January 27th, 2010 Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Reports

The weather for the beginning of this year had started off very poorly as we all know. Some of the coldest days and nights I have seen in my life here in Florida for a very long time. Not just cold but the length it lasted as well. I will not dwell too much over the extreme cold that we had or what it did and is doing to the fish populations because I am sure every one is aware of it at this point in time. However I would like to suggest some f… Continue

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On Wednesday the U.S. Coast Guard released the 2008 boating safety statistics, reporting a rise in recreational boating fatalities.

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Tried some fishing at the beach out by Ormond by the Sea. Sunday morning around 9:00am to 12:00. It was a calm out going tide and blazing hot. We tried fishing in the deep close to shore areas using some peeled shrimp and sand fleas we caught. The fleas did alright at first we caught one whiting then they just stopped. So we decided to wade out to the sand bar about 200 feet off the shore. Tossed my line out got a hit in the first 3 mins. So I make the 200 foot walk back to shore dragging the po… Continue

Living here in Edgewater, FL a stone's throw from the Lagoon, it is easy to think about faraway places. Not Capt. Drew Cavanaugh - a member of Castaway Place. He has a love affair going with Mosquito Lagoon and writes about it often on his own page here on the site.

If you want to learn more about Mosquito Lagoon fishing, go to Capt. Drew's page.

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