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20,072-acre Titusville Indian River Lagoon section between Max Brewer and NASA Causeways with quality-assured NOAA BlueTopo and 2022 Indian River Lagoon topobathymetric contours, exact-polygon FWC fish evidence, mapped seagrass and verified public access. The water tops out around 23 ft. The depth chart is built from real agency bathymetry referenced to NAVD88; directly measured coverage remains distinguished from source interpolation. The channels, holes and drop-offs come from the source data, not a distance-from-shore model. What follows comes from the same scoring engine that paints the spots above.
The drawn water covers 20,115 acres wrapped in 69.5 miles of bank, with 27 islands in the mix. That shoreline is heavily fingered (development index 3.5) — bays, points and pockets everywhere, which multiplies the fishable edge. The whole water is littoral — nothing here runs deeper than ~15 ft, so it's all weed-and-bait territory. Call it 10.7 mi long by 7.5 mi wide at the broadest reach. If the bite dies, Fox Lake is 8 mi to the west.
The spring pattern is a shallow one: spotted seatrout in 2 to 10 ft. As the season builds they drop to 4 to 15 ft, wintering in 5 to 20 ft. Top water on the chart: 2025 continuous seagrass edge, a seagrass edge in the 5 ft range, prime in spring. Time it for early morning. Summer baits: a popping cork + shrimp or a 1/4 oz jighead + paddletail (deep grass edge) gets it done.
| Season | Depth | Best window | Start at | Go-to baits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | 2 to 10 ft | dawn & dusk | 2025 continuous seagrass edge (5 ft) | Topwater walker, Suspending twitchbait |
| Summer | 4 to 15 ft | dawn | 2025 continuous seagrass edge (5 ft) | Popping cork + shrimp, 1/4 oz jighead + paddletail (deep grass edge) |
| Fall | 3 to 12 ft | dawn | 2025 continuous seagrass edge (5 ft) | Popping cork rig, Soft plastic jerkbait |
| Winter | 5 to 20 ft | midday & dusk | Surveyed channel edge (8 ft) | Suspending twitchbait (long pauses), Scented plastic crawled on bottom |
Come spring, look for red drum (redfish) tight to the bank in 1 to 8 ft. They move out to 2 to 12 ft in summer and finish the year down in 3 to 15 ft. If you only fish one area, make it 2025 continuous seagrass edge: a seagrass edge around 1 ft that scores prime in spring. Best bite is early morning and the evening. A weedless gold spoon or a paddletail swimbait is the honest summer answer here.
| Season | Depth | Best window | Start at | Go-to baits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | 1 to 8 ft | dawn & dusk | 2025 continuous seagrass edge (1 ft) | Gold weedless spoon, Paddletail on 1/4 oz jighead |
| Summer | 2 to 12 ft | dawn & dusk | 2025 continuous seagrass edge (5 ft) | Weedless gold spoon, Paddletail swimbait |
| Fall | 3 to 20 ft | dawn & midday | Surveyed channel edge (8 ft) | 1/2 oz spoon (schools), Big paddletail |
| Winter | 3 to 15 ft | midday & dawn | Surveyed channel edge (8 ft) | Scented soft plastic on 1/8 oz head, Slow-rolled paddletail |
When the water first warms, sheepshead slide up into 5 to 23 ft. There's no big seasonal slide here — summer means 3 to 15 ft, winter 7 to 23 ft. Start at Dangerous NOAA charted wreck. It's a wreck holding about 5 ft of water and rates prime come spring. The feeding windows run early morning. Keep a small jig + crab piece rigged through the warm months.
