Copano Bay Fishing Pier, Former fishing pier in Aransas County, Texas, United States

The Copano Bay Fishing Pier is a permanently closed pier in Aransas County, Texas, made of two separate sections of the former State Highway 35 causeway: one 2,500 feet (760 m) long on the south side of the bay and one 6,190 feet (1,890 m) long on the north side. The over 80-year-old structure was closed in August 2017 after one section collapsed and inspections found severe deterioration.

The structure began as the State Highway 35 causeway across Copano Bay. When a higher new causeway opened in 1967, the old one closed to vehicles and its middle span was removed for larger ships, leaving two separate piers. The highway department later transferred ownership to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, making it a 5.9-acre state park; on November 1, 2005, control passed to the Aransas County Navigation District No. 1. It was permanently closed in August 2017 after a section collapsed and inspections found severe deterioration in the over 80-year-old structure.

The pier's name comes from Copano Bay, and for decades it was a free public fishing spot open around the clock. In 2013 it appeared in a segment of Bob Phillips' Texas Country Reporter, a syndicated television series. Since the August 2017 closure, the structure has stood unused over the bay.

The pier is permanently closed and cannot be visited; it was shut in August 2017 after one section collapsed and inspections found severe deterioration in the over 80-year-old structure. The two sections, 2,500 feet on the south side of the bay and 6,190 feet on the north side, are best seen from the Highway 35 causeway that replaced them in 1967.

The pier was originally the State Highway 35 causeway across Copano Bay; after a higher replacement causeway opened in 1967, its middle section was removed so larger ships could pass, leaving two separate fishing piers of 2,500 and 6,190 feet. It closed permanently in August 2017 after a section collapsed and inspections found severe deterioration in the over 80-year-old structure.