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Bringing your boat to destin?

Posted on 8/3/17 at 10:47 pm
Posted by MotorBoater
Hammond
Member since Sep 2010
1677 posts
Posted on 8/3/17 at 10:47 pm
I am taking a 5-day vacation to destin next week and I am staying on the bayside. I am considering bringing my boat which is a dual console inboard/outboard. Any reasons I should or shouldn't?? I really want to put my boat in blue/green water!!
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
64023 posts
Posted on 8/3/17 at 10:50 pm to
Does your hotel accommodate your boat and trailer?

Do you have a working radio?



Posted by go_tigres
Member since Sep 2013
5159 posts
Posted on 8/4/17 at 12:33 am to
I've done it a few times. Kind of a PITA in mobile with all the traffic, but aside from that no issues. To solve the storage issue, you can get a transient slip for $50 or so a day, or do like I do and put it in a grocery store parking lot with a for sale sign and a pad lock.
Posted by denhamtiger
Denham Springs
Member since Jan 2014
661 posts
Posted on 8/4/17 at 7:01 am to
Next weekend I believe is emerald coast poker run. Will be powerboat faker out there.
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
19296 posts
Posted on 8/4/17 at 7:42 am to
Bringing Vrs Taking

The essential difference between these two words is that bring implies movement towards someone or something: Bring your instrument with you when you come over. Whereas take implies movement away from someone or something or something: Take your belongings with you when you're leaving.
Posted by Grassy1
Member since Oct 2009
6256 posts
Posted on 8/4/17 at 8:10 am to
I brought mine last summer. I wasn't prepared for the storage issue. We rented a house in a little gated community... First thing the bama fan "overseer" points out to me is the sign that says No Boats, Trailers, etc.

Ended up being a big PIA for me. Fished a little in the bay, caught some trash fish.

My only issue was storage, so make sure you got that covered, and I don't see why not. The surf was pretty damn rough, but I'm sure youre used to that stuff more than I am.
Posted by Prosecuted Collins
The Farm
Member since Sep 2003
6612 posts
Posted on 8/4/17 at 8:11 am to
How else you going to get to Crab Island man? Bring the boat and rent a slip.
Posted by Stexas
SWLA
Member since May 2013
6006 posts
Posted on 8/4/17 at 9:22 am to
This is the OB not OT.
Posted by MWP
Kingwood, TX via Monroe, LA
Member since Jul 2013
10440 posts
Posted on 8/4/17 at 9:28 am to
quote:

First thing the bama fan "overseer" points out to me is the sign that says No Boats, Trailers, etc.


I am sure that he would have let you slide if you were a fellow Gump.

I fish Destin alot since we got a place over there. No issues with my "overseer". He's a Georgia Bulldog. He knows his place. Way to much PIA to drag the boat on a vacation trip. I just do charters offshore. Inshore in LA kicks FL arse anyway, so not really worth it to hassle with bringing a boat for that.
Posted by Janky
Team Primo
Member since Jun 2011
35957 posts
Posted on 8/4/17 at 9:30 am to
quote:

How else you going to get to Crab Island man?


Rent a pontoon boat.

That is a lot of trouble and expense for such a short trip unless your family wants to go on the boat every day.
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