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Shoreline Fishing Access
Space Coast South, Freshwater
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(SR-192 Melbourne, South)
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Palm Bay Regional Park
1951 Malabar Road NW, Palm Bay
FROM I-95 Exit-173 take SR-514-Malabar
Road west 6 miles and turn right into
the park road.
Open after 7:00 a.m. until dark, except
for scheduled use.
Four lakes for shoreline fishing and
rustic group camping is available by
permit for organized youth groups.
GPS N 28 00.455 W 80 43.987
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Twin Lakes Park
Fordham & Bianca Streets NE Palm
Bay, FL 32905
Park in Palm Bay with two ponds on site
for shoreline fishing.
GPS N 28 01.625 W 80 34.948
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St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park;
At 21,748 acres most of this property is
jointly owned with the State of Florida
and is located in Brevard and Indian
River Counties.
Access:
From I-95, take exit 73 and go east on
Malabar Road (State Road 514). Turn
south onto Babcock Road (County Road
507), travel 11.5 miles and turn east
onto Buffer Preserve Drive. The south
entrance is off Fellsmere Road (CR 512),
1.8 miles east of I-95.
East of Babcock Road, , the C-54 Canal
runs through the Preserve until it meets
with the Sebastian River. The canal can
be fished from shore from several
designated parking areas along Buffer
Preserve Drive, the main entrance.
The preserve is open from 8 a.m. to
sunset, every day of the year.
SJRWMD Website
Property Map
GPS N 27 49.479 W 80 36.401
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C54 Canal;
The C-54 was dug between 1966 and 1970
as a major flood relief channel for
thousands of acres of farm and ranch
land in the western portions of Brevard
and Indian River counties. The canal,
now managed by the St. Johns River Water
Management District, is 12 miles long,
starting at the famed Stick Marsh-Farm
13 impoundment and ending on the
channelized north fork of the Sebastian
River.
It was dredged to depths of 16 to 18
feet, and is 300 feet wide. The design
included an 8-to 10-foot-wide shelf
extending out-from the shorelines before
dropping off to deep water.
A single-lane dirt ramp on the south
side of the canal a quarter-mile west of
Babcock Street Bridge is the only boat
or canoe / kayak launch site on the
canal. It is also the only designated
parking area along the canal, however
you can walk the canal shoreline and
fish from here. The portion of the canal
east of Babcock is within the St.
Sebastain River Preserve State Park.
Bank fishing access there is through the
main entrance to the park just north of
the C-54 Canal. Water control structures
are at both ends of the canal.
GPS N 27 49.377 W 80 36.788
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Stick Marsh / Farm 13
This impoundment was designed to
contain and treat water from the C-54
Canal, prevent flooding reduce
freshwater inflow into the Indian River
Lagoon to the east. For bank fishermen,
the C-54 Recreation Pad area for the
boat ramp at the end of the Fellsmere
Grade provide foot access
Blue Cypress Conservation Area
by walking the levee to the south. The
southern levee borders the Stick Marsh
impoundment and can be bank fished from
this levee. The name Stick Marsh refers
to the standing dead trees in the water
from when the area was impounded and
flooded. The result has been a world
class Bass fishery. Today this area
boasts one of the highest percentages of
bass ten pounds or greater when compared
to the total catch of anywhere in the
nation. This area is within the
Blue Cypress Conservation Area.
A similar impoundment is planned for the
Three Forks Marsh Conservation Area
to the north yet is not complete at this
time. However, walking north on the
levee from the recreation pad currently
takes you along the T.M. Godwin
Waterfowl Management Area and along a
canal about 20 to 30 ft. wide for bank
fishing.
GPS N 27 49.343 W 80 42.478
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Three Forks Property Map
Blue Cypress Property Map
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Lake Blue Cypress County Park;
Blue Cypress Park is located at 7400
Blue Cypress Lake Road. . To get there
take State Road 60 from Interstate 95
about 18 miles, turn right on Blue
Cypress Road. The park will be at the
end of this road, about 4.3 miles, just
past Middleton's Fish Camp (Below)
Features include 2 boat launches, a
floating dock, paved parking, grass
overflow parking, rest room facilities
with showers and 2 covered pavilions.
GPS N 27 43.628 W 80 46.599
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