Fishing in the Daytona area happens in four arenas — the inlet jetty, the ocean piers, the backwater rivers by kayak, and the Intracoastal by boat — and this guide's films cover all four, including one pier whose status every angler needs to hear first.

What to Expect When Fishing at Ponce Inlet

Beyond Fishing Family

Beyond Fishing Family walks the Lighthouse Point Park jetty in Ponce Inlet to fish it: finger mullet for bait, a long-shank hook, and a good bluefish landed off the rocks. The film doubles as a park portrait — the calm inlet side against the rough ocean side, the swimmers to avoid when casting, and the family's honest summary that the jetty is worth the trip even when the cooler stays empty.

Key takeaways
  • Jetty fishing at the park: bluefish on finger mullet
  • Ocean side runs rough; the inlet side stays calm
  • Filmed in 2024

Taking it back to my younger days Fishing the SUNGLOW pier

JETTIE ROCKS FISHING and OUTDOORS

JETTIE ROCKS FISHING returns to Sunglow Pier, where he fished as a teenager, for a morning of whiting fishing off the shortened pier — the storm-damaged structure is visibly not as long as it used to be. He lands his target species, reminisces about all-day sessions with his grandfather catching whiting, pompano and drum, and makes the case for the pier as a memory-making spot. Filmed in 2021, before the worst of the hurricane damage.

Key takeaways
  • Whiting fishing from the pier, first fish on early
  • Filmed in 2021 — the pier was longer then than after the storms
  • The pier's blanket fishing setup explained as he rigs up

Checking Out Daytona Beach, Sunglow Pier and Swimming At Alexander Springs in Florida.

Gray Dog Adventures

Gray Dog Adventures drives to Sunglow Pier to fish it — and finds, as filmed in 2026, that pier fishing has not resumed since the storm damage: the $20 parking is paid, the poles go back in the Jeep, and the day reroutes to Dahlia Park beachcombing and a swim at Alexander Springs. An honest, useful film precisely because the plan fails: it documents the pier's current state better than any brochure.

Key takeaways
  • As filmed in 2026, pier fishing was unavailable after storm damage
  • Parking at the pier was $20 for the day, as filmed
  • The second half of the film leaves Daytona for Alexander Springs

The jetty: Lighthouse Point Park

The lead film fishes the Ponce Inlet jetty properly: finger mullet, a long-shank hook, a good bluefish landed — with the park's split personality as the lesson (rough ocean side, calm inlet side, mind the swimmers when casting). A quiet 2026 walking film shows the poles lined along the pier and jetty on a normal day.

Sunglow Pier: know before you bring the poles

The 2021 film is the pier as remembered — whiting off the shortened rail, the blanket setup, all-day sessions. The 2026 film is the update: the crew drives down to fish and finds pier fishing NOT resumed since the storm damage, rerouting to beachcombing and a springs swim. A multi-visit fishing compilation from the rail fills the gap. Status as filmed: the restaurant is back; the fishing, as of 2026, is not.

Kayak Fishing and Camping At Tomoka State Park

Outdoor Adventures with Jason Yekel

Outdoor Adventures with Jason kayak-fishes and camps Tomoka in 2020: launching into the Tomoka River, working the mangrove edges for fish busting bait, the park's general store (frozen bait, cigars, and anything you forgot), and a campfire dinner to close the day. The fishing-and-paddling case for the park, made by someone who came to do exactly that.

Key takeaways
  • Kayak fishing the Tomoka River from the campground
  • The camp store stocks bait and forgotten essentials
  • Filmed in 2020

Boating Made Easy! Ponce Inlet, Florida guide to Ramps, Restaurants, and Sandbars! | Tidal Escapes

Tidal Escapes

Tidal Escapes' boating guide to the Ponce Inlet/Daytona waterways is the boat-owner's view of this page: the ramps, the Intracoastal run, which sandbar areas party and which suit families, and where to tie up — with Off the Hook's long floating dock (10–15 boats, positioned with the current) as their home-base restaurant. Essential viewing if your Ponce Inlet day arrives by water.

Key takeaways
  • Boater's guide: ramps, sandbars and dock-and-dine stops
  • Off the Hook's floating dock is the film's go-to tie-up
  • Family vs party sandbar areas are called out explicitly

Florida Travel: Visit Washington Oaks Gardens State Park

VISIT FLORIDA

VISIT FLORIDA's portrait of Washington Oaks Gardens State Park in Palm Coast, through the visitors who love it: formal rose gardens and exotic plantings, hiking and biking trails, fishing on the Intracoastal, the park's small history museum, and picnic spots under the oaks — 'an oasis of peace' an hour up the coast from Daytona Beach.

Key takeaways
  • The park pairs formal gardens with a wild coquina-rock beach across A1A
  • Visitors fish the Intracoastal side and picnic under the live oaks
  • A small museum covers the Young estate's history

Kayak and boat water

The Tomoka kayak-fishing film works mangrove edges for fish busting bait from the state park campground. The boater's guide maps the Ponce Inlet waterways — ramps, the Intracoastal run, family versus party sandbars, dock-and-dine tie-ups. And Washington Oaks' short portrait rounds out the map with Intracoastal fishing under the oaks, an hour north.

Sources: the 8 videos on this page, filmed at the area's fishing spots between 2020 and 2026; statuses as filmed.

Watch: Daytona Beach Fishing Guide, guided

2 videos · summaries from the actual guides

Sunglow Fishing Pier, Daytona Beach, FL

Brad Barrett

A fishing compilation from Sunglow Pier — catches and sessions from the rail across multiple visits.

Lighthouse Point Park Daytona Beach Walking Tour 2026

Fantabulous Travels

Fishing poles lined along Lighthouse Point Park's pier and jetty — a quiet film of the park's anglers at work.

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