Saltwater Flats Fishing Charters Near Orlando, Disney, Kissimmee, New Smyrna Beach Beach, Daytona Beach & Cocoa Beach • Nearshore Tarpon Fishing • Mosquito Lagoon Flats Fishing Guide • Ponce Inlet Redfish Charters • Indian River Snook Fishing

Captain Drew Cavanaugh is a full time Mosquito Lagoon flats fishing guide and New Smyrna Beach Ponce Inlet tarpon fishing charter guide offering light tackle saltwater fishing charters near Orlando. Backcountry flats fishing at Ponce Inlet and the Indian River. I also offer nearshore light tackle reef-wreck charters, tarpon, snook and cobia fishing charters along with sight fishing the flats on the Mosquito Lagoon, Indian River, Port Canaveral, Ponce Inlet and Sebastian Inlet. We do both saltwater spin fishing and saltwater fly fishing for redfish, tarpon, cobia, snapper, big jacks, shark, triple tail, snook, seatrout and black drum. Check out my latest YouTube video fishing report here. We are getting into full blown 2025 winter fishing season here with exceptionally great weather to accompany it. The reef fishing is insane! Backcountry flats fishing is in prime.

Snook, seatrout, bull redfish, drum, sheephead, pompano, triple tail, jacks, shark, cobia and flounder are year round! Peak tarpon season is from May thru November and the tarpon range from 10 pounds to over well 150 pounds. Mosquito Lagoon backcountry fishing guide, Ponce Inlet nearshore and Orlando saltwater flats fishing guide, Captain Drew Cavanaugh, welcomes you to Florida Inshore Fishing Charters. This is the closest light tackle saltwater flats fishing charter and nearshore beach fishing trips located east of Orlando, Kissimmee & Disney. Saltwater flats fishing in Cocoa Beach, New Smyrna Beach, Oak Hill, Palm Bay, Edgewater, Ormond Beach, Titusville and Daytona Beach. Also offering dolphin and manatee sight seeing tours.

All licenses and tackle provided. Charters starting at $199! Use the deposit info page here or use the "Book Now Online" Button to secure your date today or you can email, call or text me for more info and to book directly with myself. You can reach me at (352)223-7897 or email captdrewcavanaugh@gmail.com

I would like to invite you to fish the Mosquito Lagoon and north Indian River located in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and Canaveral National Seashore. Premier nearshore fishing and inshore saltwater flats fishing near Orlando, Kissimmee & Disney. We will either meet in Cocoa Beach near Port Canaveral or New Smyrna Beach near Ponce Inlet right off I-95 just east of Orlando.

The number one place in central Florida to catch trophy redfish, seatrout, snook, triple tail, king fish, snappers, shark black drum year round and seasonal tarpon, cobia in central Florida. Great weather means, it is tarpon time. Reef wreck deep sea fishing has been epic!

Guided Mosquito Lagoon • Indian River • Ponce Inlet Fishing Charter • Port Canaveral

All of my inshore and nearshore guided fishing tours are done out of a new 2022 21 foot Pathfinder TRS boat, with a Yamaha outboard. Outfitted with professional grade saltwater fly fishing and light tackle Shimano St Croix spinning gear, high end Garmin Side View/Down Scan electronics package. Fishing this unaltered estuary among the shallow back country grass flats allows you to make casts at fish you are able to see and stalk. Plenty of room for up six anglers at times. We now have a backcountry micro skiff for shallow water flats fishing and sight flats fishing trips.

Whether you want to sight fish tailing redfish, drum or trout on the north Indian River lagoon at Ponce Inlet. See the explosion of tarpon hitting bait pods as they roll in the morning coastal surf. Target backcountry tarpon and snook at Sebastian Inlet and Palm Bay flats. Fishing for cobia underneath manta rays along the beaches. Or perhaps would just like to see the marvels this wildlife refuge has to offer, then this is the charter for you. I also offer largemouth bass, shad and crappie charters in the cooler months on the St. Johns River and private lakes.

The area is like no other sport fishing charter destinations. Numerous world records have been established here on light tackle throughout all of the lagoon systems and Ponce Inlet. Targeting giant bull redfish that roam these waters year round. Mosquito Lagoon red drum in excess of the 30 plus pound class! Saltwater trophy sport fishing at its best. Earning it the title of the redfish capital of the world.

With over 40 years of fishing here and running Florida Inshore Fishing Charters full time since 2001, being an Orlando area saltwater fishing guide, I will work very hard to ensure you have the best guided fishing trip possible. So if you are visiting and want to experience central Florida's premier saltwater fishing at its prime then this is a definite to put on your "things to do list".

Florida Inshore Fishing Charters hopes that you keep in mind, "Fishing is not a matter of life and death, it is way more important than that!" So call me today to book a charter of a lifetime!

Tight Lines & Bent Rods!
Captain Drew Cavanaugh
(352)223-7897