130 public boat ramps on published waters near Daytona Beach.
Distances are straight-line from downtown Daytona Beach; below are the 12 closest, grouped by water.
Rose Bay
Recorded in Rose Bay: Common Snook, Spotted Seatrout, Red Drum, and Tarpon.
Surveyed depths in Rose Bay reach 5 ft.
- 1Doris Leeper Spruce Creek Perserve - Spruce Creek Park and Campground: boat ramp on Rose Bay, ≈ 8.6 mi from downtown.
Turnbull Bay
Recorded in Turnbull Bay: Common Snook, Spotted Seatrout, Red Drum, and Tarpon.
Surveyed depths in Turnbull Bay reach 4 ft.
- 2Doris Leeper Spruce Creek Preserve - Divito Access: boat ramp on Turnbull Bay, ≈ 9.5 mi from downtown.
- 3Spruce Creek and US 1 Primitive Access: boat ramp on Turnbull Bay, ≈ 9.6 mi from downtown.
Indian River Lagoon
Recorded in Indian River Lagoon: Sheepshead, Common Snook, Spotted Seatrout, and Tarpon.
Surveyed depths in Indian River Lagoon reach 76 ft.
- 4Callalisa Park Canoe/Kayak Beach: boat ramp on Indian River Lagoon, ≈ 14.4 mi from downtown.
- 5Indian River Lagoon Preserve Park Kayak Beach (Long Portage): boat ramp on Indian River Lagoon, ≈ 16.5 mi from downtown.
- 6George Kennedy Memorial Park: boat ramp on Indian River Lagoon, ≈ 16.6 mi from downtown.
- 7Menard May Park Small Boat and Kayak Launch: boat ramp on Indian River Lagoon, ≈ 17 mi from downtown.
- 10Canaveral National Seashore - North Apollo Beach Paved Boat Ramp: boat ramp on Indian River Lagoon, ≈ 22.4 mi from downtown.
- 11Bissitt Bay Fish Camp: boat ramp on Indian River Lagoon, ≈ 23.5 mi from downtown.
- 12Indian Mound Fish Camp: boat ramp on Indian River Lagoon, ≈ 23.8 mi from downtown.
Lake Ashby
Recorded in Lake Ashby: Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, Sunshine Bass, and Brown Bullhead.
Surveyed depths in Lake Ashby reach 8 ft.
- 8Lake Ashby Public Boat Ramp: boat ramp on Lake Ashby, ≈ 19.3 mi from downtown.
Saint Johns River
Recorded in Saint Johns River: Flier, Spotted Bass, Brown Bullhead, and Spotted Gar.
Surveyed depths in Saint Johns River reach 65 ft.
- 9De Leon Springs State Park - Paddlecraft Launch: boat ramp on Saint Johns River, ≈ 21.2 mi from downtown.
When the fish bite here
By our bite calendar, November is a slow month around Daytona Beach for the fish recorded at these stops — the bars on each card show when each one picks up.
SaltwaterSlowSheepshead
Archosargus probatocephalus
Sparidae
36 in20 lb9 yr63 watersGame fish
SaltwaterSlowSpotted Seatrout
Cynoscion nebulosus
Sciaenidae
30 in10 lb5 yr58 watersGame fish
BrackishCommon Snook
Centropomus undecimalis
Centropomidae
48 in50 lb15 yr57 watersGame fish
SaltwaterRed Drum
Sciaenops ocellatus
Sciaenidae
50 in90 lb60 yr57 watersGame fish
SaltwaterTarpon
Megalops atlanticus
Megalopidae
96 in280 lb50 yr61 watersGame fish
SaltwaterSlowPermit
Trachinotus falcatus
Carangidae
36 in75 lb10 yr10 watersGame fish














