Learn more about the deep sea fishing in the Space Coast, 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.
With the Gulf Stream 30 to 40 miles out from Port Canaveral, anglers have access to some awesome offshore fishing for a variety of pelagic species. There are several fishing charters that will make the runs out to the Gulf Stream to target marlin, wahoo, mahi mahi and tuna.
Bottom Fishing
Reefs & Wrecks
There are plenty of reefs and wrecks in the offshore waters out of Port Canaveral. Some of the types of fish you may be targeting on the reefs and wrecks are snapper, grouper, king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, amberjack, cobia, sharks, hogfish, tripletail, jack crevalle, barracuda and more.
Artificial Reef Locations
Visit the reef locations on the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission website.
