Can you catch Redfish at Spruce Creek Park, Port Orange?

Yes — Redfish scores 6/10 at Spruce Creek Park, Port Orange. Year-round along the creek edges on shrimp or cut crab.

Can you catch Spotted Seatrout at Spruce Creek Park, Port Orange?

Yes — Spotted Seatrout scores 6/10 at Spruce Creek Park, Port Orange. Early mornings along grass edges on a popping cork with shrimp.

Can you catch Snook at Spruce Creek Park, Port Orange?

Yes — Snook scores 5/10 at Spruce Creek Park, Port Orange. Warm months near structure and creek bends at dawn and dusk.

Can you catch Ladyfish at Spruce Creek Park, Port Orange?

Yes — Ladyfish scores 5/10 at Spruce Creek Park, Port Orange. Summer on small jigs when bait is showing.

Can you catch Mangrove Snapper at Spruce Creek Park, Port Orange?

Yes — Mangrove Snapper scores 5/10 at Spruce Creek Park, Port Orange. Summer around structure on small live shrimp.

Can you catch Black Drum at Spruce Creek Park, Port Orange?

Yes — Black Drum scores 5/10 at Spruce Creek Park, Port Orange. Cooler months on the bottom with shrimp or crab.

Can you catch Tarpon at Spruce Creek Park, Port Orange?

Yes — Tarpon scores 4/10 at Spruce Creek Park, Port Orange. Juveniles in the creek in summer; small jigs and live shrimp. Check FWC release rules.

Can you catch Crevalle Jack at Spruce Creek Park, Port Orange?

Yes — Crevalle Jack scores 4/10 at Spruce Creek Park, Port Orange. Summer and fall schools chasing mullet in the creek.

Can you catch Sheepshead at Spruce Creek Park, Port Orange?

Yes — Sheepshead scores 4/10 at Spruce Creek Park, Port Orange. Winter near oyster and structure on fiddler crabs.

Can you catch Southern Flounder at Spruce Creek Park, Port Orange?

Yes — Southern Flounder scores 4/10 at Spruce Creek Park, Port Orange. Fall along sandy edges on mud minnows.

Volusia County

Spruce Creek Park, Port Orange Fishing

6.2· Backwater · Ponce Inlet, FL

Free: Free admission (checked Sep 27, 2026)

Spruce Creek Park is a 23-acre Volusia County nature park on U.S. 1 in Port Orange, on the tidal marshes of Spruce Creek where it runs toward the Halifax River, and the county lists fishing among its activities. It is a small-water spot for light tackle: spotted seatrout, redfish and snook along the creek edges, black drum and sheepshead in the cooler months, and juvenile tarpon, jacks and mangrove snapper in summer. Fish live shrimp under a cork or on a light bottom rig, or a small soft plastic along the grass edges and creek bends, on a moving tide. The Atlantic's twice-daily tides reach the creek, so current matters here. The park is free and open sunrise to sunset, with restrooms, a pavilion, a playground, a canoe launch, a 536-foot boardwalk and trails to an observation tower. Insects and summer storms are the hazards.

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Oct 1–7, 2026

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SeaFlat calm0.3 ft here · wind chop

Water colorClearYou could see the bottom in about six feet of water

OffshoreWind3 mph NWOffshore here

76°E 6 · dry

73°NW 3 · dry

83°S 4 · dry

79°E 5 · dry

Why 62 · 6 AM–9 AM

WindGoodA light wind (3 mph)+4
Sea & chopGoodChop 0.0 ft · FlatLong, easy waves+3
LightGoodDawn or dusk light+6
PressureOkaySteady or slowly falling pressure+1
RainGoodDry (10% chance of rain)
ForecastOkayThe forecast is less certain this far ahead−2

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Fishing report · October 2026

What's biting at Spruce Creek Park, Port Orange

RedfishReliableOpen: keep up to 1 a day between 18 in and 27 in
In season this month
Spotted SeatroutReliableOpen: keep up to 3 a day between 15 in and 19 in
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Black DrumWorth a tryOpen: keep up to 5 a day between 14 in and 24 in
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LadyfishWorth a try
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SnookWorth a tryOpen: keep up to 1 a day between 28 in and 32 in
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Spruce Creek Park, Port Orange tide chart

Tides for fishing at Spruce Creek Park, Port Orange: every high and low tide for the next 7 days, from the Ponce Inlet, Halifax River tide station, 2 miles away. Times are local.

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