Update from chilly Florida: I found a reasonably priced charter that went 20 miles off shore, and with the unseasonable weather down here, I schedulaed it for what seemed like the best day, Tuesday morning (Today), unfortunatly a tornado hit just North of here this week and another the week before, so the Captain cancelled the trip due to rough seas. We where able to fish off the sea wall here and caught many small Lane Snappers and a couple keeper size Sheepheads, also made a trip to a public beach called Tiger tail and surf fished, the gulf was rough due to the recent weather but We did catch a half a dozen Catfish, although My Brother in law got stung by a cat when a strong wave took him under, I lost my Cdc hat and pair of pliers trying to keep him above water. We called it a day a took him home to tend to his wound.
We are hoping to come back down next Winter, hopefully the weather will be better. Thanks again guys for the help.