Learn more about the deep sea fishing in the Stuart, 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 waters only about 10 miles out from the St. Lucie Inlet, Stuart is one of the premier offshore fishing destinations to target a variety of pelagic species. It is known as the “Sailfish Capital of the World” and Stuart offers good fishing for other pelagic species such as tuna, marlin and mahi mahi.
Bottom Fishing
Reefs & Wrecks
While this area is more famous for its sailfish, there are plenty of reefs and wrecks that offer good bottom fishing as well. 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.
