Ponce de Leon Inlet

Type
Surf and shore, Florida (South)
Designation
Agency-named saltwater fishing water
USGS gauges
None listed
Guides
5 nearby
Shops
2 nearby

Today on Ponce de Leon Inlet

Tides: see the readings below
Why there is no reading

Tidal water has no streamflow gauge. Tide predictions, water level and water temperature from the nearest NOAA stations are in the readings below.

Regulations & access Guides & shops

Ponce de Leon Inlet is a surf and shore in Florida, listed as Agency-named saltwater fishing water by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

More about Ponce de Leon Inlet

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission lists 11 species, including black drum, cobia and flounder. 5 guides and 2 shops nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Titusville & Mosquito Lagoon.

Updated · Sources: Where to Saltwater Fish (FWC popular saltwater fishing locations by county), Where to Saltwater Fish (FWC popular saltwater fishing locations by county)

Representative photograph of similar water; not a photograph of this place.
Representative photograph, not this water.
Where it is

Ponce de Leon Inlet is a surf and shore in Florida. Our destination hub Titusville & Mosquito Lagoon is 33 mi away in a straight line and lists it among its waters.

Tides, level and temperature
Reading NOAA tide stations…

Sources Tides & Currents

About these readings

Tidal and coastal waters have no USGS streamflow gauge. Tide predictions and observed water level and temperature come from the nearest NOAA stations, named with their distance; we do not estimate them.

Where to fish

About this

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.

Ponce de Leon Inlet on the map

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Shops and guides within 40 miles

Map of Ponce de Leon Inlet: gauges, shops and guides

RestroomsAccess map

Map of Ponce de Leon Inlet, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.

Restrooms near Ponce de Leon Inlet

Restrooms near Ponce de Leon Inlet

Restrooms within 2 miles of Ponce de Leon Inlet 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.

Map of 3 restrooms near Ponce de Leon Inlet

Skip the map; every place is in the list below

Map of 3 restrooms near Ponce de Leon Inlet, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.

  1. Restroom

    0.5 mi away in a straight line

    Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.

    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · free? · open to everyone? · step-free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Free?
    • Open to everyone?
    • Step-free?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

  2. Restroom

    0.8 mi away in a straight line

    Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.

    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · free? · open to everyone? · step-free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Free?
    • Open to everyone?
    • Step-free?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

  3. Restroom

    0.8 mi away in a straight line

    Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.

    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · free? · open to everyone? · step-free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Free?
    • Open to everyone?
    • Step-free?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

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.

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    Photo credit

    Biscayne Bay in Biscayne National Park, Florida. Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Mosquito Lagoon.

    Mosquito Lagoon

    Florida · about 21 mi

    Tarpon, redfish & spotted seatrout

  • Lake Dora's open water with reeds and a pale sandy shore in the foregroundCatch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Lake Underhill
    Photo credit

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    Lake Underhill

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    Photo credit

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    Banana River

    Florida · about 55 mi

    Redfish & spotted seatrout

  • Shallow sand flats of Florida Bay at Flamingo, with wading birds on the waterAgency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Indian River Lagoon
    Photo credit

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    Indian River Lagoon

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  • Open water of Orange Lake under a bright sky with white cloudsCatch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Wildcat Lake
    Photo credit

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    Wildcat Lake

    Florida · about 43 mi

  • A fly angler, face covered by a sun mask, casting while wading a flat, seen from the waterlineAgency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Matanzas Inlet
    Photo credit

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    Matanzas Inlet

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    Tarpon, redfish & spotted seatrout

Regulations

About this

Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.

Official designation: Agency-named saltwater fishing water

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.

Guides and shops near Ponce de Leon Inlet

About this

Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

2 shops nearby

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. After them, fly-focused guides within 40 miles whose website does not name it. Distances are straight-line.

Shops: fly shops first. A distance is shown when the shop’s website gives its location (within 60 miles); otherwise the shop is in one of the towns within 25 miles of the water.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species and hatches

About this

The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.

Listed by the state agency

  • Black Drum
  • Cobia
  • Flounder
  • Mangrove Snapper
  • Pompano
  • Sheepshead
  • Tripletail
  • Whiting

Titusville & Mosquito Lagoon

About this

Titusville is the Brevard County seat on the Indian River Lagoon, across from the Kennedy Space Center; Mosquito Lagoon lies to the north-east inside Canaveral National Seashore and Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, and the Banana River to the south-east.

Destination hub · 33 mi away in a straight line

Fish these abroad

About this

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 Ponce de Leon Inlet? Same fish, overseas.

Fish it when it's winter here

Southern seasons open while ours close.

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    Photo credit

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    Lake Taupō

    Waikato, New Zealand

    Season open all year · DOC

  • Penstock Lagoon's open water below a shoreline of tall eucalyptsFlagship water
    Photo credit

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    Penstock Lagoon

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    Season open Aug–May · Inland Fisheries Service

  • The clear turquoise Río Limay flowing past green willows and rock outcropsTailwater
    Photo credit

    The Río Limay, Argentina. Photo: P. Hughes, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Río Limay

    Río Negro, Argentina

    Season open Nov–May · Patagonian fishing regulation

  • The broad blue-green Río Puelo between forested banks, mountains beyondFreestone riverRepresentative photo · not Río Petrohué
    Photo credit

    The Río Puelo at Las Gualas, Cochamó. Photo: Nicolás from seno de reloncaví, Chile, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Río Petrohué.

    Río Petrohué

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    Season open Nov–May · SERNAPESCA

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    Photo credit

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    Lago Llanquihue

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    Season open Nov–May · SERNAPESCA

  • Lago Nahuel Huapi's blue water and wooded islands below snow-capped Andes, framed by conifersLake or reservoir
    Photo credit

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    Lago Nahuel Huapi

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    Season open Oct–May · Patagonian fishing regulation

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    Photo credit

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    Photo credit

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Gear checklist

About this

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.

Hands hold a bonefish just above the shallow water of a sand flat before releasing it

Saltwater flats

9′ rod, 8 weight, sealed-drag reel, tropical floating line · Bonefish, redfish, permit and other flats species

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Videos for this water (2)

Watch: flats fishing basics

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Sight 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.

  • FLY FISHING FOR REDFISH BASICS 101 INTRODUCTION FOR BEGINNERSEmbedded from YouTube · Huge Fly Fisherman · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • How To Set Up For A Bonefish TripEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

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Fish Tales

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Sources for this page

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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 “Ponce de Leon Inlet” (channel) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.