ive had marlin an sailfish, tarpon along with others, what i would say, is go somewhere and get to know the locals, i usually fish from islamorada , lauderdale , miami , but ive fished most of florida , charters boats can run into$1000/1000's per day without tipping if u dont know the crack, i am lucky i fish with friends that own boats so we split the fuel, i would say head over to mexico, lot of sport to be taken there's a hell of a lot, same rule applies, stay out of the tourist trap, if u want a buzz go down to the keys and fish for shark off the jetties, takes u a while to turn a run lo