Permit are a fantastic gamefish on light to medium tackle which cruise near the surface during the summer. They frequent the wrecks south of Marco Island and the Air Force towers out in the Gulf. In the past few years, due to the high price of fuel as well as a two fish per boat limit the Enterprise has only rarely targeted these fish. The preferred bait is a live crab floated over the wreck or up to the tower, but they will also hit a shrimp tipped jig. Excellent eating since they eat crabs, and you are what you eat.