Fly fishing in Florida.
Live flows, rules, access maps and nearby guides.
- 82waters
- 14with a live gauge
- 79designated

Photo credit
Fly fishing on a flat in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
82 fly-fishing waters in Florida have a page here, 13 with a live USGS flow gauge and 79 with an official agency designation (such as Agency-named saltwater fishing water or Agency-named bass water).
More about Florida
109 fly-fishing guides and 28 fly shops in Florida are listed, unclaimed unless marked. Destination hubs: Florida Keys, Titusville & Mosquito Lagoon, Boca Grande & Charlotte Harbor and Homosassa & the Nature Coast.
82 watersShowing 1–60
- Florida Keys flatsSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Florida BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Biscayne BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Everglades National Park backcountrySaltwater flats · tides
- Turkey LakeLake or reservoir · Featured sport-fishing water · Catch and release
- Apalachicola RiverTailwater · Featured sport-fishing water · Agency-named bass water · live flow
- Choctawhatchee RiverFreestone river · Featured sport-fishing water · Agency-named bass water · live flow
- Escambia RiverFreestone river · Featured sport-fishing water · Agency-named bass water · live flow
- Holmes CreekFreestone river · Featured sport-fishing water · Agency-named bass water · live flow
- Ochlockonee RiverFreestone river · Featured sport-fishing water · Agency-named bass water · live flow
- Withlacoochee RiverFreestone river · Featured sport-fishing water · Agency-named bass water · live flow
- Yellow RiverFreestone river · Featured sport-fishing water · Agency-named bass water · live flow
- Orange LakeLake or reservoir · Featured sport-fishing water · Agency-named bass water
- Bee Haven BayLake or reservoir · Featured sport-fishing water · Agency-named bass water
- Lake BeauclairLake or reservoir · Featured sport-fishing water · Agency-named bass water
- Lake DoraLake or reservoir · Featured sport-fishing water · Agency-named bass water
- Lake IdaLake or reservoir · Featured sport-fishing water · Agency-named bass water
- Lake IstokpogaLake or reservoir · Featured sport-fishing water · Agency-named bass water
- Lake OkeechobeeLake or reservoir · Featured sport-fishing water · Agency-named bass water
- Lake OsborneLake or reservoir · Featured sport-fishing water · Agency-named bass water
- Lake PanasoffkeeLake or reservoir · Featured sport-fishing water · Agency-named bass water
- Lake RousseauLake or reservoir · Featured sport-fishing water · Agency-named bass water
- Lake TalquinLake or reservoir · Featured sport-fishing water · Agency-named bass water
- Lake TarponLake or reservoir · Featured sport-fishing water · Agency-named bass water
- Lake ThonotosassaLake or reservoir · Featured sport-fishing water · Agency-named bass water
- Lake TohopekaligaLake or reservoir · Featured sport-fishing water · Agency-named bass water
- Lake WeohyakapkaLake or reservoir · Featured sport-fishing water · Agency-named bass water · lake level
- Wacissa RiverFreestone river · Featured sport-fishing water · Agency-named bass water · live flow
- Joe BaySaltwater flats · Catch and release · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Lake JacksonLake or reservoir · Catch and release · Agency-named bass water
- Lake UnderhillLake or reservoir · Catch and release · Agency-named bass water
- Wildcat LakeLake or reservoir · Catch and release · Agency-named bass water
- Crooked RiverFreestone river
- Salt RiverSaltwater flats · live flow
- Loxahatchee RiverSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · live flow
- Mosquito LagoonSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Nassau RiverSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · live flow
- Ten Thousand IslandsSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Alligator HarborSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Apalachee BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Apalachicola BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Banana RiverSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Boca Ciega BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Charlotte HarborSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Cockroach BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Indian River LagoonSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Lemon BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Matlacha PassSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Pine Island SoundSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Rocky BayouSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Rookery BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Saint Andrew BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Saint Joseph BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Terra Ceia BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Big LagoonSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Bishop HarborSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Boca Grande PassSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Cedar KeysSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Choctawhatchee BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Coupon BightSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
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About the Florida list
About this
82 Florida rivers, creeks, lakes and flats with a page: each with its official agency designations and their source, live USGS flow where a gauge exists, the state’s regulations and access map, and the guides and shops nearby. Waters that cross into Florida from a neighbouring state are included.
A Florida water is here because the state agency lists it under an official designation, because guides and shops in our directories name it on their own websites, or because a live USGS gauge sits on a river a guide names. Species appear only where an agency page states them. “Most fished first” ranks by designations and by how many guide and shop websites name the water.
