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Florida Keys flats is a saltwater flats in Florida, listed as Agency-named saltwater fishing water by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission lists 7 species, including snook, red drum and redfish. 215 guides and 10 shops nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Florida Keys.
Fly fishing on a flat in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Florida Keys flats is a saltwater flats in Florida. Our destination hub Florida Keys lists it among its waters, 62 mi away in a straight line.
Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of Florida Keys flats: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Florida Keys flats, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Florida Keys flats in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.
No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.
Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.
Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterSand flats in Florida Bay off the Flamingo visitor center, Everglades National Park. Photo: NPS / Everglades National Park, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Saltwater flatsA beach in the Ten Thousand Islands, Everglades National Park. Photo: olekinderhook, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Coupon BightBiscayne Bay in Biscayne National Park, Florida. Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Coupon Bight.
Florida · about 14 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Joe BayThe May River looking east from the Calhoun Street dock, Bluffton, South Carolina. Photo: Townofbluffton, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Joe Bay.
Florida · about 75 mi
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Ten Thousand IslandsThe Ashley River at sunset from Brittlebank Park, Charleston, South Carolina. Photo: Ianmccor, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Ten Thousand Islands.
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Rookery BaySabine Lake at Pleasure Island, Port Arthur, Texas. Photo: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Rookery Bay.
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under trout, saltwater.
On the Where to Saltwater Fish (FWC popular saltwater fishing locations by county) list (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, read 2026-10-24). All waters with this designation
Quoted word for word from the agency page on the date shown. Many quotes name the reach they cover and apply only to that part of the water. Rules change; the linked page is the authority.
“Bonefish can be caught year-round in the Keys, but peak bonefish season is generally March through October.”
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · read 2026-10-14
“Bonefish is a Catch-And-Release fishery”
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · read 2026-10-14
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
215 guides name it on their website
Cudjoe Key, FL · 5 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Florida Keys
Names this water
Cudjoe Key, FL · 5 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Beginners & lessons · Florida Keys
Names this water
Summerland Key, FL · 9 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Beginners & lessons · Florida Keys
Names this water
Summerland Key, FL · 9 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Florida Keys
Names this water
Summerland Key, FL · 9 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Florida Keys
Names this water
Summerland Key, FL · 9 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Florida Keys
Names this water
The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.
Listed by the state agency
Species guide
Bonefish (Albula vulpes), painting by Robert W. Hines for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo: Robert W. Hines, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Species guide
Permit (Trachinotus falcatus) from the Gulf of Mexico (NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Pascagoula Laboratory). Photo: SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC., public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Species guide
Tarpon, plate from Hugh M. Smith's The Fishes of North Carolina (1907). Photo: Hugh McCormick Smith, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Species guide
Red drum or redfish (Sciaenops ocellatus), illustration by Duane Raver for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo: Duane Raver, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Species guide
Common snook (Centropomus undecimalis), Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (NOAA). Photo: Bob Care - Florida Keys NMS, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Florida Keys lists Florida Keys flats among its waters, but the hub's centre is 62 miles away in a straight line, so the trip planner builds a trip around the water itself: the guides and shops listed within 40 miles of it, its gauges and its nearest towns and airports.
Lists this water · 62 mi away
Matched on the fish the agencies list for both waters first, then the same water type, an official designation or flagship listing on both, and a similar mapped size where USGS hydrography covers both.
At most two waters per country. A shared fish is a listing, not a promise: presence varies by reach and season.
Like the Florida Keys flats? Same fish, overseas.
Saltwater flatsThe west coast of Andros from the air. Photo: LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Saltwater flatsThe windward shore of southern Ambergris Caye, Belize, with the shallow water inside the reef. Photo: Asdfjrjjj, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Saltwater flatsMarsh on Great Abaco. Photo: Rüdiger Stehn from Kiel, Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Saltwater flatsRepresentative photo · not Bahía de la AscensiónFlorida Bay, Everglades National Park. Photo: National Park Service, Everglades National Park, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Bahía de la Ascensión.
Saltwater flatsRepresentative photo · not Bahía del Espíritu SantoThe River Etive in Glen Etive, Scottish Highlands. Photo: Alan O'Dowd, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Bahía del Espíritu Santo.
Southern seasons open while ours close.
Flagship waterPenstock Lagoon, Central Highlands, Tasmania. Photo: Mike Cline, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Freestone riverRepresentative photo · not Río PetrohuéThe Río Puelo at Las Gualas, Cochamó. Photo: Nicolás from seno de reloncaví, Chile, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Río Petrohué.
Lake or reservoirRepresentative photo · not Lago LlanquihueThe Río Simpson passing Coyhaique, Aysén. Photo: Manxuc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lago Llanquihue.
Lake or reservoir
Flagship waterRepresentative photo · not Mataura RiverThe Oreti River near Lumsden, Southland. Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not Mataura River.
Flagship waterGreat Lake, Tasmania. Photo: Peripitus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A saltwater flats fly-fishing checklist: a 9 ft 8 weight rod, sealed-drag reel, tropical line, fluorocarbon leaders and shrimp/crab flies, plus sun protection and flats booties, with estimated prices and where to buy.
9′ rod, 8 weight, sealed-drag reel, tropical floating line · Bonefish, redfish, permit and other flats species
Open the checklistSight casting, the strip set and sun on the water.
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Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.
Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown; tides from NOAA CO-OPS. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the point for “Florida Keys” (island) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.
Tide predictions predictions for NOAA station Perky (8724378), 1.5 miles from this water in a straight line. Times are local time at the station; heights in feet above mean lower low water.
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Predictions are astronomical tide tables; wind and pressure move real water levels. Station predictions page
Observed Nov 5, 6:00 PM EST at Key West (16.1 mi)
Checked Nov 5, 6:09 PM EST; observations refresh at most every 15 minutes and predictions daily. Conditions change: re-check before you go. This is general guidance, not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access.
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterSand flats in Florida Bay off the Flamingo visitor center, Everglades National Park. Photo: NPS / Everglades National Park, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Saltwater flatsA beach in the Ten Thousand Islands, Everglades National Park. Photo: olekinderhook, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Coupon BightBiscayne Bay in Biscayne National Park, Florida. Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Coupon Bight.
Florida · about 14 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Joe BayThe May River looking east from the Calhoun Street dock, Bluffton, South Carolina. Photo: Townofbluffton, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Joe Bay.
Florida · about 75 mi
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Ten Thousand IslandsThe Ashley River at sunset from Brittlebank Park, Charleston, South Carolina. Photo: Ianmccor, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Ten Thousand Islands.
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Rookery BaySabine Lake at Pleasure Island, Port Arthur, Texas. Photo: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Rookery Bay.
Big Pine Key, Florida
River cabins · 15 mi
