Matlacha Community Park — Attraction in Florida

This small park is located in Matlacha right off Pine Island Road. Travelling West look for the park sign and turn left right before Blue Dog Bar and Grill. One of the highlights of this park is water access along three sides. There is a small dock and kayak/canoe launch on the East side. The South side features a popular fishing pier (with cleaning station), as well as, numerous picnic shelters with lovely water views. The West side has a public motorized boat launch. The cost for boat launch and trailer parking is $10, which you pay at the launch.Parking is featured along the perimeter with a grassy area in the center. This is where you’ll find a children’s playground (featuring a pirate ship with sea monster slides) and basketball courts. There is a walking path and one fitness station around this area, however, most of it remains...

I went to this park on a Sunday evening to partake in some fishing. When I arrived at the park was full of trucks and trailers, parking was very difficult. it felt as though I was navigating the labyrinth trying to just park my car through the trucks. After finally unloading my equipment, to my dismay the entire pier was full of rods... but not people. There was 1 man, watching at least 10 different fishing rods locking down the entire of the pier. We were forced to fish off the sides of the pier closer to shore where it turns out there's tons of rocks, that love eating lines. The park needs to have better accommodation...

This is a beautiful park. Unfortunately the fishing peir is closed for renovations, but there are several other excellent spots to fish in the park. I caught over 200 snapper in a few hours, a bonnet head shark, and several puffer fish. Awesome place, lots to do, and this is a very well maintained park. This is my new secret fishing spot, as I was the only one fishing and everywhere else was packed with fishermen. Don't tell anyone K! I was all alone without getting tangled by other fishermen, and I bet I caught tons more fish too... Matlacha, it's a beautiful place, you should...