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There are a variety of things you can do ... although some of them most likely won't include Port Charlotte exactly, but the greater area which includes Pine Island/Bokeelia, the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico either just below the Englewood area and a little south down around Boca Grande on Gasparilla Island and down toward Sanibel.
Your best bet is to pack the gear and then visit a local tackle shop, they should be able to help you out.
But based on some older history of experience from the 1990s, and even in the early 2000s ... things may have changed but ... on the ocean front beaches, there are some good fish to be had, snook in the wash (very wary) ... also any inlet on the ocean from the beaches will have lots of activity for a variety of fish ... snook, possibly some tarpon, etc.
In the neighborhood canals up in the Port Charlotte area, there may be baby tarpon rolling around.
Down around the gateway to the Sanibel Causeway, off Sumerlin Road, is John Morris Road which leads out to Bunche Beach ... you will know it as there is a hotel at the intersection La Quinta now ... years ago, we used to find tailing redfish on the beach at the low incoming tide (in the early mornings and evenings when no one was around).
Up on Pine Island, in the Bokeelia area, we also used to wade some flats off the northern tip of Pine Island and caught a few sea trout and redfish (that was in the early 1990s - a lot could have changed).
In the Punta Gorda area, there are some communities my buddy used to take us to ... that had baby tarpon in all the canals, and you could easily park and fish without too much trouble ... it will likely take some exploring (and I don't remember the name of the communities) ... but we found them and in the early mornings and evenings they would eat.
A lot of these areas may be blocked off to outsiders now, but we had pretty open access then.
Not sure whether any of this will be valid today. But hope it helps. You could also hire a guide ... they can help you the most, if you have the cash.
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