Lake Comegys Fishing Spot

• Last Modified By: vinny60 on 09/22/09 10:09 AM
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Lake Comegys is a great place. it is a short walk to get to the ocean too! You have your choice of lake fishing, or ocean fishing here. There are many places to stay and any recreation you wish to pursue. Dewey Beach lies on a small strip of land between the Atlantic Ocean and Rehoboth Bay that is approximately one mile long and two blocks wide. Despite its small size and low year-round population of approximately 300, it’s not uncommon for thousands to descend upon the town during the summer weekends. However, as is the case with most beach areas, Dewey Beach quiets down in the fall and winter. Dewey’s history began after the Dutch founded Lewes in 1631. From 1670 to 1730, farmers plowed the land south of Lewes that we know today as Rehoboth and Dewey Beach. However, the blueprint that would create the Dewey didn’t come to be until about 1885 when Clementine and Robert West bought 135 acres of land from a gentleman by the name of John Roades. That strip of land, which we now know as Dewey Beach, extends at its north end from Lake Comegys and Silver Lake, all the way south to the bay. Its southern border was where Dagsworthy Street is today.