Learn more about the deep sea fishing in the Daytona Beach, FL area.
Fishing for Pelagic Fish
What are Pelagic Fish?
Pelagic fish get their name from the area that they inhabit called the pelagic zone. The pelagic zone is the largest habitat on earth with a volume of 330 million cubic miles. Different species of pelagic fish are found throughout this zone. Numbers and distributions vary regionally and vertically, depending on availability of light, nutrients, dissolved oxygen, temperature, salinity, and pressure.
To get to the deeper waters that are known for holding billfish, tuna and wahoo, you need to go out to the Gulf Stream waters that are around 40 to 50 miles out from Ponce Inlet. These types of trips will most likely run into the 10 to 12 hour range because of the distance you have to go to get to where the fish will be. The fishing is very good out there though for tuna, wahoo, mahi mahi and billfish.
Bottom Fishing
Reefs & Wrecks
There plenty of offshore structures to fish in the offshore waters near Daytona Beach. There are many fishing charters that will fish the offshore waters here for grouper, snapper, sharks and plenty of migratory species as well.
Artificial Reef Locations
Visit the reef locations on the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission website.
