Twenty parking spots are available. One good way to enjoy a day of inexpensive fishing is on a head boat. These large vessels take as many as 50 people out into the Gulf Stream for a day's worth of deep-sea fishing. The name came about because you pay by the head, or per person, for the trip. You don't hire the entire boat, just a spot on the deck.
Charter boats are smaller vessels hired by a private party of four to six individuals.
A typical half-day excursion will take you bottom fishing close offshore where grouper, red snapper, triggerfish and grunts are plentiful. A whole day of deep-sea fishing involves motoring some 40 miles offshore to the Gulf Stream. Chartering a boat to troll the Gulf Stream is what you want if you hope to catch tuna, wahoo, dolphin, marlin and sailfish. If you don't have a complete group, a charter captain may be able to hook you up with another half-party willing to share the expenses of chartering the boat. Most head and charter boats operate year round, with less frequent trips in the dead of winter.