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South Florida Boating and FishingSouth Florida is world-reknown for its boating and fishing opportunities. There are thousands of charter fishing boats ready to take you to the catch of a lifetime. Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale are particularly known for recreational boating and offer numerous boat ramps. As these boat ramps are maintained by different governmental agencies, there is no real list of all South Florida Boat Ramps. The Sun Fun Guide is trying to put one together now - as we visit each boat ramp it will be added. |
Shepard Park (Shephard Park)
Shepard Park, frequently misspelled as Shephard Park, sits along the St. Lucie River in Jensen Beach. The park has a picnic pavilion, a small playground, picnic tables with grills, and a riverside walkway, but honestly, we usually stop at the parkside docking here while boating to use the restrooms, which are not in such a great state right now (the floors are collapsing). There's also a boat ramp that's a little sketchy. While backing down it, it first acts as if everything will be fine. However, once you've backed in a few feet, you'll discover that the ramp basically flattens out. Our trailer sits very low and has a really long tongue, it was nearly high tide, and we still had to back until water was up to the rear wheels' rims before we could get enough water under the boat.
This ramp has parking for around ten trailers. I doubt you could launch more than a 21 footer here, although the ramp is probably best left for dinghies. (Shepard Park (Shephard Park) continued)
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Bryant Park (Lake Worth)
Update 1/10Like nearly all Palm Beach County boat ramps, Bryant Park now has a $10 trailer parking fee. This is not a county ramp, however, so th... |
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Alsdorf Park / 14th Street Boat Ramp (Pompano Beach)
Also called the "14th Street Boat Ramp", this Pompano Beach "park" offers three two-lane boat ramps with finger piers, courtesy docking, and reasonably clean... |
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Twenty Mile Bend Recreation Area (Belle Glade)
This small area gives boaters entrance to the L-7 and L-40 canals along the edge of the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Preserve. There is ... |
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Round Island Riverfront Park (Vero Beach)
2009 UPDATE: We visited Round Island park in early October to launch our boat, and to our surprise and great pleasure, there was a big group of manate... |
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Moore's Creek Boat Ramp (Fort Pierce)
Technically part of Indian River Veteran's Memorial Park, this ramp is better known as Moore's Creek Boat Ramp. There are roughly 25 trailer spaces and thre... |
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Pendarvis Cove Park (Palm City)
Pendarvis Cove Park in Palm City claims to have a boat ramp. We'd heard rumblings about something being strange about it, and we found out: the shellrock ra... |
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Shepard Park (Shephard Park) (Jensen Beach)
Shepard Park, frequently misspelled as Shephard Park, sits along the St. Lucie River in Jensen Beach. The park has a picnic pavilion, a small playground, pi... |
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Maurice Gibb Memorial Park (Island View Park) (Miami Beach)
Maurice Gibb Memorial Park (previously known as Island View Park) is situated along Biscayne Bay in Miami Beach. The park is nicely landscaped with a paved ... |
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Bert Winters Park (Juno Beach)
Located in Juno Beach, Bert Winters Park is a great place to launch your boat, or cast a line for some fish. The park sits along the intracoastal waterway a... |
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Istokpoga Park (Sebring)
Istokpoga Park is a nice little park at the north end of Lake Istokpoga. The main draw of this park seems to be the boat ramp into the lake and the accompan... |
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