Yep, I'm done with snow/ice. Year-round anglers please come in.

[Rule3]

For the OP, how about a interval living swap?

You come down here and live all SUMMER and I will live in your place. Then come Winter you go back up there and I come back down here? A reverse 6mth and 6mth.

Heck everyone from Ohio and Michigan are here in the Winter so why come down then and see everyone you know??

 

[Ole Joe Clark]

I'm always really careful about inviting people down to visit in "poor, backward Alabama, that is full of rednecks." Because when they get here you can't get them to go back home, they want to stay.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

 

[Nomoresnow]

Lived in MI my entire life but then moved to southwest FL four years ago. This area is getting way to crowded, too expensive and we both just can not tolerate the high humidity. Now we are planning to move back to MI and then travel to mid FL for the winter season. MI has a lot to offer year round but we were getting tired of the winter season. I feel I can tolerate a colder climate vs. the constant high humidity.

 

[PatriotX]

You also need to decide on the Atlantic or the Gulf.

There is a whole World of difference not only fishing but living in general.

I would be interested in hearing your take on this.

 

[Steve912]

I did a spell in the Tampa Bay area a while back, and the Palmetto bugs are pretty impressive ! You can see them turn and look at you, right before they spread their wings and take off out of reach.

The good thing about palmetto bugs is they need high humidity to survive--so you'll never have your house (interior) colonized, if you have AC, unlike their smaller German and American cousins.

For the OP, the southeast GA coast offers quite of bit of house for the dollar. Some 2005-ish foreclosures on nice waterfront properties are still out there. "I am not a realtor".

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Just the other day I was talking to two good friends of mine (Father-Son ) who live near Hattiesburg, MS.
When I mentioned that I don't think I could move back down that way because of the humidity, they went into a humidity rant!

 

[YogiBear]

Aloha,

Then there's always Hawaii.

Took the Wife 3 years to realize that December is Christmas.

Didn't miss the Winters of Minnesota.

We do have fresh water fish, bass and some south American types.

The salt water fish can go from ounces to 2,000+ pounds.

The only downside are the BAD gun laws and liberal politicians

 

[PatriotX]

Aloha,

Then there's always Hawaii.

Took the Wife 3 years to realize that December is Christmas.

Didn't miss the Winters of Minnesota.

We do have fresh water fish, bass and some south American types.

The salt water fish can go from ounces to 2,000+ pounds.

The only downside are the BAD gun laws and liberal politicians

Hawaii is truly paradise, spent some time on the Big Island swimming with the humuhumunukunukuapua'a and honu. Love fishing for Ono, Ahi, and the occasional A'u.

 

[wheelgun28]

Stuart/Ft. Pierce is a hot spot for all things boating. The blue water's about 10 miles out but you don't have to hit the gulfstream to get into the fish. Dolphin and Wahoo are fairly close to shore. Maybe 2 or 3 miles out in 60 feet.

Inlet fishing for Snook is fun and tasty too.

There's lots of fishing on the river for days that might be a little rough on ocean. Redfish, Trout and Snook.

If you really want to change it up a bit it's not hard to get to Lake Okeechobee and do a little crappie or bass fishing.

There's probably some wreck fishing up there too but I've never tried it there. If it's anything like Ft. Lauderdale about the only thing you get is Amber Jack. Good for a tough fight when your friends come down but I don't eat them. Some people do but I know how wormy they are. We call them Reef Donkeys.

I spent quite a bit of time in Ft Pierce, Pt St Lucie and Stuart areas back in the 1970's and early 80's.

I was a kid and fished everyday, big good sized bass in small canals. Alligators...

Fishing on a party boat out of Stuar, piers on the Indian River, you could look down and see the fish. Fishing the locks at lake Okeechobee. It was a good place to be a kid into fishing!

In the early 70's Port St Lucie didn't have a bank or grocery store. Had to go to Ft Pierce Publixs or Stuart Piggly Wiggly. They did have a 711, then a bank opened eventually a Winn Dixie. I haven't been their in thirty years but I've seen pictures not the same place...

 

[Rule3]

I spent quite a bit of time in Ft Pierce, Pt St Lucie and Stuart areas back in the 1970's and early 80's.

I was a kid and fished everyday, big good sized bass in small canals. Alligators...

Fishing on a party boat out of Stuar, piers on the Indian River, you could look down and see the fish. Fishing the locks at lake Okeechobee. It was a good place to be a kid into fishing!

In the early 70's Port St Lucie didn't have a bank or grocery store. Had to go to Ft Pierce Publixs or Stuart Piggly Wiggly. They did have a 711, then a bank opened eventually a Winn Dixie. I haven't been their in thirty years but I've seen pictures not the same place...

No, it is nothing like it used to be. But that said nowhere in Florida is. As with most places it has gotten to populated. My Uncle used to live in Ft Pierce. It was great!

Despite what a lot of people think, Florida is not one big vacation nor is it Paradise. It used to be nice but anything near water is getting pretty bad!