Lower St. Johns River and Lakes

Brevard, Flagler, Lake, Orange, Putnam, Seminole, St. Johns & Volusia counties

Lower St. Johns River and Lakes: This one-hundred forty mile stretch of the St. Johns River flows north through, or is connected to, more than a half dozen natural lakes ranging from 380 acres to 40,000 acres in size (Little Lake George, Lake George, Lake Dexter, Stagger Mud Lake, Lake Beresford, Lake Monroe, Lake Jesup, Lake Harney, and Puzzle Lake).  Habitats are very varied.  The stretch between Puzzle Lake and Lake Harney is shallow with ample sandbars and wide, flat expanses of floodplain.  Lake Harney to Monroe is deeper with some small side channels and braiding as the river approaches Lake Monroe. The reach between Lake Monroe and Lake George has been channelized in some areas and lacks the sandbars.  It has numerous oxbows branching off the river.  The stretch above Lake George is more tidally influenced and has more marine species, with deeper waters and steeper shoreline drop-offs.

For listings of fish camps or for further information please contact our fisheries office in Ocala at 352-732-1225 or consult the Northeast Region Freshwater Fishing Guide.