Thank you everyone for the welcome. To answer a few questions: I do alot of fishing in the Tampa Bay area when in Florida, mostly between Clearwater and Tarpon Springs. Also every year we go to Sanibel/Captiva for a week. As far as fishing goes around here it depends on if a boat is available. I like to go to Harkers Island a lot due to the variety of options. I surf fish at Ocracoke, have been out of Morehead (on the boat), as well Oregon Inlet once. I have yak fished a few lakes locally with no success. I generally stick to salt water but would love to try fresh water striper as well. Thanks again for the welcome and hopefully soon we will be able to help eachother out to get on the fish.