ADA Compliant Freshwater Fishing Access

Many freshwater fishing sites are ADA compliant and accessible to persons with disabilities in Florida. Each of the FWC's five state regions have freshwater fisheries sites and forecast pages where details for specific bodies of water are available. Please click on the region below for further information:

The following bodies of water have specific accessibility information for anglers who are mobility impaired. The Pier, Shore and Ramp columns contain access information, noted with quality of access. High should be fully accessible, and Medium and Low listings being more challenging. The absence of a letter indicates that the body of water is not normally accessible to the mobility impaired.

Northwest Region

Body of Water	County	Pier	Shore	Ramp
Apalachicola River	Gulf, Liberty, Franklin, Jackson, Gadsden, Calhoun			Low
Bear Lake	Santa Rosa	Medium	Low	Low
Blackwater and Yellow Rivers	Santa Rosa		Low	Low
Chipola River	Calhoun			Low
Choctawhatchee River				Low
Dead Lake	Calhoun, Gulf			Low
Deerpoint Lake	Bay	High	Low	Low
Escambia River			Low	Low
Hurricane Lake	Okaloosa	Medium	Medium	Medium
Juniper Lake	Walton	Low	Low	Low
Karrick Lake	Okaloosa	Low	Low	Low
Lake Jackson	Leon
Lake Seminole	Jackson, Gadsden			Low
Lake Stone	Escambia	Low	Low	Low
Lake Talquin	Gadsden, Leon	High		Low
Lake Victor	Holmes	Low	Low	Low
Merritt's Mill Pond				Low
Ocheesee Pond				Low
Ochlockonee River				Low
Shoal River	Okaloosa	Low	Low	Low

North Central Region

Body of Water	County	Pier	Shore	Ramp
Alligator Lake	Alachua	Medium	Medium	Medium
Black Creek	Alachua	Medium	Medium	Medium
Doctors Inlet	Clay	Medium
Hamilton County Phosphate Pits	Hamilton
Jacksonville Community Ponds	Duval, Clay	High		Low
Lake Lochloosa	Alachua	Medium
Lake Rousseau	Citrus and Levy	High		Medium
Lake Sampson	Bradford	Low
Lake Santa Fe	Alachua			Medium
Montgomery Lake	Columbia	High
Newnan's Lake	Alachua	Low	Low
Ocean Pond	Baker	Medium		Low
Orange Lake	Alachua	Medium	Medium
St. Mary's River	Nassau, Baker
Suwannee Lake	Suwannee	High		Medium
Suwannee/Santa Fe Rivers	Suwannee, et al.	Medium		Medium
Tsala Apopka Chain	Citrus	Medium		Medium
Watertown Lake	Columbia	Low		Low
Wauberg Lake	Alachua
Withlacoochee River	Citrus, Marion, Sumter, Levy, Hernando, Pasco

Northeast Region

Body of Water	County	Pier	Shore
Ansin/Garcia Miami Lakes	Indian River
Clermont Chain	Lake	Medium
Emeralda Marsh	Lake
Farm-13/Stick Marsh	Indian River	Medium
Kenansville Lake	Indian River
Lake Blue Cypress	Indian River
Lake Crescent	Flagler, Putnam	High	Medium
Lake George	Putnam, Volusia	Low
Lake Harris	Lake	High
Lake Kissimmee	Osceola
Lake Lotus	Seminole
Lake Monroe	Seminole, Volusia		Medium
Lake Panasoffkee	Sumter
Lake Tohopekaliga	Osceola	Medium
Lake Weir	Marion
Lake Yale	Lake
Ocala Forest Lakes	Lake, Marion	Low\|Med	Low
Oklawaha River	Marion, Putnam	High	Low
Rodman Reservoir	Putnam	Medium
St. Johns River	Brevard, Flagler, Lake, Orange, Putnam, Seminole, St. Johns, Volusia	Low\|Med	Low\|Med

South Region

Body of Water	County	Pier	Shore	Ramp
Everglades Conservation Areas	Palm Beach, Broward, Dade	High	Medium	High
Lake Osborne	Palm Beach	High	Medium	High
Lake Trafford	Collier	High	Medium	Medium
Miami-Dade, Broward & West Palm Canals	Broward, Miami-Dade, West Palm	Low	Medium	Medium
Okeechobee	Palm Beach, Martin, Glades, Okeechobee, Hendry	High	Low	High

Southwest Region

Body of Water	County	Pier	Shore	Ramp
Lake Istokpoga	Highlands	Medium		Medium
Lake Parker	Polk	Medium		High
Lake Tarpon	Pinellas	High		Medium
Lake Walk-in-Water	Polk			Medium
Medard Reservoir	Hillsborough	Medium		Medium
Peace River	Polk, Hardee, Desoto, Charlotte	Low	Low	Low
Saddle Creek Park	Polk	High		High
Tenoroc Pits	Polk	High		High
Webb Lake & Marl Ponds	Polk		Low
Winter Haven Chain	Polk	High		Low