| |
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
| |
| StriperTalk! All things Striper |
 |
|
02-15-2010, 03:04 PM
|
#1
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,649
|
Your thoughts on best place for a sportsfisherman to retire to
My ideal location would have :
Low(ish) population fairly remote but is in 20th century
Great big game fishing with short boat runs to grounds
cheap fuel prices
party atmosphere
Good deals on real estate (canal property, ie boat behind house) with 5+' mLW depth and no low bridges.
non-hostile (no wars or guys walking around with M16's)
tropical
good electrical access
half way decent Airport
beautiful remote beaches with various surf fishing options (fly, spin, inshore, flats, etc)
any hemisphere but warm year round.
Low taxes
Don't care about government, politics or views towards Americans, just want to fish and work on my tan.
What do you think is the best dream fishermen location
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-15-2010, 03:25 PM
|
#2
|
|
Hydro Orientated Lures
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Brockton,Ma
Posts: 8,484
|
If it was fresh water " I might be moving to Montana soon.. " Sounds lame but I hope to live in Wareham someday .. Town with the most fishing opportunities in this State ..fresh/salt ..
|
Belcher Goonfoock (retired)
(dob 4-21-07)
|
|
|
|
|
02-15-2010, 03:28 PM
|
#3
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Houghs Neck
Posts: 74
|
Curacao  |
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-15-2010, 03:35 PM
|
#4
|
|
Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,272
|
Martha's Vineyard
|
~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
|
|
|
|
|
02-15-2010, 03:35 PM
|
#5
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 1,680
|
Sandman,
From where I sit you're living there! I lived on MV for about 7 yrs in the '80's. Didn't fish then 'cause I worked too hard. Been going for some part of the summer since '69 and we do plan to retire there. I like the weather, I like the locals and I like the sense of community which does not exist here in CT.
Yea, the $$ is nuts. Real estate, Cronig's, Packer gas all give me the willy's, but not much compares to a casual drive down North Rd. in October, or May for that matter. Whenever I am on the boat headed for WH it feels as though I am leaving home. Filled with melancholy and regret...
Plus the fishing and hunting are good to excellent depending on who you know and where you have access.
Thinking about leaving full-time or just for the winters?
ab
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-15-2010, 03:39 PM
|
#6
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 1,680
|
You could look at Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo Mexico. Baja side, good sailfishing there, caught a beauty about 20 years ago on a charter for no money. Warm weather, good beer, friendly locals, beautiful coastline--will need to learn a little espanol though.
ab
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-15-2010, 04:51 PM
|
#7
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 3,650
|
Matunuck and winter in FLA
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-15-2010, 05:03 PM
|
#8
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: marshfield
Posts: 3,620
|
stay in the states and live in the keys
|
my 1st wife didn't like me fishing so much
|
|
|
|
|
02-15-2010, 05:23 PM
|
#9
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Vineyard Haven
Posts: 413
|
Jim,
I would love to retire here on the Island and snow bird it in the winter down in Fla. Leapfrog the coast to and from the vineyard to Fla.
Great pipe dream.  |
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-15-2010, 05:30 PM
|
#10
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: N. H. Seacoast
Posts: 368
|
Belize, but the window is closing.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-15-2010, 06:00 PM
|
#11
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 5,945
|
Costa Rica
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-15-2010, 06:29 PM
|
#12
|
|
Ruled only by the tide
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Truro
Posts: 801
|
Agree with Karl. A lot of folks looking at Costa Rica. Probably will see some property price increases in the future. Has great tarpon fishing, bill fishing on the west coast, and a fairly stable gov't as far as Central America goes.
|
Three-fourths of the Earth's surface is water, and one-fourth is land. It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn.
|
|
|
|
|
02-15-2010, 06:38 PM
|
#13
|
|
Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
|
Pan Handle
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-15-2010, 07:01 PM
|
#14
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Marshfield, MA
Posts: 1,749
|
Panama...... I think you can buy a citizenship for 30K. Great fishing, cheap housing and cost of living, Panama City has incredible nightlife too if you still have that in ya.
