Richard Atha is probably there right now poking a rusty hook through a chunk of cut mullet. Out west in Deltona, there s a hidden lake off a winding road just through a patch of trees. Indeed, Volusia and Flagler County residents who can t afford or don t prefer to own a boat are angling other ways. There are plenty of banks and piers from which to fish. On a good day, the Halifax River offers more species of fish than you can throw a cast net at.
Fishing is about the cheapest thing.
It s outdoors. And the air is pretty clean, he said. Finding the good places In West Volusia, the tactics may be different, but the goal is just the same. Along the winding St. John s River or the massive waters of Lake Monroe, a tin of plastic worms or a spinner bait will snag a big-mouth bass or a bucket of bream. Once you get to know the good places, you can always catch fish, said Jean Cruger, manager of Highbanks Country Store and Bait Shop.