22 piers and shore spots on public waters near Daytona Beach — no boat needed.
Distances are straight-line from downtown Daytona Beach; below are the 10 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.
- 1Spruce Creek Park: pier on Rose Bay, ≈ 8.7 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.
- 2Rocco Park: pier on Turnbull Bay, ≈ 11.4 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.
- 3Buena Vista Park: pier on Indian River Lagoon, ≈ 13.8 mi from downtown.
- 4North Causeway Park: pier on Indian River Lagoon, ≈ 14 mi from downtown.
- 5North Causeway Boat Ramp - West: pier on Indian River Lagoon, ≈ 14 mi from downtown.
- 6Riverside Park: pier on Indian River Lagoon, ≈ 14.3 mi from downtown.
- 7Indian River Preserve Park: pier on Indian River Lagoon, ≈ 16.5 mi from downtown.
- 8Menard-May Park: pier on Indian River Lagoon, ≈ 17 mi from downtown.
- 10Mary McLeod Bethune Beach Park: pier on Indian River Lagoon, ≈ 21.1 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.
- 9Lake Ashby Park: pier on Lake Ashby, ≈ 19.5 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













