Solid list, but I agree hat your options get a lot better if you are willing to consider freshwater fishing.
I like to eat the fish I catch. Nothing wrong with eating largemouth and sunnies, but I just feel funny doing it.
fpjeepy,
I fly fish and I seem to have a knack for making what should be a low cost hobby expensive...
But saltwater fishing doesn't have to be expensive. If you want to fish saltwater for a reasonable cost, I'd look hard at the Tampa Bay area. I've only waded there, but it looks like you can rent a kayak for around $50 per day the first day and $20 per day for the subsequent days. You can camp in the park for about $40 per night. The fishing in the area is good and includes species like redfish, snook, and seatrout.
Good luck!
Agreed. Redfish and seatrout are my favorite. Both are delicious as well. Catching a keeper snook in FL is difficult and you need the extra permit and its one and done. Not opposed to catching them, but usually not my target.
Also cape cod Massachusetts you can fish in the canal from land, and the beaches, but not a warm climate in winter. Can be expensive to stay too.
I ran a charter business out of Mystic, CT for a few years with my dad. He still does about 60 trips every summer. Plenty of places to catch striper, scup and tautog from shore up there.
You may consider getting on a few forums and finding people you can go with and chip in for gas and such.. For example.. The largest fishing website in Texas is 2coolfishing.com... There is a classifieds section for people looking to chip in gas and such and go fishing.... I am a FIRE'd fishing guide in texas and we do trips all the time where its people wanting to just go fish... we all chip in and fill the boat with gas and go.. another optioin is alot of fishing guides now do Open boat trips, where they get each person to pay say $150 bucks etc.. These are easy to find for galveston area, and im sure many others too.... facebook is a great place to find these in most coastal communities
I usually prefer the DIY method, but I think I could get on board with this. I haven't spent much time on 2coolfishing, but I have posted on thehulltruth. I didn't get much positive feedback there. "Fishing isn't cheap. Fork over the cash or find a new hobby" was the idea of most comments.