Vic Smith wrote:
On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:35:51 -0500, Boater
wrote:

Great seafood, interesting atmosphere...in Mayport


http://www.roadfood.com/Reviews/Over...spx?RefID=5517


Best restaurant in NE Florida, on the ICW

http://www.marker32.com/


I was talking to my wife about possibly switching coasts in Florida.
My big argument is east coast surf fishing, which we really enjoy.
That place could be another.

--Vic


For reasons I cannot explain, even after living there for six years, the
Jax area has good restaurants all out of proportion to its population or
economic influence. We have at least a dozen favorites down there -
American, Greek, Japanese, Seafood, Chinese, Cuban...lots of them. You
never have to step foot into a chain restaurant.

Surf fishing is pretty easy off the beaches. There are troughs 20 to 30
feet off the beaches that attract pogies, whiting, and other small
fishes, and all the much larger predators that feed on them.

I had two favorite surf fishing spots, one just south of the jetties
where the St. Johns River empties into the Atlantic, and one just north
of St. Augustine Inlet. At the beginning of the jetty right across from
that inlet you could find good flounder fishing.

The climate in Jax was pretty decent for me, too. Not too hot and muggy
in the summer, mild winters, and real long and lovely springs and falls.

Downside is (or maybe was) the crazed fundie churches. They do some
really bizarre stuff down there, and they are hard to ignore. Oh...and
the "football uber alles" mentality.