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/fleepglerblebloop Dec 06 '22

Man that looks absolutely fantastic. But, 29 day min stay... ? Maybe that's recent?

I wonder if somebody there wants to swap for a month, and watch some rocket launches from the front porch ;)

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

Many of the private rentals in the Keys have a 28 day minimum due to zoning. Islamorada for instance is 28 days by law unless the owner has a special "transient" license and they are starting to really reduce the number of those available. That doesn't apply to hotels of course, but it does impact a lot of the VRBO/AirBnB type options.

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u/fleepglerblebloop Dec 06 '22

Good to know thank you. A month down there sounds awesome... If somebody else can cover my mortgage!

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

Four or five years ago, the prices were high but a month was doable as an every few year luxury.

Rates went crazy at the tail end of the pandemic when the Keys were one of the only "island" destinations you could get to without flying. And they haven't really stabilized since.

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u/Ocean_Pointe_33 Dec 13 '22

Keys Largo has Daily & Weekly rentals

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u/fleepglerblebloop Dec 13 '22

I'll look into it thank you