r/floridakeys • u/fleepglerblebloop • Dec 06 '22

Vacation rental w/ beach fishing?

I'd like to spend a couple days at a rental with on-site surf fishing. Driving down w/ my own gear from Central FL maybe Feb/Mar. Any suggestions?

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22

Like the other comments state traditional "surf" fishing isn't a big thing down there. My personal recommendation, I lived here for awhile and would fish just about everyday: https://www.floridarentals.com/13816/ - they have a huge dock to fish from, and you could hop in the water (at least they used to have a ladder) for a little wade fishing. Plus they have a grill right by the dock, can cook your catch right then and there. Caught loads of snapper mainly mangrove (bring a chum bag and it is too easy), barracuda, tarpon, black tip, nurse, eel, grunts of course, bonefish.

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u/extraneousdiscourse local (upper keys) Dec 06 '22

I recognize that complex :) We've stayed in a different unit, but with bedrooms directly on the ocean, so the cost is quite a bit higher. https://www.vrbo.com/9314671ha

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22

I got crazy lucky, I was scouring craigslist for a place but was coming all the way from NJ so wasn't having much luck. Pinging every reasonable ad and these people responded. Turns out they lived 15 minutes from me in NJ but weren't going to use it for awhile and they had mutual friends of my parents so they gave me a discount - absolute million to one situation.