15 piers and shore spots on public waters near Jacksonville — no boat needed.
Distances are straight-line from downtown Jacksonville; below are the 10 closest, grouped by water.
Mill Cove
Recorded in Mill Cove: Red Drum, Common Snook, Spotted Seatrout, and Tarpon.
Surveyed depths in Mill Cove reach 32 ft.
- 1Blue Cypress Park: pier on Mill Cove, ≈ 4.1 mi from downtown.
- 2Reddie Point Preserve: pier on Mill Cove, ≈ 4.9 mi from downtown.
- 3Dames Point Park: pier on Mill Cove, ≈ 7.3 mi from downtown.
Browns Creek
Recorded in Browns Creek: Common Snook, Spotted Seatrout, Red Drum, and Tarpon.
Surveyed depths in Browns Creek reach 16 ft.
- 4Browns Creek: pier on Browns Creek, ≈ 9.8 mi from downtown.
Saint Johns River
Recorded in Saint Johns River: Flier, Spotted Bass, Brown Bullhead, and Spotted Gar.
Surveyed depths in Saint Johns River reach 65 ft.
- 5County Dock Rd. Fishing Pier: pier on Saint Johns River, ≈ 11 mi from downtown.
- 6Helen Cooper Floyd Park: pier on Saint Johns River, ≈ 13.3 mi from downtown.
- 8Alpine Groves Park: pier on Saint Johns River, ≈ 17 mi from downtown.
- 9Knight's Marina: pier on Saint Johns River, ≈ 20 mi from downtown.
- 10Riverfront Park: pier on Saint Johns River, ≈ 21.2 mi from downtown.
Doctors Lake
Recorded in Doctors Lake: Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, Sunshine Bass, and Brown Bullhead.
Surveyed depths in Doctors Lake reach 22 ft.
- 7Lake Shore Boat Ramp: pier on Doctors Lake, ≈ 14.6 mi from downtown.
When the fish bite here
By our bite calendar, White Bass is at peak around Jacksonville in November.
FreshwaterSlowStriped Bass
Morone saxatilis
Moronidae
50 in60 lb30 yr111 watersGame fish
FreshwaterBrown Bullhead
Ameiurus nebulosus
Ictaluridae
24 in8 lb8 yr519 watersGame fish
FreshwaterPeakWhite Bass
Morone chrysops
Moronidae
20 in6 lb6 yr160 watersGame fish
FreshwaterSlowChain Pickerel
Esox niger
Esocidae
30 in10 lb5 yr117 watersGame fish
FreshwaterSlowFlier
Centrarchus macropterus
Centrarchidae
10 in1 lb5 yr46 watersGame fish
FreshwaterSlowSpotted Gar
Lepisosteus oculatus
Lepisosteidae
48 in20 lb20 yr25 watersGame fish












