The Indian River is actually part of the intra-coastal waterway that runs from Florida to Maine. Located between Palm Beach to the south and Ft. Pierce to the north, the Indian River Lagoon, St Lucie Estuary and surrounding waters of Florida's Treasure Coast are synonymous with big sea trout, giant snook, schools of tailing redfish, tarpon, shark, goliath grouper and a myriad of other species.

Moreover when you tire of trout, you can fish for snook, redfish, tarpon, snapper, spanish mackerel and a host of other species.

The principal habitat used by redfish and trout in this area are the vast expanse of grass flats that cover the shallows of the Indian River Lagoon. These grass flats provide the perfect habitat for sea trout, redfish and snook. These grasses provide food for young fish, shrimp, crabs, and other invertebrates that gamefish feed on. The principle species that redfish and trout feed on are shrimp and mullet. You may get burned-out if you fish for spotted seatrout all 12 months. However, here when you get tired of trout, you can catch snook, tarpon, redfish, flounder, Spanish mackerel, king mackerel and many other kinds of fish.

Capt. Ed is known as a trout master, regularly weighing and releasing seatrout over 10 pounds at virtually any time of the year. That said, he knows where to find snook and redfish, too. That's easy because they tend to hang out in the same areas as the trout that the St. Lucie Estuary is so well known for.

"I target all three species in the same zone, fishing for snook, trout and redfish in same water, in the same grass flats." says Capt. Ed. "It varies based on the time of year. But, in the spring and the fall, you can target all three species in the same zone. Where you're catching snook and trout, you're catching redfish."

We are lucky in that, during the winter when every type of fish heads for different types of water and cover, his three Slam species tend to stay in the same area.

"When we're looking for trout and redfish, we'll do more fishing in areas with sunny shorelines, as those fish seek out the warmth," Zyak said. "That time of year, the snook will be looking for deeper water."

There are areas of the North Fork and South Fork of the St. Lucie River where 2 to 3 foot deep grass flats give way to 20 and 30 foot holes. The trout and redfish will be on top of the flats, seeking warmth, while the snook will be in the deeper holes, using the thick layer of water as insulation