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Best fishing spots in Holmes Beach

Holmes Beach has four spots within 5 miles, which makes it an easy base for a fishing trip. Bean Point, about 2.5 miles away, is a beach where snook, Spanish mackerel, redfish and tarpon are all in play.

Palma Sola Causeway, around 3.5 miles off, offers flats fishing for spotted seatrout, snook and redfish, and Emerson Point Preserve, about 4.5 miles away, is an estuary spot for redfish, snook and black drum. Longboat Pass at the Coquina Beach Jetty is a similar distance and adds sheepshead and mangrove snapper, while Fort De Soto Gulf Pier is roughly 7 miles away.

Fishing report · October 2026

What's biting near Holmes Beach

Best spot today: Palma Sola CausewayGood 79

Built from this month's seasons, today's FWC rules and the catches anglers logged here in the last 30 days. Updated Thu, Oct 1.

Map of spots near Holmes Beach

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Fishing forecast for Holmes Beach

Based on Anna Maria City Pier, 1.8 miles away — the nearest rated spot.

7-day fishing forecast for Anna Maria City Pier — 7-day forecast

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Sea: pale calm, deep blue surf, amber rough Water: blue clear, brown colored

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Thursday, Oct 1 · windows & tide · Today

SeaSlight1.6 ft here · wind chop
Water colorClearYou could see the bottom in about six feet of water
Wind16 mph SEDirection vs this shore unknown
79°E 12 · dry
78°E 17 · dry
84°E 17 · dry
81°SE 16 · 39% rain
▲ High tide2:13 AM2.9 ft
▼ Low tide10:25 AM0.1 ft
12 AM
6 AM
12 PM
6 PM
12 AM
Very big tides2.8 ft range · 32% above normalEasing toward smaller tides

Why 70 · 6 PM–9 PM

  • WindOkayA light wind (16 mph)+1
  • Sea & chopOkayChop 0.5 ft · A rippleShort, steep waves−2
  • Tide stateGoodIncoming tide (flooding)+10
  • Tide sizeGoodBig tides (springs)+4
  • LightGoodDawn or dusk light+6
  • PressureOkaySteady or slowly falling pressure+1
  • RainOkayA chance of rain (39%)

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Holmes Beach tide chart

Tides for fishing at Holmes Beach: every high and low tide for the next 7 days, from the Anna Maria Key, city pier tide station, 2 miles away. Times are local.

Holmes Beach tide chart
  • High2:13 AM3.0 ft
  • Low10:25 AM0.0 ft
  • High3 AM3.0 ft
  • Low11:42 AM0.0 ft
  • High4:03 AM2.6 ft
  • Low1:06 PM0.3 ft
  • High5:35 AM2.6 ft
  • Low2:25 PM0.3 ft
  • High7:26 AM2.3 ft
  • Low3:26 PM0.3 ft
  • High11:05 PM2.0 ft
  • Low2:51 AM1.6 ft
  • High9:05 AM2.3 ft
  • Low4:13 PM0.3 ft
  • High11:10 PM2.0 ft
  • Low3:57 AM1.3 ft
  • High10:18 AM2.3 ft
  • Low4:49 PM0.7 ft
  • High11:19 PM2.0 ft

Fishing piers near Holmes Beach

Skyway Fishing Pier (North)★ 4.3Pier · 9.2 miles away · Fee to fishThe north half of Skyway Fishing Pier State Park is the old Sunshine Skyway bridge approach on the Pinellas side, a long...Spanish MackerelMangrove SnapperTarponFort De Soto Gulf Pier★ 3.8Pier · 7.2 miles away · FreeThe Gulf Pier at Fort De Soto Park runs about 1,000 feet into the mouth of Tampa Bay off Mullet Key, where...Spanish MackerelSnookMangrove SnapperHistoric Bridge Street Pier★ 3.5Pier · 3.3 miles awayThe Historic Bridge Street Pier, also called the Bradenton Beach City Pier, runs out into the north end of Sarasota Bay from...SheepsheadMangrove SnapperSnookFort De Soto Bay Pier★ 3.5Pier · 7.3 miles away · FreeThe Bay Pier is Fort De Soto Park's quieter, bay-side pier, about 500 feet long, looking across the mouth of Tampa Bay...SheepsheadMangrove SnapperSnookSkyway Fishing Pier (South)★ 3.4Pier · 7.6 miles away · Fee to fishThe south Skyway Fishing Pier is the Manatee County half of Skyway Fishing Pier State Park, the old Sunshine Skyway bridge at...Spanish MackerelSheepsheadSnookGreen Bridge Fishing Pier★ 3.4Pier · 8.8 miles away · FreeThe Green Bridge Fishing Pier is a surviving section of the old Green Bridge, kept by the City of Palmetto as a...SnookRedfishSheepsheadPalma Sola Causeway★ 3.1Pier · 3.7 miles awayPalma Sola Causeway carries Manatee Avenue West (SR 64) across Palma Sola Bay toward Anna Maria Island, and Manatee County's Palma Sola...Spotted SeatroutSnookRedfishRose Park, Bradenton★ 3.1Pier · 4.5 miles away · FreeRose Park is a small Manatee County park on the east shore of Palma Sola Bay in west Bradenton, with a short...Spotted SeatroutRedfishPinfishBradenton Riverwalk★ 3.1Pier · 9.1 miles away · FreeThe Bradenton Riverwalk is the city's 2.03-mile waterfront park along the south bank of the Manatee River between the Green and DeSoto...SnookRedfishSheepsheadAnna Maria City Pier★ 1.6Pier · 1.8 miles away · ClosedThe Anna Maria City Pier, a wooden landmark reaching into Tampa Bay since 1911, has been closed since Hurricanes Helene and Milton...SnookRedfishPompano

