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    I know of the one in Scituate you are talking about, as I used to live
    1/2 mile from it. It is a good ramp and is not limited to any tide
    restrictions. I have been in and out of water there with a 25' boat
    at various tides and have not had a problem. It does get filled up
    early on a nice day. 
    
    DIRECTIONS: From the intersection of route 123 and route 3A. Follow
    signs into Scituate harbor. Go completly through the center of town
    until you come to a set of lights. ( the harbor will be on your 
    right) Take a right at the lights and in 1/4 mile you will see a 
    restaurant called pier 44. The ramp is next to it.
    
    Another ramp I used to use is in Weymouth off of RT 3A. This is not
    the best of ramps as you put in as what as known as the back river.
    Depending on the tide you could bottom out if you don't read your
    chart well. At least when I went out last a couple of years ago the
    channel out of the dock was an immediate left up the river. Once your
    out of the ramp the channel is marked well. But for those who went out
    straight then hooked left, they would almost cetainly bottom out during
    low tide.  The ramp can be accessed at low tide however, If your
    vehicle does not have good traction, the green slime which builds up
    on the ramp is brutal.
    
    DIRECTIONS: Take route 3A south and about 1 mile after the Fore River
    bridge you will see a set of lights with a Mister Donuts on your right.
    Take a right here.
    Continue on this road 1-1.5 m and when you hit a beach on your left
    take a right into a parking lot and continue until you see water, then
    you will see the ramp.
    
    hope this helps
    good luck Joe

    correction: It should be left at the lights at the Mister donut.
    for the ramp in weymouth
    
    
    Joe

    Popes Landing in Danvers is a good ramp. Exit 23s off 128.
    There is a ramp behind the Gloucester high school on the Anisquam
    river.
    There is a ramp in winthrop harbor off shirly st.
    
    There is one at haptom and at rye NH.
    
    Bruce

    
              If you use the Pope's Landing launch in Danvers
             during low tide, use caution when walking on the ramp
             or even pulling your vehicle back up the ramp. It get's
             pretty slick...  Best at high tide.
    
              I think they charge $4 for parking now also.

    There is one on the Salisbury reservation in the merrimack river.  I
    have never used it but I see people using it at all stages of the tide. 
    I towed someone in here a low tide and it's about 6ft deep but gets
    shallow past the ramp.  also the channel is narrow.
    
    Aonther in Newburyport is at Cashman park on merrimack st.  I have used
    it but at low tide it's tricky and also there is a pretty good current
    running by here.  I believe it is $5 to the town.
    
    The best one that I have used is at 3R marina.  It is good at all tides
    and has docks to tie up while waiting.  I believe it's $8 per day and
    they also have season rates.
    
    Hope this helps.
    
    Gordon
    

    RE: .-1  I'm pretty sure that Cashman's landing is free.  At least it
    was in June.  There is a $5 fee to get into Salisbury state park to
    launch the boat, but the ramp is real good and it's into a small
    bay to the side of the river, so current isn't nearly as much of a
    problem as at Cashmans.  You can get get out of Salisbury reservation
    anytime, but you can only get in at their normal hours.  I'm not
    sure when it opens in the morning, but believe it closes at 8:00 p.m.
    
    Mark,
    

    We launch a Salsbury State park all the time.  The best deal is to
    get a season pass for $30, then you can come and go at any time.
    The launch itself is pretty good, you can launch at all tides with
    no problem.  The drawbacks are no lights at night and no real place
    to tie your boat up.  You can beach your boat to the side of the
    ramp, but watch out for rocks lying on the sand (they are hard to
    see at high tide).  Make sure you know your fish limits, the 
    Environmental Police hand out there quite a bit, checking fish
    boxes and coolers.
    
    Gone fishin
    Gaff

Greetings

 Looking for a note or a listing of launch ramps in NE area-Fresh and Salt.
 Boat is a new/old 16 ft aluminum and am in process of rebuilding her--
 Rivets/Epoxy/new wiring/cables/prop/flooring....

