Ocean, river, Intracoastal, canal & creek frontage — St. Johns, Duval & Nassau
Homes where you can fish from your backyard
568 homes · 32 new this week · updated 22 minutes ago
This page has one honest filter: the MLS waterfront record must say the water is real — ocean frontage, the St. Johns River, the Intracoastal, a navigable canal or creek, or the lagoon systems. If a listing is here, the fishing is part of the property, not a brochure metaphor.
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Market Snapshot
As of September 23, 2026, the median list price in homes where you can fish from your backyard is $990,000 across 568 active listings, averaging $587/sqft; recent MLS-recorded sales show a median sold price of $990,000 across 344 closings.
- Median List Price
- $990,000
- Avg. Price / Sq Ft
- $587/sqft
- Median Sold (12 mo, MLS)
- $990,000
- ▲ 32% vs prior 6 mo
- Active Listings
- 568
- HOA Dues
- ~$754/mo typical
- 346 of 568 listings carry dues
What’s for sale: 564 homes (median $989,875) · 4 multi-family (median $1.5M)
Market stats are based on similar homes in homes where you can fish from your backyard, including 344 recent recorded sales — they may not include listings or sales that aren't comparable to this market. Sourced from the MLS; refreshed regularly.
homes where you can fish from your backyard Home Values
The MLS-recorded sales above are what homes in homes where you can fish from your backyard actually sell for — and the comp set your future buyer will see. Own a home here? This page updates with every new listing, price change, and recorded sale, so following it is the simplest way to watch your equity. There’s no automated estimate on this site — when you want a real number, Krista prepares it personally against these sales.
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This market, from the inside
What it deliberately excludes: the thousand-plus listings on retention ponds and neighborhood lakes. Plenty of those ponds hold bass — a genuinely underrated Florida truth — but a pond lot and a dock on the Tolomato are different purchases, and this page is for the second one. The full fishing geography, spot by spot, lives in the fishing guide linked below.
Frequently asked questions
What counts as “fishable water” on this page?
The MLS waterfront record has to name real water: ocean frontage, river frontage, the Intracoastal, a canal or creek, lagoon, or navigable water. Retention ponds and neighborhood lakes are excluded — many hold bass, but they’re a different product, and mixing them in would make this page dishonest.
Does waterfront mean I can keep a boat there?
Not automatically — that’s dock rights, a separate question from frontage. Existing docks usually transfer; the right to BUILD one depends on state and Army Corps permitting, submerged-land questions, and any HOA rules. It’s the first thing I verify on any fishable-water home, because “canal front” without a dockable shoreline is a view, not a fishery.
Do I need a fishing license to fish from my own backyard?
For saltwater, Florida residents fishing from land or structures attached to land qualify for the free resident shoreline fishing license — you register, you don’t pay. Fish from a boat and you’re into regular license territory. Freshwater has its own license. Rules change; the FWC site is the source of record, and the fishing guide linked above keeps the plain-English version.
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