blueeyes, welcome to the forum, and thanks for contributing as a fellow Floridian.
I've fished Boca Chica, Stock Island, all the way up. Have all the skin cancers cut off to prove it.
Yeah, I know, you can't pull a jewfish (Goliath) out of the water now. BS. Gotta be in the back country to get an out of the water pic these days without getting arrested. Thing is, they're plentiful now again! FWC and they're just not up to speed.
Ever hit Coupon Bight, up north from you, fishing big moon outgoing tides for big tarps? The schit, bro.
