Fantastic Fishing for Florida Resort and Vacation Rental Guests

From a pier, from aboard a ship, or from our white-sand beaches – where you’ll find Longboat Club & Resort as well as the resort’s many Florida vacation rental properties – our guests always enjoy prime fishing on and around the island of Longboat Key.

Many guests seeking to relax amid soft breezes cast their lines in the shallow waters, wading with the shorebirds. Other Florida vacation rental and resort guests get opt to fish by boat, working their way around the keys to enjoy a wider variety of fishing experiences -- from the grass flats around the Sister Keys; to Sarasota Bay in search of redfish, snook and speckled trout; to the Gulf of Mexico, where trout, flounder, grouper and sheepshead are abundant.

Florida vacation rental and resort guests can fill their bait and tackle needs and get some great local fishing advice at the island’s most prominent marina -- Longboat Key Moorings, now part of Longboat Key Club & Resort’s many exceptional offerings. Also available to fishing and boating enthusiasts who choose to take advantage of one of the resort’s Florida vacation rental properties, the Moorings provides a number of deep-water slips and a full staff to service your every adventure on the water.

In beautiful Southwest Florida, Florida vacation rental guests are additionally invited to pull in for a waterside lunch. Some even bring their catches to local restaurants, where chefs are glad to cook it up for dinner after a long day of fishing. Florida vacation rental and resort guests interested in fishing our shores must obtain a saltwater fishing license, which you can do by calling 1-888-FISH-FLORIDA or visiting www.myfwc.com/license for further information.

Zagat-rated Restaurants Are King in Sarasota, Florida
Great for guests to Longboat Key Club & Resort, as well as those who enjoy one of the resort’s Florida holiday villas, the Sarasota-Manatee Originals is a group of local restaurants that aims to preserve our community's uniqueness by offering unique and inventive styles of cuisine – especially as more chain restaurants appear on the country’s culinary landscape.

Numerous members of the Originals will participate in the Sarasota CVB’s third annual "Savor Sarasota" dining event May 27 through June 8, 2008, which showcases why Sarasota has earned the distinction of featuring the highest concentration of Zagat-rated restaurants in Florida.

During the event, Florida holiday villa and resort guests are invited to enjoy multi-course lunches or dinners at such hot spots as the Selva Grill, Bijou Café, Christopher's on Lido, the Crow's Nest, the Dry Dock Waterfront Grill, Mattison's City Grille and Michael's on East, among others.

How ever you choose to experience the area’s flavors, everything will surely be fresh – a key Originals' ingredient. In fact, these restaurants promise to present only the freshest food, often offering meals prepared within hours of harvest from fields and waters close to their kitchens to Florida holiday villa and resort guests.

According to the group of restaurants, this level of service and quality can't be replicated in the corporate kitchens of Chicago, Los Angeles or Dallas. Perhaps most significantly, these local dining options have what Florida holiday villa and resort guests today really crave: Interesting, creative cuisine.