eh, its not far from the beach. maybe the equivalent of 2 city blocks? or a little more. its a nice little stroll. its not close, like say crossing the highway to the beach from a condo. the "hard" part is the beach is so wide it takes as long to get to the water as it does to walk to the edge of the beach. but nothing tiring or enough to make you want to not go. you could drive your car/truck for one minute and be at the edge of the beach. they also allow driving on the beach with a permit. we never looked into that so i dont know the details. imo the short walk was worth it to have the peace and quiet and seclusion. plus youre walking through a neighborhood and the traffic is light and courteous.
fishing...i personally didnt catch anything, lol. we were using frozen shrimp and squid from the little bait shop up the street. we also had a minnow trap and used those. we even netted a few small crabs and gave those a toss. the only good fish caught was the black drum in the photo, and another drum about 3/4 its size. the rest was pin fish, that we started using for cut bait. im sure there would be rewards for a more dedicated angler. we were just relaxing and getting drunk.
the address for the house is 11 banfill road santa rosa beach, fl 32459 if you wanna look it up on google maps to give you an idea of the houses location in relation to the beach and the red bar, etc.