It's a super airfield to fly from. We were on holiday when we noticed the airfield from St Pete's pier, so we went over to see if I could fly from there. I was still a Student learning in the UK, but managed to grab quite a few hours, visited various airfields in the area. I wasn't interested in building hours just having a bit of fun.
This was prior to 9/11, so a good few years ago. I went back the following year having got my licence, and was able to fly with a German instructor who was also on holiday, without having a checkride first. The place was friendly and accomodating both years.
I have some pictures of the approaches somewhere, if you are interested PM.