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Kayak and paddle launches near St. Petersburg
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Kayak and paddle launches near St. Petersburg

10 stops3 watersUpdated Nov 6

Among the 61 access points closest to downtown St. Petersburg, 15 are named as kayak, canoe or paddlecraft launches in the state registry.

Distances are straight-line from downtown St. Petersburg; below are the 10 closest, grouped by water.

Tampa Bay

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

Surveyed depths in Tampa Bay reach 93 ft.

Tampa Bay0 min · 0.1 mi
EstuarySaltwater

Tampa Bay

Hillsborough

17

max 93 ft · surveyed

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  1. 1North Shore Park Beach - Paddlecraft Access: boat ramp on Tampa Bay, ≈ 1.1 mi from downtown.
  2. 2Lassing Park Paddlecraft Access: boat ramp on Tampa Bay, ≈ 1.3 mi from downtown.
  3. 3South Shore Park Paddlecraft Access: boat ramp on Tampa Bay, ≈ 2 mi from downtown.
  4. 4Coquina Key Park Kayak Launch: boat ramp on Tampa Bay, ≈ 2.3 mi from downtown.

Boca Ciega Bay

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

Surveyed depths in Boca Ciega Bay reach 38 ft.

Boca Ciega Bay8 min · 5.3 mi
EstuarySaltwater

Boca Ciega Bay

Pinellas

22

max 38 ft · surveyed

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  1. 5Clam Bayou Nature Park - 34th Avenue Paddlecraft Launch Dock: boat ramp on Boca Ciega Bay, ≈ 4.2 mi from downtown.
  2. 6Clam Bayou Nature Park - Miriam Street Paddlecraft Launch: boat ramp on Boca Ciega Bay, ≈ 4.3 mi from downtown.
  3. 7Gulfport East Beach Paddlecraft Access: boat ramp on Boca Ciega Bay, ≈ 5 mi from downtown.
  4. 9Maximo Park Beach Paddlecraft Access: boat ramp on Boca Ciega Bay, ≈ 5.2 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 Bay17 min · 8.5 mi
EstuarySaltwater

Old Tampa Bay

Pinellas

17

max 93 ft · surveyed

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  1. 8Weedon Island Preserve - Paddlecraft Launch: boat ramp on Old Tampa Bay, ≈ 5.2 mi from downtown.
  2. 10Gandy Causeway Wayside Beach Paddlecraft Access Points: boat ramp on Old Tampa Bay, ≈ 7.1 mi from downtown.

When the fish bite here

By our bite calendar, November is a slow month around St. Petersburg 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 St. Petersburg 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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