Snook fishing in Brevard County
33 rated shore spots in Brevard County hold snook — ranked below with today's live forecast score for the species.
Snook forecast map for Brevard County
Every spot colored by how it fishes for snook right now. Scrub the timeline, tap a pin for its forecast, or go full screen.
When to go
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🌊 Fish the ebb tide.
Size, bag and season rules in Brevard County
Open: keep up to 1 a day between 28 in and 32 in
Brevard County
Rules set by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and FWC
- Minimum size
- 28 inMeasured nose to tail, tail pinched
- Bag limit
- 1 a day
- Maximum size
- 32 inMeasured nose to tail, tail pinched
- Keeping Jun 1 – Aug 31
- Catch and release only
- Keeping Dec 15 – Jan 31
- Catch and release only
Source: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · checked Sep 30, 2026
A summary of the rules these authorities publish for anglers, checked on the dates shown. It is not legal advice: the authority's own page is the rule, and rules can change.
Check FWC rulesBest snook spots in Brevard County
1Sebastian Inlet North JettyGood · 79HotspotThe reason people drive here. Live mullet or bucktails on the outgoing tide at night and first light, spring through fall; check FWC season and permit rules.2Jetty Park, Port CanaveralExcellent · 81HotspotAlong the jetty rocks from the pier on the outgoing tide, best at dusk and after dark within the 9 p.m. closing. Live bait or bucktails; check FWC season and permit rules.3Long Point ParkGood · 70HotspotThe main target: dawn, dusk and night around the bridge and shoreline on live mullet or swimbaits.4Bonsteel ParkGood · 71ReliableSunrise in summer with a bucktail or paddle-tail; Sebastian Inlet is a few miles south.5Parrish Park (Max Brewer Causeway)Good · 78ReliableSummer and fall around the bridge at dawn and dusk; live mullet or pinfish.6Kiwanis Island ParkFair · 64ReliableMangrove edges and docks at dawn and dusk in summer and fall; a snook permit is needed to keep one.7Eau Gallie CausewayGood · 78ReliableSummer and fall at dawn and dusk on live bait close to the pilings.8Spessard Holland North Beach ParkGood · 69ReliableSummer mornings before the lifeguards arrive at 10 a.m.9Val M. Steele ParkGood · 72ReliableSummer mornings on a topwater or swimbait along the trough edge.10Castaways Point ParkGood · 69ReliableDawn in the warm months on live finger mullet.11Rotary Park at SuntreeGood · 69ReliableSummer and fall at first light and dusk, more often here than farther north; keeping one needs a snook permit.12Fisherman's Landing, GrantGood · 72ReliableWarm months at first and last light on live finger mullet or pinfish.13Christenson's Landing, GrantGood · 72ReliableSpring through fall at dawn and dusk on live mullet or pinfish; a snook permit is needed to keep one.14Howard E. Futch Memorial Park at Paradise BeachGood · 79Worth a tryFirst light in summer on a soft jerkbait, before swimmers arrive.15Intracoastal Waterway Park, Merritt IslandFair · 64Worth a trySummer and fall along the bridge shadows at dawn and dusk; a snook permit is needed to keep one.16Lori Wilson ParkGood · 68Worth a tryDawn in the wash in summer and during the mullet run; a snook permit is needed to keep one.17Ramp Road Park, Cocoa BeachGood · 68Worth a trySummer and fall along the mangrove edges early and late; a snook permit is needed to keep one.18Canova Beach ParkGood · 78Worth a tryEarly summer mornings in the first trough.19Cherie Down ParkExcellent · 81Worth a trySummer and the fall mullet run along the trough at first light; a snook permit is needed to keep one.20Kelly Park East, Merritt IslandGood · 77Worth a trySummer and fall at dawn and dusk near the bridge; a snook permit is needed to keep one.21Robert P. Murkshe Memorial ParkGood · 68Worth a tryCalm summer dawns and the mullet run; a snook permit is needed to keep one.22Seagull Park, Satellite BeachGood · 69Worth a trySummer and fall at dawn along the first trough; a snook permit is needed to keep one.23Eau Gallie PierGood · 77Worth a trySummer evenings before the 9 p.m. closing on a free-lined pinfish.24Osteen Park, Merritt IslandFair · 64Worth a trySummer and fall at dusk on live pinfish or mullet; a snook permit is needed to keep one.25Claude Edge Front Street ParkGood · 69Worth a tryWarm months at dawn and dusk on live finger mullet or pinfish.
Tactics for snook
Top baits, best first
- Pilchards (Scaled Sardines)
- Live Shrimp
- Finger Mullet
- Live Pinfish
Rigs that work, best first
- Freeline Live Bait
- Jighead
- Knocker Rig
