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If you are here in the Orlando, Disney, Kissimmee, Palm Coast, Stuart, Palm Bay, Sebastian Inlet, Cocoa Beach, Edgewater, Titusville, New Smyrna Beach, Melbourne or Daytona Beach area and are looking into going on an inshore light tackle flats fishing charter for redfish, seatrout, tarpon, IRL snook or black drum then please give me a call at (352)223-;7897 -; email me at -; captdrew@floridainshorefishingcharters.com -; I will be glad to see if I can meet your needs or answer any questions you may have.

January 1st, 2008 -; Cocoa Beach Florida Fishing Report

Today Spotted Seatrout opens back up here on the Atlantic Florida coast, however this does not mean it is time to kill them. As always, practice catch and release. We want to be able to have fish to catch in twenty years. Do you not want fish for your grand kids or kids? We live in a day and age where we can raise fish under tents. This is why they have farm raised fish. Think sport fishing!

Too many guides are selling their trips based on that you can keep these fish too. Seriously, who wants this? You do not need to hire a guide to do this. Guides out here should be focused on trophy sport fish that are praised for their fight and then released after a beautiful photograph. The Mosquito Lagoon is a sport fishing paradise, always has been and should remain this way. It should not be used for commercial harvest what so ever. Please write your local news outlets and beg them to do research on the over fishing here on the lagoon. It is a National Park, keep it fresh. I urge you to contact the federal government and tell them your feelings, please.

Recreationally it is a dream come true for red fish, seatrout, IRL snook and coastal Atlantic tarpon fishing. Think catch and release, this will pay off for generations to come. Commercial fishing should be done outside the park and refuge boundaries. Remember this is a national park and not a fish market. It has such a small area it is not like it is the size of Alaska or the population.

Captain Drew's Cell -; (352)223-;7897

Past Central Florida Fishing Reports

2006 to 2009 Archived -; Ponce Inlet, Sebastian Inlet, Indian River and Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Reports
2010 to 2015 Archived -; Mosquito Lagoon, Port Canaveral, Indian River and Ponce Inlet Fishing Reports
2016 to 2020 Archived -; Mosquito Lagoon, Sebastian Inlet, Indian River and Ponce Inlet Fishing Reports

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