and i go down to the keys every year at the end of july to catch lobster but always have some time for fishing but have always done the deep sea thing. this year i want to go the opposite route. my question is, where do i need to be to catch trout, redfish, and snook? can i just free line live bait in the grass flats? or do i have to find the mangroves? thanks for any help

What can I do in DESTIN FLORIDA??? I am going to Destin, Florida for my senior trip. We have a boat and are going deep sea fishing...during the day. But what/where is there anything to do at night?(I was thinking clubs, girls, females, ladies, etc...)

any one in the florida keys? best place to charter a deep sea fishing boat? we are in Islamoralda but we can drive somewhere if its not to far. thanks

In the St Johns Pass area- Off of Tarpon Springs Florida.......? Would it be a better bet to take a charter boat deep sea fishing tommorow June 29th or June 30th? Due to tides and moon...I want to catch some keeper grouper. All of you guys gave me great help and always have so I am just going to put this one to voting because I do not want to pick one out of these three great answers thanks to all of you!

Is this selfish or a good idea? My husband is currently serving 15 months in Iraq. In two weeks he is coming home for R & R...that is a mid-\ deployment trip home for two weeks. He will be home on our 5th year anniversary. We have two childern ages 2 and 3. I want to go to Florida over the weekend just him and me without the kids. IF we did that then it would take time away from the childern and like I said he is only here for two weeks and then gone until April 08. Should I cancel the trip or take time for just us? The reason they can't go is because we would be going deep sea fishing and they are too young.

shops in key largo? My family and I are going to Key Largo for a vacation (5 adults) any info on AFFORDABLE shops in the area? I'm not sure if my daughter and I should pick up our summer cloths here - or just enjoy ourselves and shop there. I've never been to Florida before so we are really green in this area - also how is the fishing from land? My husband & son love to fish. We've done deep sea fishing before - but this time they would like to try from land. Is it possible to fish from the docks or from shore? Only positive comments please

Bad sign?? My bf left my house on Tuesday to go on a Bachelor Party Weekend with some of his buddies down in Florida. He's called me everyday since he left, except for yesterday. Rather than bother him by calling, I figured I would send him a text. I texted him: "I have absolutely no reason for texting you except to say i was thinking about how I wish you were here right now." That was sent around 6PM yesterday, and I haven't heard back since. I realize that it's a bachelor party weekend - they went deep sea fishing yesterday, and then they probably partied. But, I dunno, part of me wonders why he didn't text back. Do you think this is a bad sign?

Is conservative columnist George Will correct, that indeed we are experiencing the gas prices we deserve? Rising in the Senate on May 13, Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat, explained: "I rise to discuss rising energy prices." The president was heading to Saudi Arabia to seek an increase in its oil production, and Schumer's gorge was rising. Saudi Arabia, he said, "holds the key to reducing gasoline prices at home in the short term." Therefore arms sales to that kingdom should be blocked unless it "increases its oil production by one million barrels per day," which would cause the price of gasoline to fall "50 cents a gallon almost immediately." Can a senator, with so many things on his mind, know so precisely how the price of gasoline would respond to that increase in the oil supply? Schumer does know that if you increase the supply of something, the price of it probably will fall. That is why he and 96 other senators recently voted to increase the supply of oil on the market by stopping the flow of oil into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which protects against major physical One million barrels is what might today be flowing from ANWR if in 1995 President Bill Clinton had not vetoed legislation to permit drilling there. One million barrels produce 27 million gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel. Seventy-two of today's senators -- including Schumer, of course, and 38 other Democrats, including Barack Obama, and 33 Republicans, including John McCain -- have voted to keep ANWR's estimated 10.4 billion barrels of oil off the market. So Schumer, according to Schumer, is complicit in taking $10 away from every American who buys 20 gallons of gasoline. "Democracy," said H.L. Mencken, "is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard." The common people of New York want Schumer to be their senator, so they should pipe down about gasoline prices, which are a predictable consequence of their political choice. Also disqualified from complaining are all voters who sent to Washington senators and representatives who have voted to keep ANWR's oil in the ground and who voted to put 85 percent of America's offshore territory off-limits to drilling. The U.S. Minerals Management Service says that restricted area contains perhaps 86 billion barrels of oil and 420 trillion cubic feet of natural gas -- 10 times as much oil and 20 times as much natural gas as Americans use in a year. Drilling is underway 60 miles off Florida. The drilling is being done by China, in cooperation with Cuba, which is drilling closer to South Florida than U.S. companies are. ANWR is larger than the combined areas of five states (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware), and drilling along its coastal plain would be confined to a space one-sixth the size of Washington's Dulles airport. Offshore? Hurricanes Katrina and Rita destroyed or damaged hundreds of drilling rigs without causing a large spill. There has not been a significant spill from an offshore U.S. well since 1969. Of the more than 7 billion barrels of oil pumped offshore in the past 25 years, 0.001 percent -- that is one-thousandth of 1 percent -- has been spilled. Louisiana has more than 3,200 rigs offshore -- and a thriving commercial fishing industry. In his book "Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of 'Energy Independence,' " Robert Bryce says Brazil's energy success has little to do with its much-discussed ethanol production and much to do with its increased oil production, the vast majority of which comes from off Brazil's shore. Investor's Business Daily reports that Brazil, "which recently made a major oil discovery almost in sight of Rio's beaches," has leased most of the world's deep-sea drilling rigs. In September 2006, two U.S. companies announced that their Jack No. 2 well, in the Gulf 270 miles southwest of New Orleans, had tapped a field with perhaps 15 billion barrels of oil, which would increase America's proven reserves by 50 percent. Just probing four miles below the Gulf's floor costs $100 million. Congress's response to such expenditures is to propose increasing the oil companies' tax burdens. America says to foreign producers: We prefer not to pump our oil, so please pump more of yours, thereby lowering its value, for our benefit. Let it not be said that America has no energy policy.

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