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
DockNo dock
Trailer Parking3 spots · paved
Crowding Three spots that mostly suffice — the after-hours privilege serves the dark-thirty crappie crowd in winter.
Plan B — if this lot is full Bannon Fish Camp ($3, north shore)
Lake Pierce county ramp (~8 mi south)
Lake Pierce county ramp (~8 mi south)
FeeNo fee
Hours5:00 AM to 10:00 PM (launching/retrieval permitted after park hours)
SeasonOpen year-round
Not Available Fish cleaning · Fishing pier · Restrooms · Pier
Scout's Notes
Ramp Quirks & Etiquette
Three Spots, Zero Frills
One county concrete lane off Jim Edwards Road: three trailer spots, no dock, no restroom, free, launching allowed after the 5-to-10 park hours. It is exactly enough for this lake's pressure, which tells you about the pressure.
Cypress Within Casting Range
The west-side treelines start immediately — stained water and standing wood in both directions, with the winter speck fishery among the cypress the local specialty.
Bannon's Is the Overflow
When three spots are three too few, the fish camp on the north shore takes $3 and provides the bait counter this ramp doesn't. The system works.
Sources: FWC boat-ramp inventory (PO00028FE), Polk County
About This Lake
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