Craft Access
✓
Motorboat ✓
Kayak / Canoe ✗
Jet Ski / PWC ✗
Large 22ft+ Site Details
Conditions change rapidly due to water levels, prop wash, and weather. Always visually inspect before backing down.
RampConcrete, 1 lane
Water DepthThe whole lake runs 6–7 feet at its deepest — trim up and idle; there's no deep water to find.
DockNo dock
Trailer Parking10 spots · grass/sand (not paved)
Crowding Ten grass spots on a 56-acre lake — capacity outruns demand almost every day of the year. Cold-snap crappie mornings (and nights) are the only time you're likely to have company.
Plan B — if this lot is full Lake Gibson's ramp about a mile west (a bigger urban lake, day hours); Mud Lake's worn ramp ~7 mi northeast; Lake Juliana's 24-hour ramp ~8 mi northeast — all different lakes. Lake Parker's Lakeland ramps sit a few miles south for bigger water.
FeeNo fee
Hours24 hours per FWC's inventory, with lighting on site. Polk County's blanket parks line says 6 a.m.–10 p.m.; treat the FWC listing as the ramp-specific one and follow posted signage.
SeasonOpen year-round
AccessibilityNone listed (FWC).
Not Available Fish cleaning · Fishing pier · Restrooms · Pier
Scout's Notes
Ramp Quirks & Etiquette
Lit and Open All Night
FWC lists the ramp open 24 hours, with lighting to match. Free, lit, and unscheduled is the rarest combination a small county ramp can offer, and it's the entire reason night speck anglers know this lake's name — launch at 2 a.m. if the bite says so.
Grass Lot, Ten Trailers
Parking is grass and loose soil, rated good, with room for about ten trailers. No dock, no restrooms, no fee — a bare site that does one thing, getting a small boat onto small water at any hour. Bring everything you need with you.
Tenoroc It Ain't
The famous fishing next door runs on rules: Tenoroc FMA is Friday–Monday, 6 a.m.–8 p.m., $3 daily, registration required — and Deeson is on none of its rosters. Same quadrant of Lakeland, opposite philosophy. When the gates are closed or the paperwork isn't worth it, launch here.
Sources: FWC boat-ramp inventory row PO00101JP (re-verified 2026-07-27), Polk County Parks & Recreation Lake Deeson ramp page, FWC Tenoroc FMA forecast page.
About This Lake
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