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Aerial view of Jewfish Creek Bridge in Key Largo, Florida

Jewfish Creek Bridge, Key Largo, Florida (courtesy, Florida Keys Convention and Visitors Bureau)

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Key Largo Parks and Outdoors Travel Tips

By Mike Sigalas

The Yellow Bait House sells a wide selection of tackle and bait to anglers on their way to their boats. Recently, the Bait House shrewdly opened an on-site fresh fish market as well, for anglers who return from their boats without supper.
Sight fishing the Keys Flats makes for a unique day—even for the experienced angler. Since the water is so transparent, and so shallow (between eight inches and five feet in depth) you can clearly see the fish you're hoping to hook. Be sure to bring along a pair of polarized sunglasses to reduce glare off the water's surface.
Since motors will scare the fish in the Flats' shallows water, the best way to move your skiff along the Flats is to pole your boat forward—much like Huck Finn did.
Barry Hoffman of Hoffman's Guide Service in Tavernier is a top Flats guide, and one of the nicest guys on the water.
From late fall through mid spring, deep sea charter boats hunt sailfish off Key Largo and often return with 50 to 65 pound catches.

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Hotels

John Pennekamp State Park

US 1
Key Largo, FL

Distance: 6.9 mi.
(from destination center)

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Tarpon Flats

29 Shoreland Drive
Key Largo , FL 33037 Map

Distance: 4.4 mi.
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Rock Reef Resort

9785 Overseas Hwy.
Key Largo, FL 33037

Distance: 3.5 mi.
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Attractions

John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park

Overseas Highway
Mile Marker 102.5
Key Largo, Florida 33037

Distance: 4.1 mi. (from destination center)

Description: The park is named for the late John D. Pennekamp, a Miami newspaper editor, whose efforts... Read More

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Dolphin Cove Research & Education Center

Key Largo
Mile Marker 101.9 Bayside
Key West, Florida 33037

Distance: 4.1 mi. (from destination center)

Description: If actually touching a dolphin is your goal, sign up for the Structured Dolphin Swim, overseen by a... Read More

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Caribbean Club

Mile Marker 104
Key Largo, Florida 33037

Distance: 1.7 mi. (from destination center)

Description: Made famous in the 1948 John Huston/Humphrey Bogart classic, The Caribbean Club tradition continues today as a local's bar with a true Keys feel.... Read More

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Airports

Major Airports near Key Largo

	Distance (mi.)
Miami International Airport	50.5 map
Fort Lauderdale International Airport	70.1 map
West Palm Beach International Airport	112.6 map

Other Smaller Airports near Key Largo

	Distance (mi.)
Marathon Flight Strip Airport	45.6 map
Bimini North SPB	88.7 map
Key West International Airport	90.8 map

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Orlando (ORL) to Miami (MIA)	$146
Washington, DC (WAS) to Miami (MIA)	$154
Atlanta (ATL) to Miami (MIA)	$156
Philadelphia (PHL) to Miami (MIA)	$156
Boston (BOS) to Miami (MIA)	$160

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