Awesome 39th Annual Offshore Fishing Tournament yesterday out of Port Canaveral! Congratulations to the Easy Drinkin team who won the $10K grand prize and calcutta with a 57.2lb kingfish! Second year in a row that the Easy Drinkin team has won largest fish.
Thank you to all of our Anglers, sponsors, volunteers, and Bluepoints Marina at Port Canaveral for hosting our tournament again this year. The weather was awesome - our big 30x50 tent kept all the spectators comfortable on a warm day in the Port.
Congratulations to all of our winners! Darius Adams won the Grand Prize raffle drawing and now has 2x deep drop Daiwa electric reels+Live Bottom rods to target tilefish or grouper or .... Congratulations Darius! BTW, Darius's company Clear2Create donated all the custom marine tools that went into the captain's buckets.
We hope everyone enjoyed the tournament and Captain's Party!
May Soci
May Social - Captain Leiza Fitzgerald! Just in time for The CCA STAR tournament kickoff.
May 20,2025 6:30 PM
Mud Hole Tackle Center - Oviedo, Fl
The CFSA May Social will feature Captain Leiza Fitzgerald.
Captain Fitzgerald will be covering (among other topics of interest):
Fishing stories and tips for nearshore and inshore fishing in east central Florida, specifically redfish and snook.
The CCA STAR tournament which kicks off at the end of May and runs through the beginning of September.
Conservation and CCA's efforts to revitalize the local ecosystem.
Support for offshore reef initiatives.
In a 30-year outdoor career, Captain Leiza Fitzgerald was instrumental in introducing women to the sport of fishing. She helped create and implement some of the sport’s most iconic events. Her professional team “Screamin Reels N High Heels” was ranked a Top 10 Florida team, and earned a spot in the Southern Kingfish Association’s National Championships in 1998. Her two-woman redfish team was ranked as one of the Top 10 ESPN “ALL STAR” Redfish Teams in the country. In 2018, she was listed by Salt Strong as one of the top 12 lady anglers in Florida. In 2019, she was named Sportsman of the Year by The Sarasota Sportsman’s Association, the first time a woman had been named. In 2020, she was named as one of the 30 most influential female anglers (Top 5 in Saltwater) by Wildlife Enthusiast magazine. She won Annual Top Angler for Redfish from the International Women’s Fishing Association in 2020 with a repeat in 2021 when she won IWFA Annual Top Angler for Redfish, Snook and Sheephead. Leiza has affectionately been deemed “Queen of Conservation” for her tireless efforts to help improve marine fisheries.
6:30 - Member discussions
7:00 - Program start
Monthly raffle - great prizes included trolling rod/reel combo
Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20
Bring a guest and get a free raffle ticket!
When:
Tuesday May 20th, 2025 @ 6:30pm
Where:
Mud Hole Custom Tackle, Inc.
2133 Component Loop Suite 1001
Oviedo, FL 32765
https://mudhole.com/
Note that Mud Hole Custom Tackle center is expanding their sales offerings. Come by early to browse around the mud hole store!
Mud Hole is having a Grand ReOpening event on May 31st, see the link below:
https://www.facebook.com/share/15LtJhLYhC/
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Want a reef 2.5 miles off of Cocoa Beach!
The Central Florida Offshore Anglers (CFOA) and Florida Sport Fishing Association (FSFA) are collecting funds on behalf of the Space Coast Artificial Reef Advisory Board (SCARAB) for the creation of a nearshore artificial reef in the Atlantic Ocean within Florida State waters approximately 2.5 miles off of Cocoa Beach Pier. This Brevard County nearshore reef will be easily accessible by smaller boats, and a place where snapper, grouper, flounder and other reef fish could thrive. This nearshore reef will fall within the State of Florida FWC fishing regulations.
Location For Our Socials
Mud Hole Custom Tackle, Inc.
2133 Component Loop Suite 1001
Oviedo, FL 32765
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