Coastal Boat Ramps

Any news on the boat ramps at Rockport, Port Aransas, Sea Drift....etc?

My fishing buddy just called and said we need to cancel since the ramps are closed.

Specifically Aransas Pass and Port A.

Any first hand accounts?

sb

i canceled a floater trip for early April. was told they could only rent to a party of the same household. how they would enforce that is beyond me, but we had 6 from all over the place, so we pulled out. heard Packery Channel was closed as well as the beaches. don't know about the bait houses and launches. we were going out of marker 37.

oh yeah, Friday i picked up some shrimp at Galveston Causeway Bait/Ramp and it was business as usual.

Bunches of people are going to be out of business.

I need to call bait shops next.

sb

Seadrift ramps are open. I was told Charlie’s was open too.

Both ramps in Port Mansfield are chained and locked.

there's a thread on 2cool about this. Supposedly the port authority closed them but the ramp is run by TP&WD so this ramp may be opened back up soon

Aransas County closed their ramps last night.

So, no access to the water in Aransas County?

sb

If you have a boat on a lift you can still access the bay. If you need to launch, then no access unless you can find a private ramp or an open ramp out of Aransas County.

Goose Island State park is open as well as their boat ramp is open as of today. I just got off the phone with them,

PINS is open and free. No camping overnight though.

What about the old ramp at Fin & Feather on South side of causeway? Is that private?

Conn Brown is currently open.