| Season | Depth | Best window | Start at | Go-to baits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | 5 to 23 ft | midday & dawn | Dangerous NOAA charted wreck (5 ft) | 1/4 oz jighead + fiddler, Sheepshead jig + shrimp piece |
| Summer | 3 to 15 ft | dawn | Dangerous NOAA charted wreck (5 ft) | Small jig + crab piece |
| Fall | 5 to 20 ft | midday | Dangerous NOAA charted wreck (5 ft) | Jighead + shrimp, Small crab jig |
| Winter | 7 to 23 ft | midday | Dangerous NOAA charted wreck (5 ft) | Heavier jig + crab (deep pilings) |
Spring snook on Titusville Indian River Lagoon hold shallow, usually 2 to 12 ft. They move out to 3 to 15 ft in summer and finish the year down in 4 to 15 ft. Put 2025 continuous seagrass edge first on the milk run — a seagrass edge near 5 ft that grades prime for spring. The feeding windows run early morning and the evening. The summer box starts with a flair hawk jig (passes, night) or a big swimbait in the current.
| Season | Depth | Best window | Start at | Go-to baits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | 2 to 12 ft | dawn & dusk | 2025 continuous seagrass edge (5 ft) | Paddletail on 1/4 oz head, Suspending twitchbait |
| Summer | 3 to 15 ft | dawn & dusk | 2025 continuous seagrass edge (5 ft) | Flair hawk jig (passes, night), Big swimbait in the current |
| Fall | 2 to 12 ft | dawn & dusk | 2025 continuous seagrass edge (5 ft) | Big paddletail (mullet run), Topwater walker |
| Winter | 4 to 15 ft | midday | open water | Slow-rolled paddletail, Scented jerkbait crawled in canals |
The spring pattern is a shallow one: gray snapper (mangrove snapper) in 3 to 22 ft. As the season builds they drop to 3 to 23 ft, wintering in 4 to 23 ft. Top water on the chart: Dangerous NOAA charted wreck, a wreck in the 5 ft range, prime in fall. Time it for early morning and the evening. Summer baits: a small bucktail or a paddletail gets it done.
| Season | Depth | Best window | Start at | Go-to baits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | 3 to 22 ft | dawn & dusk | 2025 continuous seagrass edge (5 ft) | Small paddletail, Jighead + shrimp imitation |
| Summer | 3 to 23 ft | dawn & dusk | Dangerous NOAA charted wreck (5 ft) | Small bucktail, Paddletail |
| Fall | 3 to 23 ft | dawn & dusk | Dangerous NOAA charted wreck (5 ft) | Small vertical jig, Jighead + paddletail |
| Winter | 4 to 23 ft | midday | Dangerous NOAA charted wreck (5 ft) | Small jig worked slowly |
Count 39 structure marks on this chart. The deepest, Surveyed channel edge, sits near 15 ft.
Access data: Florida FWC — Boat Ramp Inventory. Confirm conditions and fees locally before you launch.
Season dates, license requirements, and size and bag limits for Florida waters are set by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (saltwater) — and special regulations can apply to Titusville Indian River Lagoon specifically, so confirm the current rules before you fish.
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Titusville Indian River Lagoon is about 23 ft (7 m) deep at its deepest point. The depth chart is built from real agency bathymetry referenced to NAVD88; directly measured coverage remains distinguished from source interpolation. The contours reflect measured and quality-assessed source depths.
Anglers target spotted seatrout, red drum (redfish), sheepshead, snook, gray snapper (mangrove snapper) on Titusville Indian River Lagoon.
2025 continuous seagrass edge is the top-rated area: a seagrass edge in about 5 ft of water that rates prime for spotted seatrout in spring. Open the map above to see every rated spot for each species and season.
For spotted seatrout, the summer bite is best in early morning. Each species page section below lists the seasonal windows, and the map shows a live NOW badge when you're inside one.
Fishing on Titusville Indian River Lagoon is regulated by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (saltwater). Check the official Florida regulations for current license requirements, season dates, and size and bag limits — special regulations can apply to this specific water.
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Browse all Florida fishing maps or see every water on DepthScout. Bathymetry credit: NOAA BlueTopo (NAVD88; 89% measured, 10% source-interpolated). How we build these maps. Fish here with a sonar unit that logs? Send us your depth data and we'll improve this chart, credited to you. For fishing guidance only, never navigation.