Indian River Lagoon Fishing Guide

Indian River Lagoon, Florida

Indian River Lagoon

The Indian River Lagoon is North America’s most diverse estuary with more than 2,200 different species of animals and 2,100 species of plants. The Lagoon varies in width from ½ mile to 5 miles and averages 3 feet in depth. It serves as a spawning and nursery ground for many different species of oceanic and lagoon fish and shellfish.

The lagoon also has one of the most diverse bird populations anywhere in America. Nearly 1/3 of the nation’s manatee population lives here or migrates through the Lagoon seasonally. In addition, its ocean beaches provide one of the densest sea turtle nesting areas found in the Western Hemisphere.

Indian River, the main body of water, from the north border between Volusia and Brevard Counties along the western shore of Merritt Island, southward to St. Lucie Inlet. Banana River Lagoon, an offshoot of the Indian River, northward making up the eastern shore of Merritt Island. The diversity of the lagoon draws millions of boaters and fishermen annually, which brings tens of millions of dollars to Florida. red drum, spotted seatrout, common snook, and the formidable tarpon are the main gamefish sought by anglers in the lagoon system.

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