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Fishing piers near Lakeland
Lakeland, FLBuilt from our data

Fishing piers near Lakeland

8 stops7 watersUpdated Nov 6

8 piers and shore spots on public waters near Lakeland — no boat needed.

Distances are straight-line from downtown Lakeland; below are the 8 closest, grouped by water.

Lake Bonny

Recorded in Lake Bonny: Largemouth Bass, Sunshine Bass, Brown Bullhead, and Channel Catfish.

Surveyed depths in Lake Bonny reach 14 ft.

Lake Bonny3 min · 1.4 mi
Lake

Lake Bonny

Polk

17

max 14 ft · surveyed

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  1. 1Lake Bonny Park: pier on Lake Bonny, ≈ 1 mi from downtown.

Lake Hollingsworth

Recorded in Lake Hollingsworth: Warmouth, Largemouth Bass, Redear, and Blue Tilapia.

Surveyed depths in Lake Hollingsworth reach 15 ft.

Lake Hollingsworth5 min · 2 mi
Lake

Lake Hollingsworth

Polk

19

max 15 ft · surveyed

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  1. 2Lake Hollingsowrth: pier on Lake Hollingsworth, ≈ 1.5 mi from downtown.

Lake Ariana

Recorded in Lake Ariana: Black Crappie, Blue Tilapia, Largemouth Bass, and Sunshine Bass.

Surveyed depths in Lake Ariana reach 23 ft.

Lake Ariana15 min · 9.6 mi
Lake

Lake Ariana

Polk

17

max 23 ft · surveyed

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  1. 3Lake Ariana Park: pier on Lake Ariana, ≈ 9 mi from downtown.

Lake Howard

Recorded in Lake Howard: Largemouth Bass, Sunshine Bass, Brown Bullhead, and Channel Catfish.

Surveyed depths in Lake Howard reach 16 ft.

Lake Howard22 min · 13.3 mi
Lake

Lake Howard

Polk

17

max 16 ft · surveyed

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  1. 4South Lake Howard Nature Park: pier on Lake Howard, ≈ 12.4 mi from downtown.
  2. 5Lake Howard: pier on Lake Howard, ≈ 13.1 mi from downtown.

Withlacoochee River

Recorded in Withlacoochee River: Largemouth Bass, Sunshine Bass, Brown Bullhead, and Channel Catfish.

Surveyed depths in Withlacoochee River reach 27 ft.

Withlacoochee River50 min · 28.2 mi
River

Withlacoochee River

Sumter

18

max 27 ft · surveyed

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  1. 6Withlacoochee River Park: pier on Withlacoochee River, ≈ 23.5 mi from downtown.

Tampa Bay

Recorded in Tampa Bay: Common Snook, Spotted Seatrout, Red Drum, and Tarpon.

Surveyed depths in Tampa Bay reach 93 ft.

Tampa Bay37 min · 31.5 mi
EstuarySaltwater

Tampa Bay

Hillsborough

17

max 93 ft · surveyed

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  1. 7Williams Park: pier on Tampa Bay, ≈ 29.3 mi from downtown.

Old Tampa Bay

Recorded in Old Tampa Bay: Common Snook, Spotted Seatrout, Red Drum, and Tarpon.

Surveyed depths in Old Tampa Bay reach 93 ft.

Old Tampa Bay46 min · 39.4 mi
EstuarySaltwater

Old Tampa Bay

Pinellas

17

max 93 ft · surveyed

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  1. 8Ballast Point Park: pier on Old Tampa Bay, ≈ 34 mi from downtown.

When the fish bite here

By our bite calendar, November is a slow month around Lakeland for the fish recorded at these stops — the bars on each card show when each one picks up.

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Where this guide comes from

Every sentence here is assembled from the data on the Lakeland fishing page: road drive times where a route was built (≈ marks straight-line distances), access points from state registries, the species recorded in each water and our bite calendar, adjusted for latitude. Nothing is written by hand or generated by AI.

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