Banana River Redfish Guide

Redfish has become one of the most popular gamefish in the last twenty years or so in the south east and the Banana River Lagoon has an awesome population of redfish from pint sized rat reds to monster sized fifty pounders. But more than likely you'll find some great sized keeper redfish or reds (for short) as we like to call them that are perfect for the average angler and delicious for the table.

North Banana has a great protected estuary area called the No Motorized Zone or NMZ and anglers can only get there by canoe or kayak as there are no gas or electric motors allowed in the area. Lagooner fishing guide Captain Richard Bradley often takes anglers to the NMZ in the Banana River Lagoon for a one-on-one experience that anglers will never forget. Redfish and spotted sea trout are abundant and because of the difficulty of going nearly seven miles one way, there is not much fishing pressure on the area or the fish in that area of the Banana River Lagoon

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Banana River Redfish Updates

Hello,
I'm Captain Richard and I grew up on a canal leading into the Banana River Lagoon. Every morning before school and often afterwards you'd find me fishing the backwaters for redfish, snook and other saltwater species in my backyard estuary. I want to invite you and a fishing companion to fish in my backyard lagoon system located between Cocoa Beach and Merritt Island that is part of the Intracoastal Waterway and the Indian River Lagoon.

As always a fishing trip on the lagoon with me is a time to put away the stress of your job and enjoy what the Banana River Lagoon has to offer including manatees, alligators, dolphins and loads of birds and water fowl. Don't forget to ask about our canoe trips to the northern most part of the Banana River Lagoon where I take only one angler for a spectacular trip in the No Motor Zone near Kennedy Space Center and the Merritt Island Wildlife Sanctuary.

We've rebuilt our Florida Fishing Forum and are hoping for many of you to share your fishing photos, stories and angler's reports (no bragging or lying, we'll be watching HA!).

As always I look forward to hearing from many of you soon, if you need to contact Captain Gina and settup a charter please call her at (321) 868-4953 or just fill out the form on the left.

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"Captain Richard took me for an awesome morning of fishing on the Banana River Lagoon on a warm January day and I caught fish til my arms hurt. I just slipped on my bikini and he had a blast poling me around the sandbars looking for a couple of redfish to eat that night." explains Gina in the photo above.

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Where Is The Banana River Lagoon?

The Banana River is located on the eastern shoreline of Merritt Island and west of Cocoa Beach Florida. If you continued north on the Banana River you'd end up on Kennedy Space Center and just below the Mosquito Lagoon east of Tituville. Anglers find it's easy to get to the Banana River and find their fishing guide by following SR 528 to Merritt Island exit 52 and Kelly Park's boat ramp immediatly south. There is not many places better to catch a redfish than on the Banana River Lagoon on Florida's east coast.