Looking for a place to fish from shore?
Check out the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s new Florida Fishing Pier Finder, an interactive map that allows anglers to find publicly accessed fishing piers, jetties and fishing-specific bridges in freshwater and saltwater locations throughout the state.
The map is best viewed using a computer or tablet.
Visit myfwc.com/pierfinder to search for a location by county, city, feature name and type of feature.
The structures give anglers who enjoy fishing from shore or do not have a boat an opportunity to catch a variety of species.
Some fishable structures extend a few feet into the water, while others extend 2,000 or more feet into the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean.
A majority of the structures are free to use.
For those fishing piers where a fee is required, almost all have a pier license that covers anglers, resident and non-resident, that fish on the pier.
The Florida Fishing Pier Finder was created through funding from the federal Sport Fish Restoration program, which collects taxes from purchases of fishing equipment and motorboat fuel to fund projects that provide enhanced fishing opportunities.