Best of luck on the gulf. I did that last year and fished both the gulf and atlantic side of the FL Keys. Caught all sorts of stuff some of which I didn't even know what it was and wouldn't touch it. Spiney things coming out all over the damn thing.. The grouper are a blast to pull up and great table fare too. Caught some amberjack, snapper and mackeral too. We brought some of it in to a restaurant and they cooked it up. What a feast. I have been doing some fishing out of New England and have a freezer full of haddock, cod and pollock. Great eats too.