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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. If you want to contribute your own thoughts about Mosquito Lagoon, please do it here in the blog topic. Continue

Capt. Drew Cavanaugh January 20, 2009 Mosquito Lagoon - Report With the recent snaps of cold fronts that central Florida has been having the fishing has snapped too. It has snapped into a good thing, winter red fishing on the Mosquito Lagoon is here! By this I mean it is changing and you too should change your tactics. A sunrise start is not always the ticket. When cold weather moves into the area the fishing on the lagoon tends to change a bit, for the good and even sometimes the GREAT! The f… Continue

Here in Edgewater Florida, I look around at the local boat building industry and am dismayed at the effects of the economic crisis in which we find ourselves. Some of the great brands are manufactured here - Boston Whaler, Edgewater Power Boats, Everglades Boats, and nearby is Sea Ray. They are so important to the economy of our area, and to the peaceful enjoyment of boaters everywhere, that we must hope that the Obama stimulus plan does work - people need to go back to work, not just at the bo… Continue

It may be the holiday season for most and purchasing a boat is probably the last thing on your mind right now. Soon the rush will be over and another fishing trip will be on the horizon. If you need (want) a new boat sit back and relax do the research at http://www.discoverboating.com/buying/types/detail.aspx?id=22. Research and compare different types of fishing boats online, including boats for both freshwater or saltwater fishing. Discover Boating provides boating and sailing information and… Continue