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billder99 · 01-21-2024, 04:14 PM

I know there are a LOT of spearos experienced in Florida. My wife and I are driving a long-lap around the Florida coasts in April... from Jacksonville down the East coast to the Keys, then up across the Everglades and follow the Gulf Coast to Alabama. We are travelling in a Rav4 with 2 dogs, mostly tent camping (cheap!), so very little room for toys... I've already decided I will be shore diving and renting the occasional kayak.

I'm hoping for some General Florida Wisdom and Hot Tips from Spearboard folks... your MUST DO list, things to be aware of, things to avoid, camping / hiking / dog tips... and of course any really great shore dives you are willing to share with a passer-by. My weapon for this trip is a Riffe 110 Euro... great little reef gun I've used in Baja, MX for the last 10 years.

Marcus · 01-22-2024, 10:27 PM

You can stop by the Sunshine Skyway, grab some green stripped mussels, purge them, and cook them up like any other tasty mussel. Butter wine sauce from juices and served over good pasta w/ crusty French loaf to soak up all that delicious juice. Desoto point campground is nice and nearby.
Message me for further details if you need.

riplipper · 02-22-2024, 10:33 AM

There is some great spearfishing on the east coast but not much shore diving, at least in the northeast portion. The jetties around inlets are pretty dangerous, current, poor vis, and can be a bit sharky.


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01-21-2024, 04:14 PM	#1
billder99 Good gone Wong Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Loreto, Baja Sur Posts: 53	Lap around Florida... "fishing" for tips and ideas I know there are a LOT of spearos experienced in Florida. My wife and I are driving a long-lap around the Florida coasts in April... from Jacksonville down the East coast to the Keys, then up across the Everglades and follow the Gulf Coast to Alabama. We are travelling in a Rav4 with 2 dogs, mostly tent camping (cheap!), so very little room for toys... I've already decided I will be shore diving and renting the occasional kayak. I'm hoping for some General Florida Wisdom and Hot Tips from Spearboard folks... your MUST DO list, things to be aware of, things to avoid, camping / hiking / dog tips... and of course any really great shore dives you are willing to share with a passer-by. My weapon for this trip is a Riffe 110 Euro... great little reef gun I've used in Baja, MX for the last 10 years. __________________ BD If you allow it to rule you, fear is a hard master to uncrown. Embrace the discomfort of wanting air, it is only fear and weakness leaving your body. My poem, by Me (partially stolen from SEAL Team)

01-22-2024, 10:27 PM	#2
Marcus Naval gazer extraordinair Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,214	Re: Lap around Florida... "fishing" for tips and ideas You can stop by the Sunshine Skyway, grab some green stripped mussels, purge them, and cook them up like any other tasty mussel. Butter wine sauce from juices and served over good pasta w/ crusty French loaf to soak up all that delicious juice. Desoto point campground is nice and nearby. Message me for further details if you need. __________________ “If the natural tendencies of mankind are so bad that it is not safe to permit people to be free, how is it that the tendencies of these organizers are always good? Do not the legislators and their appointed agents also belong to the human race? Or do they believe that they themselves are made of a finer clay than the rest of mankind?” ― Frederic Bastiat, The Law

02-22-2024, 10:33 AM	#3
riplipper Relax, a beer will help Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: St Augustine, Fl Posts: 5,080	Re: Lap around Florida... "fishing" for tips and ideas There is some great spearfishing on the east coast but not much shore diving, at least in the northeast portion. The jetties around inlets are pretty dangerous, current, poor vis, and can be a bit sharky. __________________ If Democrats don't want foreigners involved in our elections, why do they think it's all right for illegals to vote?

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