Ideally would love to stay in New England but at this rate the middle income guy is going to get property taxed out of the state.
|
Jon, 24' Nauset-Green Topsides, Beamie, North River. Channel 68/69. MSBA, NIBA
|
|
|
|
|
02-15-2010, 07:24 PM
|
#15
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 4,716
|
Deerfield beach FL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-15-2010, 07:37 PM
|
#16
|
|
Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
Posts: 9,511
|
Inland waterway on your new boat.
|
Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
|
|
|
|
|
02-15-2010, 08:03 PM
|
#17
|
|
zziplex lover
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: upper cape cod, MA
Posts: 856
|
S.W.Pacific........
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-15-2010, 11:03 PM
|
#18
|
|
The Bawston Whalah
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 223
|
Utah LMAO, umm Outer Banks
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-16-2010, 12:19 PM
|
#19
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
Posts: 8,555
|
Block Island
Montauk
|
Saltheart
Custom Crafted Rods by Saltheart
|
|
|
|
|
02-16-2010, 01:20 PM
|
#20
|
|
........
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
|
20 Acres East Side of the Big Island of Hawaii in the Mountain View Area
Cheap 20 Acres of Land, very secluded, Only $115,000, Mountain View Area on the Big Island of Hawaii.
20 (+/-) Acres
$ 115,000 USD
Mountain View
near Hilo, HI
Hawaii County, USA
SWAP VACATIONS WITH S-Ber's
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-16-2010, 02:18 PM
|
#21
|
|
It's about respect baby!
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: ri
Posts: 6,358
|
Medellin Colombia for me. Country has Atlantic and Pacific access which is pretty much equidistant to my house there. Aruba is some 70 miles off the coast. Travel to costa and Panama is fairly easy. Fantastic trout fishing up in the mountains. The negative side are the guerillas.
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-16-2010, 02:47 PM
|
#22
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
Posts: 21,694
|
Juneau alaska- summer
Costa Rica - Winter
see ya.......  |
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-16-2010, 03:17 PM
|
#23
|
|
sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
Posts: 8,672
|
I went through your list a few times and can't find any reason why Florida is not a viable soluiton?
There are many remote areas and plenty of real estate. nows the time to buy.
|
making s-b.com a kinder, gentler place for all 
|
|
|
|
|
02-16-2010, 03:24 PM
|
#24
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Back to C.Cod x'd Rangeley Me.
Posts: 922
|
Australia,New Zealand,remote Pacific Islands.Christmas I.,Atolls.Ska-roooooo the "Nitelife" usually that breeds trouble.That's my thought.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-16-2010, 04:17 PM
|
#25
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
Posts: 5,659
|
Most people who retire anywhere in Latin America keep as much of their assets as they can in the U.S. Anything you bring "in country" can be wiped out in the blink of an eye. High on my list would be the Fla Keys or Kona. Kona isn't cheap, but it is paradise.  |
|
|
|
|
|
02-16-2010, 04:41 PM
|
#26
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Outer Banks NC, Charlestown RI
Posts: 1,053
|
Sandman,
Sounds like you should be bound here to the Outer Banks not sure we could be considered tropical, 30-mile run to the stream. Better yet you can buy my house  |
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-16-2010, 04:46 PM
|
#27
|
|
Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
Posts: 17,125
|
Hawaii for sure
but I'd miss stripers so I'd have to come back every year in the spring.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-16-2010, 06:08 PM
|
#28
|
|
Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,825
|
My brother has been fishing Belize for the last 3 years. Says you can get a 3 bedroom house Ocean view for $80K. Comes with a maid and a gardener.
Personally, I retired in November and I am going to rent in Florida for 3 months in the Winter and stay here. You can rent a real nice place for $2K a month near Marco Island. Naples, Ft. Myers, Port Charlotte.
$6K a Winter and no upkeep, taxes etc. Get back here for trout and schoolies in April.
|
No boat, back in the suds. 
|
|
|
|
|
02-16-2010, 08:31 PM
|
#29
|
|
Too old to give a....
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,505
|
KONA !!!! |
May fortune favor the foolish....
|
|
|
|
|
02-16-2010, 10:20 PM
|
#30
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: On my boat
Posts: 9,703
|
Stellwagen bank !
|
LETS GO BRANDON
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
|
|
| Display Modes |
 Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:59 AM.
|
| |
