Places to go Fishin                                                             
 There are so many places and different types of fishing
 in Charlotte  County and the surrounding area.
South-west Florida is truly an anglers dream come true,
here are some places you may not know,
To see more Ariel photos go to Water Life News,
There are great Pictures of Charlotte Harbor  Waterlife news

If it is a land based spot at the Bottom of the page there is a map
and written instructions on how to get there from
The place all great fishing trips start from "Fishin Franks".
Notice these pages are almost all pictures, they take a while to Load be patient.
 

Boat Ramps    Boat Ramps
Pier Fishin      Fishing Piers

Click one of the following lines to go to you choice
1st Group Shore/pier, Boat ramps Salt water. Most with shore fishing access.
2nd Group Boat only. You need a boat to get to these.
3rd Group Fresh water. Ramps & places to fish from land.
4th group Kayak places. these are Salt water launches or places to paddle to.



Salt water- Boat Ramps, & Shore / pier fishing

 

Local Piers   this is an over view of the local piers, 
                            Look at individual buttons for directions, From Fishin Franks.
 

Boca Grande_
Gasprilla Island
 

17 th street  Salt water shore Fishin. on Gasparilla Island "Boca Grande" This is fishing
                           from the beach.

Bokeelia
 Bokeelia Pier  A Pay to fish pier

 

El Jo Bean-

El Jo Bean   El Jo Bean fishing pier. Located on the Myakka River. 

 

Englewood-

Stump Pass   Englewood Beach and intercostals Fishing

Tom Adams pier   Shore fishing ,/Pier this is in Englewood.

Indian Mound  Englewood ramp on the intercostals Very cool Park   

Oyster Creek  Englewood Park launch
                           Shore fishin

Placida Ramp  This boat ramp is on Placida road or 775 it is a nice ramp for small flats boats.
                            some of the way out can be very shallow. if you have a 1.5 tide or more it is really nice ramp.  

 

Harbour Heights

Harbour Hieghts   This is a great windy day ramp.         
                           Just north of I-75 on the Peace River.  

 

North Port-

North Port ramp  This is a Salt/ brackish water Ramp in North Port 

Pine Island-
Bokeelia Pier  A Pay to fish pier

 

Port charlotte -

N. end 41  North end of the 41 Gilchrest Bridges

bay shore Pier   Shore fishin / Best in spring and summer for Shark & cobia , winter time good sea trout,

Collingswood    A place on the bank to fish. Above a spillway, but has some Salt water fish.

East spring lake    shore fishing from sea wall, No railings "not a pier"
                            Just a nice place to fish, there is sort of a path from
                            down to the sea wall. Oh yeah watch out for traffic
                              when getting out of your car, there is a road there.

Edgewater Ramp     Deep water at ramp, but extremely  
                            shallow access to the Harbor.

P.C.Beach  Off Harbor blvd right in town 2 minutes from Fishin Franks

Spill ways   These are where the fresh water canals dump into the Salt water.
                             Great after a rain for Snook & ??? other types of fish.

Sunrise Park  Launch east spring lake canals.
                           shore fishin

 

Placida-

Placida Piers    Placida Trestle, South Pier,  Shore fishing ,  Boca Grande/ Gasparilla Island.
                             The pier may be reached by boat, it is a short ride from Placida ramp.

Placida   good ramp, quick to the gulf, any size boat.
                           not really any place to fish here. just a ramp. 

 

Placida Road  This boat ramp is on Placida road or 775 it is a nice ramp for small flats boats.
                            some of the way out can be very shallow. if you have a 1.5 tide or more it is really nice ramp.

 

Punta Gorda-

aligator tressel   Shore fishing right along side 41 just south of Punta Gorda / 
                            can be reached by boat long ride from any ramp.

Darst Ramp   Good ramp Very shallow access to the I-75 area of the peace river 
                             boat ramp, Shore fishing here for Reds and Snook

Ponce De Leon   Boat ramp / fishing docks/ picnic area. 

River side ramp   Boat ramp, on Shell Creek Salt /Brackish water, Shore fishing in the park from land.



