You can do some fishing from the shore, fort island beach, the boat ramp half way down fort island, the mullet hole or the barge canal north of town. There is a dock in town you can fish from. Best best is off a boat but you can still catch dinner from land. Good luck. It is a beautiful place.
No you don't need a boat to fish it's nice and a clean place to fish and go
I fish Crystal River quite frequently, and it all depends on what type of fishing you are wanting to do. For offshore, I would say that yes you probably need your own boat, because the Twin Rivers rentals are usually only pontoons. But if you are interested in just normal trout fishing or inshore per say, then yes, you could rent a boat in Crystal River. I will say though, Hang em High Charters has an excellent offshore trip. Not sure of how much, but I know that it is almost guarunteed fish.
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