Stickney Point bridge

Bridge in Sarasota inshore waters

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InshoreUpdated October 11, 2026

Access
By boat or from shore
Best months
January to March, May to October
Species
Snook, Sheepshead, Redfish (red drum), Mangrove (gray) snapper, Black drum, Spotted seatrout

Stickney Point Road crosses the Intracoastal Waterway to south Siesta Key on a drawbridge NOAA charts at about 18 feet of closed clearance. It sits on the narrow stretch of waterway linking Roberts Bay and the Phillippi Creek mouth with Little Sarasota Bay. Sarasota County's Christopher Wheeler Park has a hand launch beside it.

How to fish it

FWC's snook researchers single out bridges over the Intracoastal for big snook: anchor up-current and cast live bait to the pilings in the first hours of the outgoing tide, and fish the edges of the bridge lights at night. In the cooler months, fish shrimp, sand fleas or fiddler crabs tight to the structure for sheepshead and black drum. Kayakers from Christopher Wheeler Park can work the nearby shorelines around high tide.

Watch out for: A narrow waterway with heavy traffic, bridge openings and current through the span. Don't anchor in the channel or tie to the fenders. The water around the bridge, channel included, is a year-round slow-speed zone from just south of Intracoastal marker 75 to just south of marker 61.
Rules here: FWC's Sarasota Bay region. Follow posted bridge signs. The rules to check in Sarasota inshore waters

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On the map

Stickney Point bridge and the places around it

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Position

  • N27° 15.264' W082° 31.890'27.254400, -82.531500

Not for navigation: check it against a current chart before you rely on it.

Places nearby

The closest named places, as the crow flies

Check the rules before you keep a fish. Size limits, bag limits and seasons change, sometimes at short notice. Our "Can you keep it today?" lists give them as of the day we last checked; these are the official pages.