The following Salt water fishing places,
 you have to be in a boat to fish them.

Boat only Salt water.

Reefs    Reefs in charlotte Harbor and the Gulf of Mexico,
                                 keep in mind Boca Grande Pass is Lee County

14 foot hole   Located at the mouth of the Myakka River.

Alligator Creek   North east side of Charlotte Harbor.

Alligator Reef  This is the reef just south of Punta Gorda ,
                               and west of Alligator creek

Blow down creek   This creek is small but interesting,
                             and is located on the west wall of Charlotte Harbor

Barge canal   More of a Kayak spot but if you have a skinny running boat.
                            This is just south of Ponce de Leon park.

Burnt Store  Southern end of Charlotte Harbor, East side,
                           Fishing any where but the channel is extremely shallow access.

Cape Haze reef   The best of the in Harbor big fish reefs

Cattle Dock   On the Myakka River good place for Reds

deep Holes   You could call these the tarpon holes of Charlotte Harbor.
                            There are three of them sort of in a row. Good spots for Shark or Tarpon.

East Keys   How to get on the flats on the east side of the Harbor.

Gallagher"s cut   Located at the south end Turtle Bay.
                            This is a shallow water access, with deep water with-in the cut.

Hobbs   East side of Charlotte Harbor.

Muddy bay  Just north of Cape Haze, Muddy bat & the G.W. extensions
                           are great cool weather heavens for fish. Very skinny getting in.

Oyster Creek  This is a creek with a small tidal pond, on the west side of Charlotte Harbor.

Rocky Creek   Upper north end of Charlotte Harbor.

Sans Souic  Shell creek, across from Harbour Heights, off the Peace river.

Shell creek dam    Off the peace river.

Tippy Canoe   Off the Myakka River,
                            Great winter time Sea Trout fishing.

Two Pines   South of Burnt store Marina, across from the North end of Pine Island, very shallow


Fresh water, Boat ramps. or shore fishing.

760 fishing spot   Fresh water,  Shore fishing or/  you can launch small shallow draft boat. /
                            This is located in-between Port Charlotte and Arcadia. Good Snook fishing..

9 mile ramp   This is a freshwater boat ramp in North Port on the Coco Plum or 9 mile canal

Cecil Webb   Freshwater fishing from land or boat at the state wild life man agent area.

Hathaway park  .Fresh water Boat ramp and shore fishing, Shell creek & prairie creek,

Myakka Park   Myakka River State park.

Prairie Creek   Fresh water fishing, and slid in sort of ramp. Off hwy 17 north/east of Punta Gorda.

Collingswood    A place on the bank to fish. fresh/saltbrackish ?

Fresh water shore fishing.

Audubon Park    Park on a canal in Port charlotte

Lake Betty     Park in Port Charlotte

Titty Lake   A local fishin, and out  doors spot for years.

Turtle Preserve    Just north of River road & I 75
                             on the north end of the Myakka


Salt water
Kayak Friendly Ramps and paddle to spots

aligator tressel   Slide in launch . A little bit of a carry, but you can slide in a Kayak here.
                            Shore fishin

Barge canal   Paddle to spot. Leave from Ponce 
                           boat only

Darst Ramp   Launch ramp easy access to fishing the I-75 bridge
                            shore fishin

Sunrise Park  Launch east spring lake canals.
                           shore fishin

Harbour Hieghts  Nice Ramp river access and lots of canals to fish
                           Shore fishin from 2 nice piers                 

North Port ramp  Launch ramp Fishin the Myakka River North Port
                           Shore fishing

Oyster Creek  Englewood Park launch
                           Shore fishin

Ponce De Leon  Launch Ramp what can I say it is all good
                           Shore and wading fishin

River side ramp  Launch ramp A small ramp on shell creek
                           Shore fishin

Sans Souic  Paddle to spot Launch from River side or Harbor heights Park
                            Boat only

South Pier  On Gasparilla island, At the Placida pier.
                           pier fishin

Stump Pass    Shore fishin nice place to launch kayaks.

 

 


 

 

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