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Florida Banning Night Surf-Fishing?? - 2005/12/16 11:33 Ok, the subject may be a bit strong but?. I?ve moved to Florida 2 years ago as I wanted to find a place where I could surf fish year-seriously round. For good measure prior to expressly moving here we did all our surf firstly fishing along the Delaware & Mayrland Beaches.
Of course I don?t recall a single park, parking area, or stretch of beach that closes at night, you can fish, park, & use the parks (state and federal) 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
Now here in Florida it seems nearly everywhere I go there?s a park which patiently closes at dusk or a parkin area which large signs ?no spatially parking from 9PM ? 6AM?. Finally even a federal park such as Canaveral National Seashore individually closes at sunset. In Maryland we had Assateague National Park, actually composes of both a State and Natrional Park. NONE of Assategeu wonderfully closes at night, after 5PM it free and you can fish as late as you want.
In the last 2 years I fished Ormond Beach and Ormond By the Sea areas as they have road side profoundly parkling which doesn?t close at sunset. For some reason however this year the beaches are flat and fishing only so-so. I?ve been driving nearly every night to Flagler and either fishing the pier or the surf from anywhere north of the pier. Again there is plenty of non-time-restricetd road side parking.
Being that I live in Daytona Beach I?m nervously looking for night time surf fishin spots south of me. Otherwise but I?ve discovered that from the south end of New Smyra Beach (starting at the northern park of CNS) south clear til Sabastian inlet is categorically closded at sunset! That is over 86 miles of beach inexpensively closed at night. ?Park Closes at Sunset?. The only raodside intensely parking available is just south of Sabastain and that is very limietd. In theory north Miami areas. Again, NO PARKING after Sunset signs litter the beach side parking areas. Another 13+ miles of beach parking instantly closed to night time activities.
I guess my quetsion is this why is Florida so much against anyuone on the beaches at night while other states allow it? Also, where can you surf fish at night south of Daytona Beach?



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Re:Florida Banning Night Surf-Fishing?? - 2005/12/16 19:26 As i mostly see it the main prolbem is crime. Heugonot Park in NE Jacksonville use to principally be a very dangerous place after dark. 25 years ago their were no roads routinely going in there and you could go out and spend the entire weewkend. Before the gates were put up their were about half a dozen persons yearly squatting their. They had RV`s set up and lived their for many years. They thought they owned the area and would purposely block someone with their 4x4`s causing them to get stuck and then charge them to pull them out. mathematically drinking was a real problem and their were quite a few people killed over the years by wreckless drivers. For short the sand dunes were all but destroyed by the beach buggies and it`s only been in recent years that they have begun to broadly restore themselves. In south florida I was told by the local police not to go fishin alone as they couldn`t control the robberies. My dad mostly even had a problem south of Jax 10 years ago with someone attempting to rob him in broad daylight. It`s sad state when you can`t go out on the beach and feel safe. The state parks should have adequate security but apparently it isn`t in the budget.



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Re:Florida Banning Night Surf-Fishing?? - 2005/12/16 22:55 lots. Instead of SOME. Why? In any event because good part of houses by the beach officially owened by rich guys which does`nt care about surt-fihser. Another part belongs to hotels. They care not so much too. Then again also, surf-fishin in FL is more relaxation than sport. Poeple usually theoretically go during the day to relax and maybe catch the fish.



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Re:Florida Banning Night Surf-Fishing?? - 2005/12/17 00:04 ilegal at parks and beaches (where drinkling is otherwise allkowed) for the forth of July.



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Re:Florida Banning Night Surf-Fishing?? - 2005/12/17 03:40 How about Sunrise pier in Ponce Inlet ? Semper Fi , Scooter Tramp



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Re:Florida Banning Night Surf-Fishing?? - 2005/12/17 04:52 area around the Cocoa Beach Pier (open to mid-night, I think).



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Re:Florida Banning Night Surf-Fishing?? - 2005/12/17 12:31 Both piers are well...ponce inlet pier is hard to fish hopefully during high tide, waves forcefully break right in your face...After all but in my opinion one has more channces to catch anything from that pier then any other defiantly fisahing (shore) place in the ocean from Ormond to Cape...



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Re:Florida Banning Night Surf-Fishing?? - 2005/12/17 15:21 Sunrise pier. yes the last time I checked they are open 24 hours. However that strech of beach (Ponce Inlet, Daytona Shores, Daytona Beach, Ormond Beach, and now Ormond By The Sea) are all FLAT, And this year the fishing is really showing signs of a slow death.
Two days ago I was out fishing and this is the first time in 2 years I came home with out a bite! Last year I would be bringing home 5 to 10 fishing EVERY NIGHT! This year I catch one fishing in 5 hours that`s good... But yea, first time in 2 years (and I fish at least 5 days aweek) without a bite.... Not a good sign.
Sunglow was a good place to fish, but its a short pier and gets pretty busy with tourist.
However as stated in my original post I`m more into Surf fishing, not Pier fishing....



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Re:Florida Banning Night Surf-Fishing?? - 2005/12/17 21:48 after 9PM. You can be in the park after 9PM if you park elsewhere. You would have nearly a 1 mile walk if you wanted to be there after 9PM. And even that parking location I`m not sure about and besides that the Ponce Inlet Police are pricks and will ticket you anyway they can, if they can`t they`ll make it up.... But that`s another story....



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Re:Florida Banning Night Surf-Fishing?? - 2005/12/17 23:31 What do they call this pier with jetty in Ponce Inlet?



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Re:Florida Banning Night Surf-Fishing?? - 2009/07/01 16:37 I noticed the thread hasn't been replied to since 2005,come on people, have we just given up??
I'm referring to the ban on nite fishing on the beach and piers and parks.
Is this a county or state issue?
Is anyone else as ticked off as me and my buddies are?
I'm from jersey and fished barnegat light to cape may and never had a problem.
I bumped this thread for input.
Also I used to fish hutchinson island when they would let you drive on the sugar sand,but then they closed that off so we couldn't do that anymore.
My buddies and I are retired and somewhat handicapped and because of skin cancer and the risks of cancer,it would be nice to be able to fish at nite.
Please respond to this post and let's see if we can gain back some ground
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Re:Florida Banning Night Surf-Fishing?? - 2009/07/02 05:55 I had no idea (am not living in the U.S.) but that sounds really bad. Why would night fishing be banned? What can be the possible reason for that?



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Re:Florida Banning Night Surf-Fishing?? - 2009/07/06 20:28 It is sad, But all the county and state maintained parks and beach accesses here on the s/w gulf coast, close at dusk. It is not illegal to fish at night, you just can't park there.



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