Fishing Spots in Virginia Beach: Piers, Parks & Beaches
How We Picked
Every pick here is tagged "Fishing" in our directory — a detail documented on the business or place's own website or listing, not word-of-mouth. We pulled every real, currently-tagged listing across every category it applies to (capped here at 15 for a readable list — see the full tagged set via each category page). Details change, so confirm current hours/availability directly with the business before a visit.
The Picks
Adventure Parasail & Rudee Inlet Jet Ski
Virginia Beach's original watersports operator since 1985 — parasailing, jet ski and kayak/SUP rentals, and banana boat rides at Rudee Inlet.
Afishinado Fishing Charters
Capt. Kevin Perry's 31-foot Ocean Master out of Inlet Station Marina — inshore speckled trout and cobia trips, offshore game-fish runs, and seasonal dolphin/whale watching.
Dockside Seafood & Fishing Center
Shore Drive's half-day fishing fleet and seafood market — morning and afternoon trips plus sunset dolphin cruises, with a Mon-Fri military discount.
Double Play Charters
20-plus-year Rudee Inlet charter running open-water fishing trips plus seasonal dolphin (summer) and whale (winter) watching cruises.
E-Fishinsea Sport Fishing Charters
Capt. Greg Weaver's 35-foot tower boat out of Rudee Inlet, running offshore tuna and marlin trips plus inshore cobia and drum charters, tackle included.
Four Reel Virginia Beach Fishing Charter
A 60-foot, six-passenger sportfishing yacht at Rudee Inlet running half-day near-shore charters plus dolphin/whale watching and sunset cruises.
Lake Lawson / Lake Smith Natural Area
A 42-acre wooded preserve in Bayside with an outsized 12,000 feet of shoreline on two connected freshwater lakes — which is why anglers and birders treat it as one of the city's best small parks.
LeGrande Slam Sportfishing Charters
Brothers Daniel and Keith LeGrande run inshore and offshore charters from Lynnhaven Municipal Marina aboard a 33-foot Bertram and 27-foot Judge center console.
Little Island Beach
The guarded, facility-backed beach at the south end of Sandbridge: Little Island Park's oceanfront has a 400-foot fishing pier, designated swimming and surfing areas, outdoor showers, restrooms, and seasonal concessions — everything the residential Sandbridge shoreline deliberately lacks.
Little Island Park
The 122-acre city park anchoring the south end of Sandbridge, and the only full-facility public landing on that five-mile stretch of residential beach: a 400-foot fishing pier, lighted tennis and pickleball courts, basketball and volleyball courts, a playground, picnic shelters with grills, restrooms, outdoor showers, and seasonal concessions.
Mount Trashmore Park
Virginia Beach's most famous non-beach landmark started as a landfill: opened in 1974 as one of the first parks in the world built on converted waste, Mount Trashmore's main hill rises 60 feet and runs 800 feet long, with a second mound (Encore Hill) beside it.
SeaEO Luxury Boat Charters
Private 37-foot Axopar charters from the Lynnhaven Boat Ramp — sunset tours, snorkeling, dinner cruises, and fishing trips for up to 13 guests.
Stumpy Lake Natural Area
More than 970 acres of undeveloped forest wrap around Stumpy Lake in the city's southwest corner, where bald cypress trees rise straight out of the water along the entrance causeway — the most photographed swamp scenery in Virginia Beach and the city's largest nightly cormorant roost.
Virginia Beach Fishing Center
The Rudee Inlet marina hub for Virginia's largest sport-fishing charter fleet, booking inshore and 12-hour offshore trips from a dock 200 yards off the Atlantic.
West Neck Creek Natural Area
A 217-acre wooded natural area kept deliberately undeveloped, West Neck Creek borders West Neck Road and Princess Anne Road in the rural southern reach of the city, across from the Municipal Center.