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Spots near Holmes Beach

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Anna Maria City Pier★ 1.61.8 miles from Holmes Beach · Manatee CountyThe Anna Maria City Pier, a wooden landmark reaching into Tampa Bay since 1911, has been closed since Hurricanes Helene and Milton...SnookRedfishPompanoSpanish MackerelWhiting (Southern Kingfish)Neal Preserve★ 2.92 miles from Holmes Beach · Manatee CountyNeal Preserve is a 120-acre Manatee County preserve on Perico Island, on the south side of Manatee Avenue just east of the...SnookRedfishSpotted SeatroutCrevalle JackLadyfishBean Point★ 3.42.6 miles from Holmes Beach · Manatee CountyBean Point is the sandy northern tip of Anna Maria Island, where Tampa Bay meets the Gulf across Passage Key Inlet. The...SnookRedfishTarponCrevalle JackPompanoRobinson Preserve★ 3.43.1 miles from Holmes Beach · Manatee CountyRobinson Preserve is a Manatee County coastal preserve of more than 600 acres in northwest Bradenton, where restored tidal creeks, mangroves and...SnookRedfishSpotted SeatroutLadyfishMangrove SnapperHistoric Bridge Street Pier★ 3.53.3 miles from Holmes Beach · Manatee CountyThe Historic Bridge Street Pier, also called the Bradenton Beach City Pier, runs out into the north end of Sarasota Bay from...SnookRedfishSpotted SeatroutPompanoSpanish MackerelPalma Sola Causeway★ 3.13.7 miles from Holmes Beach · Manatee CountyPalma Sola Causeway carries Manatee Avenue West (SR 64) across Palma Sola Bay toward Anna Maria Island, and Manatee County's Palma Sola...SnookRedfishSpotted SeatroutCrevalle JackSpanish MackerelRose Park, Bradenton★ 3.14.5 miles from Holmes Beach · Manatee CountyRose Park is a small Manatee County park on the east shore of Palma Sola Bay in west Bradenton, with a short...SnookRedfishSpotted SeatroutCrevalle JackLadyfishDe Soto National Memorial★ 3.14.6 miles from Holmes Beach · Manatee CountyDe Soto National Memorial is a small National Park Service site at the mouth of the Manatee River in northwest Bradenton, and...SnookRedfishSpotted SeatroutCrevalle JackSpanish MackerelEmerson Point Preserve★ 3.35.4 miles from Holmes Beach · Manatee CountyEmerson Point Preserve covers the western end of Snead Island near Palmetto, where the Manatee River meets Tampa Bay and Terra Ceia...SnookRedfishSpotted SeatroutTarponSpanish MackerelEgmont Key State Park★ 3.46.6 miles from Holmes Beach · Hillsborough CountyEgmont Key is a wild, boat-only island at the mouth of Tampa Bay, a state park and national wildlife refuge with an...SnookRedfishSpotted SeatroutTarponCrevalle JackFort De Soto Gulf Pier★ 3.87.2 miles from Holmes Beach · Pinellas CountyThe Gulf Pier at Fort De Soto Park runs about 1,000 feet into the mouth of Tampa Bay off Mullet Key, where...SnookTarponPompanoSpanish MackerelKing MackerelFort De Soto Bay Pier★ 3.57.3 miles from Holmes Beach · Pinellas CountyThe Bay Pier is Fort De Soto Park's quieter, bay-side pier, about 500 feet long, looking across the mouth of Tampa Bay...SnookRedfishSpotted SeatroutSpanish MackerelLadyfish
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