 Also looking for info on the new/old 1969 50 HP Mercury---what/where to grease
 the lower end? --- Shear pins? Know zip about this motor.

 Been a long time since weve owned a boat...

 Perhaps someone can direct me to the appropiate note/magazine whatever-
 
 Appreciate any input

 This request cross posted in Boat notes.

 Merci
 BBrown

    For NH freshwater lakes and rivers, Clark's Fishing Guide, accompanied
    with a Delorme NH Atlas is the way to go.  Clark's can be found often
    at NH bookstores.  It's always available at Northern Bass Supply in
    brentwood NH (mail order 1-800-227-7032).
    
    -donmac

    The Surfland fish report in last week's edition of The Fisherman said
    "the state-of-the-art boat launching ramp behind the Towle Siverware
    Plant is ready to go!".  Does anyone know where that ramp is located?
    Is it on the Merrimack, or is it on the Parker River?
    
    Thanks,
    Mark
    

YES.  The new boat ramp is right on the Merrimac on the Newburyport side of the
river.  It's about 1 mile (or less) north of the Rt 1 bridge (the big green one).

The best way to get there is to follow Rt 1 to Newburyport. Get off at the
bridge and head north along the river.  You'll see it on the right. It's next to
the old brick Towle silversmith factory (now closed).

I haven't checked it out, but they've been working on this for quite a while.

...bill

    Thanks.  Is this Cashman's?  I was thrown off by the Towle reference.
    
    Actually, I was hoping it was on the Parker River.  I'd like to
    fish that area, but public access seems to be sorely lacking.
    
    Mark,
    

The new ramp in in Cashman park in Newburyport on the Merimack.  I haven't seen 
it yet so cannot comment.

There is a ramp at the town landing in Rowley.  Access to the Rowley river
which empties into the Parker river behind Plum Island.  There is a fee
but I don't know what it is.  There is some great striper fishing in the
estuary behind the island.  The Rowley river is fairly shallow at low tide
3-4 feet but is well marked.  I've seen some 25'+ boats come out of there.

Gordon

    Yea, we tried that one once.  Actually, we used a marina ramp right
    next to the town.  I thought the town ramp was for residents only.
    
    The problem we had was the late night return trip following the
    twisty channel at low tide in the dark.  A higher tide or light and
    it would have been fine.
    
    I know there is a nice ramp on the Parker River right at the bridge
    (rt 1 I think).  Unfortunately, it's only for town residents.
    
    Mark,
    
    

I drove past the state ramp at Westport Point late last year, and noticed
a new sign. Apparently the ramp is still free, but the town of Westport
wants about $9 a day to park in "their" lot. Some fine print there about
going to the town hall for something or other. 

I guess I'll have to check it out before I haul my 24 footer down there
and find out that there's no place to park the trailer.

Art

Fairhaven has set up something similar, i'm not totally familiar with it.


I think you need a sticker thats purchase at their town hall..

JIm
 

Hi,

I currently keep my boat (22ft Chris Craft) on the trailer in a marina on the
Merrimack in Newburport.   I'd like to get the boat down to Gloucester/Rockport
occasionally for some fishing and  diving and I'm looking for pointers to any
nice ramps within a short ride to the open ocean.  

I've been told that there is a nice State/Public ramp on the Annisquam river near the
Gloucester High School.  Could anyone fill me in on this ramp and give me an idea 
what it's like taking the Annisquam either direction (North to Rockport and South
to Gloucester Harbor) ?  Time, markings, etc ?

Are there any other ramps that could take my size boat and that also has parking
this general area ?

Thanks for any help,

Peter.

The Annisquam, on a weekend, with nice weather, shall we say has high blood
pressure.  Lots and lots of yahoos running around way to fast and with no
consideration for others.  It gets skinny in some places and shallow except for
the channel at low tide.  Be careful.