Fort Meyers Fishing

[teddysclaw]

Gonna hit Fort Meyers for 3 days this upcoming week. Was hoping for some advice regarding fishing in the Surf/beach/piers, inshore open boats, and offshore(blackfin tuna, wahoo) open boats.

I seem to be having a hard time finding any open boats, and I will only be going with one other friend, so we are having a difficult time justifying dropping the extra cash for an entire boat.

I'm reading online that for blackfin, it'd be much better to hit the east side of Florida though. Not sure what would equate to the longer ride+ cost, taking an offshore charter from ft meyers going deep into the Gulf of mexico, or driving 2.5 hours to the east side of florida and taking a blackfin tuna boat.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.