Mobile Marine Battery Service in Pinellas County, FL
Pinellas is a peninsula with water on three sides: the Gulf beaches to the west, Tampa Bay to the east and south, and Clearwater Harbor, Boca Ciega Bay and St. Joseph Sound tucked behind the barrier islands. It has more registered boats than almost any county in Florida, and a lot of them live on lifts behind houses or in slips at city marinas.
From Tarpon Springs and the Anclote River in the north down to Fort De Soto and Tierra Verde at the mouth of Tampa Bay, the county’s boaters split roughly into three groups: inshore anglers in bay boats and flats skiffs working the grass and mangroves, offshore crews in center consoles running out of John’s Pass, Clearwater Pass and Pass-a-Grille, and families and sailors who mostly cruise the protected bays. Freshwater boaters have Lake Tarpon and Lake Seminole. Salt air reaches every part of the county, so corrosion and heat are the two biggest enemies of a marine battery here.
Towns we serve in Pinellas County
- Clearwater: Clearwater Harbor, Intracoastal Waterway, Clearwater Pass
- Clearwater Beach: Clearwater Pass, Clearwater Harbor, Hurricane Pass
- Dunedin: St. Joseph Sound, Hurricane Pass, Honeymoon Island
- Tarpon Springs: Anclote River, Spring Bayou, Anclote Key
- Palm Harbor: Lake Tarpon, St. Joseph Sound, Ozona
- Oldsmar: Old Tampa Bay, Safety Harbor, Double Branch
- Safety Harbor: Old Tampa Bay, Safety Harbor Marina, Philippe Park
- St. Petersburg: Tampa Bay, Vinoy Basin, Coffee Pot Bayou
- St. Pete Beach: Pass-a-Grille Channel, Blind Pass, Boca Ciega Bay
- Treasure Island: John’s Pass, Blind Pass, Boca Ciega Bay
- Madeira Beach: John’s Pass, Boca Ciega Bay, Gulf of Mexico
- Gulfport: Boca Ciega Bay, Clam Bayou, Gulfport Municipal Marina
- Tierra Verde: Bunces Pass, Pass-a-Grille Channel, Egmont Key
- Indian Rocks Beach: The Narrows, Clearwater Harbor, Intracoastal Waterway
- Seminole: Lake Seminole, Boca Ciega Bay, Long Bayou
Town by town
Clearwater. Clearwater sits between two very different kinds of water: the protected Intracoastal behind the barrier islands, and Old Tampa Bay on the city’s east side. Inshore, people chase snook along the mangrove edges and dock lights, redfish on the grass flats, and spotted seatrout in the deeper potholes.
Clearwater Beach. Clearwater Beach is a small island with a lot of boats on it. Weekday mornings bring kingfish trollers out the pass when the bait is thick, and grouper boats head west to deeper ledges.
Dunedin. Dunedin is a sailing and paddling town as much as a fishing town. The sound is known for redfish and trout on the grass, snook along the island beaches in summer, and cobia that cruise the flats in spring.
Tarpon Springs. Tarpon Springs is best known for the Sponge Docks, but the boating here goes well beyond the working sponge boats. Salt-side boats run out of the Anclote for trout and redfish on the flats north toward Anclote Key, and offshore boats head west for grouper.
Palm Harbor. Palm Harbor covers a lot of ground, from the small waterfront villages of Ozona and Crystal Beach on St. Lake Tarpon gives up largemouth bass, bluegill and specks, and it draws local bass clubs and weekend tournaments.
Oldsmar. Oldsmar sits at the very top of Old Tampa Bay, where the bay narrows and the water gets shallow and calm. Snook and redfish hold around the creek mouths and mangrove shorelines, and the upper bay is known for trout on the grass in cooler months.
Safety Harbor. Safety Harbor has a small-town waterfront on the west shore of Old Tampa Bay, with a city marina and pier at the end of Main Street and quiet residential docks along the bay. The area is known for snook and redfish along the shoreline and spotted seatrout on the flats.
St. Petersburg. St. The Skyway area is famous for tarpon in spring and summer, and the bridges and fishing piers hold snook, Spanish mackerel and grouper.
St. Pete Beach. St. Snook fishing along the beach and around Blind Pass is a summer ritual, and the channels hold sheepshead and mangrove snapper.
Treasure Island. Treasure Island is bracketed by two passes, Blind Pass to the south and John’s Pass to the north, so Gulf access is short in either direction. Charter and private boats head out John’s Pass for grouper, snapper and kingfish.
Madeira Beach. Madeira Beach is home to John’s Pass Village and Boardwalk and one of the busiest fishing fleets on the Gulf coast. The grouper fleet out of John’s Pass is well known, and charters run for red grouper, gag, snapper and amberjack offshore.
Gulfport. Gulfport is a laid-back waterfront town on Boca Ciega Bay with a working city marina, a mooring field off the beach and a lot of sailboats. Boca Ciega Bay holds trout, redfish and snook along the mangrove islands, and sheepshead around the docks in winter.
Tierra Verde. Tierra Verde is a cluster of islands at the mouth of Tampa Bay, and almost every home has water access. The mouth of Tampa Bay is a crossroads for tarpon, kingfish, cobia and permit around the channel markers and wrecks, and the flats around Fort De Soto hold redfish and snook.
Indian Rocks Beach. Indian Rocks Beach is a quieter beach town between Clearwater and Madeira Beach. Docks along the Narrows hold snook, sheepshead and mangrove snapper, and the beach itself is known for snook in summer.
Seminole. Seminole has two kinds of boating in one city: a big freshwater lake in the middle of town and the salt water of Boca Ciega Bay and Long Bayou on its southern edge. Lake Seminole is known for largemouth bass, and small bass boats and jon boats with trolling motors launch at the park.
Installation
Our installation area includes all 73 ZIP codes we list for Pinellas County. Installation at your dock, ramp or driveway is a flat $99 per battery ($249 for a 24V or 36V lithium bank), with no travel charge. The $18 core charge on lead-acid and AGM batteries is waived when you book installation and we take the old battery. To set up a time or ask about installation, text us at (954) 743-0000.
ZIP codes in our installation area in Pinellas County: 33701, 33702, 33703, 33704, 33705, 33706, 33707, 33708, 33709, 33710, 33711, 33712, 33713, 33714, 33715, 33716, 33729, 33730, 33731, 33732, 33733, 33734, 33736, 33737, 33738, 33740, 33741, 33742, 33743, 33744, 33747, 33755, 33756, 33757, 33758, 33759, 33760, 33761, 33762, 33763, 33764, 33765, 33766, 33767, 33769, 33770, 33771, 33772, 33773, 33774, 33775, 33776, 33777, 33778, 33779, 33780, 33781, 33782, 33784, 33785, 33786, 34660, 34677, 34681, 34682, 34683, 34684, 34685, 34688, 34689, 34695, 34697, 34698.
Battery care for Pinellas County boats
For Pinellas boats, sealed AGM or lithium batteries are worth the upgrade if your battery lives aboard on a lift or in a slip. Keep terminals coated, use a battery switch, and give lead-acid batteries a full charge after short sandbar trips that never let the engine top them up.
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