Indian River — Local services in Satellite Beach

It’s filled with poop and P water it is disgusting and gets people sick I personally would not set foot in it but I’ll drive my boat through it. Just so everyone reading this knows if somebody is a “Local guide” doesn’t mean anything anybody can be one so a lot of these people that say they love this river they need to specify where the they are because in Brevard County Cocoa, Merritt Island it is disgusting and I don’t know anybody who would go in it. There are no more fish we’ve had nothing but brown algae for the past four months huge fish kills over the years but still people below are saying they love it and it’s beautiful no people beautiful anymore it get off your computer and go look at it. I love what it once was but with all the septic problems we have it’s nothing but poop and P water I posted a photo, tell me how clean this water looks! It’s the photo with the young boy on the bow of a small flats boat holding a rod and reel. That is Kiwanis Park, we called it Yoo-hoo water. Stay safe and when I say that I mean stay out...

The Indian River Lagoon or IRL is a saltwater body of water that was mislabeled a "River" when it was actually a true "Lagoon" on Central Florida's east coast near Kennedy Space Center and Brevard County.

Part of the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), the IRL is a beautiful stretch of coastal waterway spanning the entire length of the Space Coast from New Smyrna to Sebastian Inlet with Merritt Island to the east and the mainland of Florida with various towns and cities to the west. The ICW runs the entire eastern seaboard of the United States and this segment has been called the Indian River for well over a century.

There are plenty of restaurants, parks, trails and wildlife refuges to see and spend time on the shorelines or kayaking and boating too. A fishing charter is a swell way to see the lagoon and get intimate with the wetland habitat...

It's a good river. Well, actually it's a lagoon. Ok, well technically not a lagoon, but an estuary. So I guess that makes it a pretty bad river. Like, not a river at all.

I've not had much experiences with other estuaries, so I can't speak to its quality as an estuary.

I've lived in the area for most of my life, and the quality of the water has gone down steadily, mostly due to runoff.

Fishing can be ok, but you have to know where you're going these days. 30-40 years ago the water was clear, and you could catch fish just about anywhere you went. Now, not so much.

It's not bad for pleasure boaters, but again, you have to know where you're going. The murky water makes navigation difficult at times, especially at night, so be sure to watch out for shallow spots, underwater structure, etc.

It beats staying on land, so head...