Boat Rental in the Keys

Does anyone know a good place to rent a boat in or near Key West? It would be a day or 1/2 day rental. Also, if you rent a boat and want to fish, is there a place you can rent bait and tackle? We are going in July and looking to make arrangements ahead of time. thanks for your help

Boat Rental in the Keys

If you are staying at Capt Pips, they have boat rentals, also, Vacation Boat Rentals in Marathon. Not sure about equiptment rentals, but I%26#39;m sure the rentals companies will be able to answer that.

Boat Rental in the Keys

Most places rent for a full day and during peak times will probably require 3 days.

When are you going in July? If its over the 4th, then I%26#39;d guess there isa 3 day minumum.

If its during the mini season, I%26#39;d bet taht you cna%26#39;t get a boat at this late date.

I mentioned inyour other post about Big Time Boat rental. They are associated with Big Time Bait and Tackle. Bait and Tackle has fishing equipment rentals.

Thanks for the help. I will check them out.

Dolphin Marina on Little Torch Key rents boats by the 1/2 day or all day.

You will need to call ahead to reserve one. They are at MM 28.5.

I have no idea about renting poles but I know for a fact that no one rents bait!!!

We just returned from the Keys for a week-long vacation. Before we went down, we had a boat reserved for two days with Dolphin Marina. The first day we got up early to get to the boat, only to be told there was a small craft advisory and they wouldn%26#39;t rent the boat when we arrived at the marina. Now granted, it was late Spring in the Keys, which can be rather windy. Plus, we had had some bad storms come through the night before. They didn%26#39;t charge us anything so we said, ok, we will try again later in the week, no big deal. However, we tried three other days getting, the same response about the small craft advisory. By the last day, we were starting to get aggravated, because it wasn%26#39;t even windy at that point. We ended up calling Fish%26#39;n Fun Boat Rentals in Marathon and they thought we were nuts when we asked about the small craft advisory, because there apparently wasn%26#39;t one, even after we had been told there was one by Dolphin Marina. We ended up renting from Fish%26#39;n Fun finally on the last day of the trip and had a great experience for a very comparable price. Another thing to consider is Dolphin Marina does not let you take the rental boats North of US1, which chops the amount of area you can access in half. Dolphin Marina seemed to be very overprotective of the boats and from what we saw, the boats weren%26#39;t even in perfect condition. They were going to rent us a boat that had a cosmetic leak at the steering column. They assured us that there was no danger with the leak and they were going to give us a discount. In all, I wasn%26#39;t impressed with Dolphin Marina%26#39;s service.

So you can%26#39;t take the boats into the Gulf with Dolphin Marina?

Just got back from KW late last night. We rented a brand new 22%26#39; center console from tropical Island Boat Rentals in Marathon. Full day price was $179.00 for the boat, $30 for 2 rods and we burned a whole 12 gallons of gas. www.tropicalboatrentals.com This is an absolute great place to rent from, fished under 7 mile bridge for a while, pulled up to eat lunch at Porky%26#39;s and then headed out to Sombrero lighthouse to do some snorkeling. We had a 3.5%26#39; Barracuda that decided to become friends with our boat while we were tied to the mooring bouy. We got to see two huge sea turtles and then had a pod of dolphins that came up to the boat on our way back (halfway between the light house and the western tip of Marathon) and allowed us to float along with them while they just swam all around us for around 30 minutes. The boats are literally brand new and have a great color GPS on board to guide you all around the island or wherever you decide to go. If you decide to use them and want to snorkel, request a dive flag b/c you need one. One of the best days of our whole trip!!! Thanks Tropical Boat Rentals!!!

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