15 piers and shore spots on public waters near Sarasota — no boat needed.
Distances are straight-line from downtown Sarasota; below are the 10 closest, grouped by water.
Sarasota Bay
Recorded in Sarasota Bay: Sheepshead, Crevalle Jack, Common Snook, and Black Sea Bass.
Surveyed depths in Sarasota Bay reach 22 ft.
- 1Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall: pier on Sarasota Bay, ≈ 1.3 mi from downtown.
- 2Whitaker Gateway Park: pier on Sarasota Bay, ≈ 1.5 mi from downtown.
- 3Causeway Park: pier on Sarasota Bay, ≈ 1.5 mi from downtown.
- 5Joan M. Durante Community Park: pier on Sarasota Bay, ≈ 9.4 mi from downtown.
- 8Longboat Key Historic Marker - Town Docks: pier on Sarasota Bay, ≈ 11.6 mi from downtown.
- 9Linley Street Boat Ramp: pier on Sarasota Bay, ≈ 11.6 mi from downtown.
- 10Leffis Key Preserve: pier on Sarasota Bay, ≈ 12.5 mi from downtown.
Little Sarasota Bay
Recorded in Little Sarasota Bay: Common Snook, Spotted Seatrout, Red Drum, and Tarpon.
Surveyed depths in Little Sarasota Bay reach 15 ft.
- 4Phillippi Estate Park: pier on Little Sarasota Bay, ≈ 4.5 mi from downtown.
- 6Osprey Fishing Pier: pier on Little Sarasota Bay, ≈ 9.9 mi from downtown.
- 7Blackburn Point Park: pier on Little Sarasota Bay, ≈ 11.1 mi from downtown.
When the fish bite here
By our bite calendar, November is a slow month around Sarasota for the fish recorded at these stops — the bars on each card show when each one picks up.
BrackishSlowCommon Snook
Centropomus undecimalis
Centropomidae
48 in50 lb15 yr57 watersGame fish
SaltwaterSlowSheepshead
Archosargus probatocephalus
Sparidae
36 in20 lb9 yr63 watersGame fish
SaltwaterSlowSpotted Seatrout
Cynoscion nebulosus
Sciaenidae
30 in10 lb5 yr58 watersGame fish
SaltwaterGray Snapper
Lutjanus griseus
Lutjanidae
36 in20 lb10 yr55 watersGame fish
SaltwaterSlowCrevalle Jack
Caranx hippos
Carangidae
39 in50 lb10 yr2 watersGame fish
SaltwaterBlack Sea Bass
Centropristis striata
Serranidae
30 in9 lb7 yr3 watersGame fish
