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Originally Posted by Jims5543
Mine is the same age. Since I hate fishing the boy does not get to enjoy it like your does. I am keeping him in a closet now and feeding him little so he stops growing.
Cedar Key you say? Any tips you can share? We have been toying with heading there for a long weekend.
Lodging, do not miss restaurants / bars things to do?
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Don't blink or you'll miss the city and end up in the gulf.
It is a drinking town with a fishing problem, and an minor arts infestation.
Unless it is one of the arts festival weekends. Or the seafood festival weekend. Or biker season.
There are only a few restaurants to choose from. They are all pretty OK, I like Steamer's best for burgers and beer selection. Nice view over the pier and gulf as well.
Fishing? City pier is OK- just bounce the bottom with a few oz of lead and a hunk of shrimp or squid on a 2/0 circle hook. For the first time in the 40+ years I've been going there, I went to Shell Mound instead of the city pier. Did really well too. There is also teh #4 bridge you can fish off of, just getting into town on the left side - you'll see it.
Don't forget that you need a shoreline saltwater license for the pier, the bridge, or at the dock at Shell Mound. Any place actually that you can't get to by foot and keep your feet dry (this is a free license, to go around the Fed rules of requiring a state issued license. One of the few things you'll get free from the state!). If you want to paddle out in a kayak to fish, you'll need a "real" S/W fishing license. Kids under 16 do not need licenses.