{"id":348933,"date":"2025-12-16T13:03:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/348933\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T13:03:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:03:16","slug":"at-cabot-citrus-farms-the-fishing-is-as-good-as-the-golf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/348933\/","title":{"rendered":"At Cabot Citrus Farms, the fishing is as good as the golf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"first\">In its brief history, <a href=\"https:\/\/cabotcitrusfarms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Cabot Citrus Farms<\/a> has become a premier golf destination in one of the golfiest states in America. Florida, though, is also famous for another outdoor pastime: fishing.<\/p>\n<p>Surrounded by ocean, anglers can spend a lifetime fishing Florida\u2019s saltwater, but it\u2019s also arguably the best state to hunt for the most popular sport fish in the United States: the largemouth bass.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why, in addition to its two heralded 18-hole courses \u2014 the Roost and <a href=\"https:\/\/golf.com\/travel\/karoo-cabot-citrus-farms-kyle-franz-florida\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Karoo<\/a> \u2014 as well inventive short courses the Squeeze and the Wedge (<a href=\"https:\/\/golf.com\/travel\/cabot-citrus-farms-wedge-night-golf\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">which you can play at night<\/a>), Cabot Citrus Farms offers its guests the chance to catch Florida\u2019s most famous fish in a serene setting on property, with full guided instruction.<\/p>\n<p>    Fishing and other outdoor activities abound at Cabot Citrus Farms<\/p>\n<p>In Florida, it\u2019s not uncommon for eager bass fisherman to sneak onto golf courses to ply the ponds for big fish. Just north in Georgia, <a href=\"https:\/\/golf.com\/lifestyle\/secret-monsters-augusta-national-fish-masters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">President Dwight D. Eisenhower was known to regularly fish Augusta National\u2019s ponds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But at Cabot Citrus Farms, you don\u2019t need to be a President or resort to trespassing to have a memorable golf-course fishing adventure.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/golf.com\/travel\/cabot-citrus-farms-florida-golf-fishing-48-hours\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                <img class=\"lazy inner\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/karoo.jpg\" alt=\"The Karoo Course at Cabot Citrus Farms\"   style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/karoo.jpg?width=30);\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/golf.com\/travel\/cabot-citrus-farms-florida-golf-fishing-48-hours\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Inside Cabot Citrus Farms: 48 hours at the most un-Florida of Florida golf resorts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        By:<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/golf.com\/writers\/josh-sens\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                Josh Sens            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>When guests need a break from the fairways and greens, they can head over to the private lake next to the Club House to fish for bass. And there\u2019s no prior experience necessary. The resort has expert guides on hands to offer instruction and all the gear you need to fish throughout your stay.<\/p>\n<p>GOLF\u2019s own Josh Sens went through the full bass-fishing experience at Cabot Citrus Farms on a recent trip, which you can learn all about in the video above.<\/p>\n<p>With plentiful bass fishing opportunities in the surrounding area, Cabot Citrus Farms could also be a great home base for a dual golf-and-fishing Florida adventure.<\/p>\n<p>For guests who want to stay away from the water, there are plenty of other outdoor activities on offer at the resort, from archery, to axe-throwing, to skeet shooting and more.<\/p>\n<p>But with so much good golf, good luck pulling yourself away from the links.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In its brief history, Cabot Citrus Farms has become a premier golf destination in one of the golfiest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-348933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}