Anyone in the Clearwater, FL area?

sirdugh · #1 05-22-2010, 05:02 PM

Next weekend, my company is having it's annual "business" meeting in Clearwater, Florida at the Sandpearl resort. It is basically a long weekend for employees and spouses to eat, drink, and be merry with a wonderfully short business meeting thrown in. The company schedules dinners and other functions but we are left on our own for a good part of each day.

Can anyone recommend restaurants/activities in the area? At one point, there was talk about chartering a fishing boat. Has the fishing in the area been impacted by the oil? Thanks for any help.

warwick.hoy · #2 05-22-2010, 07:34 PM

Head south and across the peninsula to the Salvidor Dali Museum.

sirdugh · #3 05-22-2010, 08:05 PM

We won't have a car but that is a fantastic idea. I may try to talk someone with a car into going.

LarryO · #4 05-23-2010, 08:19 AM

the clearwater and tampa areas have tons of golf courses. you can fish right on the beach and this time of year there will be pompano, red fish, maybe some black drum, bluefish, ladyfish, whiting and some good sized sharks to catch. There is a Busch Gardens in the area.....here are some other things
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractio...r_Florida.html

bassface73 · #5 05-23-2010, 10:59 AM

The Sand Pearl is one of the most beautiful resorts in the area. I would enjoy that, but the Salvador Dali Museum and also the whole downtown St. Petersburg area is very nice. But honestly, if you are there just for a long weekend, enjoy the Sand Pearl.

If you haven't checked it out:

www.sandpearl.com

Stunning! My friend got married on the beach there last year, I was very impressed.

basstotheface · #6 05-23-2010, 03:30 PM

I live there and i suggest you go downtown st pete area if you can, lots of museums, Dali, a cool glass museum, but if you want a nice dinner or the such Tampa has some of the best restaurants in Florida. To answer about the oil effecting the water down here, no it hasnt at all, ive been in the water all weekend and went fishing last week and everything was fine. Really great golf courses too, especially in the St.pete beach area. Where were you going to rent the boat from?

sirdugh · #7 05-23-2010, 04:02 PM

Thanks for all the replies. I feel like I have a few things to check out and I'm happy that the oil hasn't affected Florida.

In regards to the boat, one of the guys in our IT department at the home office in Denton, TX has a fishing show on the Outdoor Life Network. He was going to take care of the arrangements for the fishing trip. I hope it happens. I've only been deep-sea fishing once and it was a blast. In addition, I have already planned a salmon/halibut fishing trip to Alaska in September. It is going to be a good summer...