Tidal water has no streamflow gauge. Tide predictions, water level and water temperature from the nearest NOAA stations are in the readings below.
Joe Bay is a saltwater flats in Florida, listed as Catch and release by National Park Service - Everglades National Park.
19 guides and 7 shops nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Florida Keys.
Joe Bay is a saltwater flats in Florida. Our destination hub Florida Keys is 21 mi away in a straight line. Florida has 2 waters named Joe Bay in the USGS Geographic Names Information System; this page is the bay whose point is in Miami-Dade County, the one the agency list names.
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 Joe Bay: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Joe Bay, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Joe Bay 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 waterBiscayne Bay in Biscayne National Park, Florida. Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterFly fishing on a flat in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Coupon BightThe May River looking east from the Calhoun Street dock, Bluffton, South Carolina. Photo: Townofbluffton, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Coupon Bight.
Florida · about 64 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.
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 saltwater.
On the Everglades National Park Catch and Release Area (Joe Bay and Snag Bay) list (National Park Service - Everglades National Park, read 2026-10-24). All waters with this designation
On the Everglades National Park Catch and Release Area (Joe Bay and Snag Bay) list (National Park Service - Everglades National Park, read 2026-10-24). All waters with this designation
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
South Miami, FL · 17 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Beginners & lessons · Everglades & Biscayne Bay
Nearby
Islamorada, FL · 18 mi
Beginners & lessons · Florida Bay & Florida Keys
Nearby
Islamorada, FL · 19 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Beginners & lessons · Florida Keys
Nearby
Islamorada, FL · 20 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Beginners & lessons · Florida Keys & Florida Bay
Nearby
Islamorada, FL · 20 mi
Beginners & lessons · Florida Keys & Florida Bay
Nearby
Islamorada, FL · 22 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Florida Keys & Florida Bay
Nearby
Islamorada, FL · 22 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Beginners & lessons · Florida Keys & Everglades
Nearby
What 19 nearby guide websites mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.
Named on 19 nearby guide websites
The Keys run 110 miles from Key Largo to Key West along US 1, with Florida Bay and the Everglades backcountry on the Gulf side and the oceanside flats and reef on the Atlantic side; Islamorada and Marathon sit in the middle.
Destination hub · 21 mi away in a straight line
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.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
Not sponsored All videos on saltwater flats
Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Joe Bay.
No stories from here yet.
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 “Joe Bay” (bay) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.
Tide predictions predictions for NOAA station Manatee Creek, Manatee Bay, Barnes Sound (8723575), 7.7 miles from this water in a straight line. Times are local time at the station; heights in feet above mean lower low water.
Thu, Nov 5
Fri, Nov 6
Sat, Nov 7
Predictions are astronomical tide tables; wind and pressure move real water levels. Station predictions page
Checked Nov 5, 7:37 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 waterBiscayne Bay in Biscayne National Park, Florida. Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterFly fishing on a flat in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Coupon BightThe May River looking east from the Calhoun Street dock, Bluffton, South Carolina. Photo: Townofbluffton, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Coupon Bight.
Florida · about 64 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.
Key Largo, Florida
River cabins · 12 mi
