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Boat ramps near Tampa
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Boat ramps near Tampa

12 stops2 watersUpdated Nov 6

184 public boat ramps on published waters near Tampa.

Distances are straight-line from downtown Tampa; below are the 12 closest, grouped by water.

Tampa Bay

Recorded in Tampa Bay: Common Snook, Spotted Seatrout, Red Drum, and Tarpon.

Surveyed depths in Tampa Bay reach 93 ft.

  1. 1Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park Paddlecraft Launch Dock: boat ramp on Tampa Bay, ≈ 0.5 mi from downtown.
  2. 2Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park Paddlecraft Launch Dock: boat ramp on Tampa Bay, ≈ 0.8 mi from downtown.
  3. 3Water Works Park Kayak Launch Dock: boat ramp on Tampa Bay, ≈ 1.1 mi from downtown.
  4. 4Rick's On The River - Marina - Bar - Grill: boat ramp on Tampa Bay, ≈ 1.5 mi from downtown.
  5. 5Rivercrest Park Paddlecraft Launch Dock: boat ramp on Tampa Bay, ≈ 2.4 mi from downtown.
  6. 6Davis Island Public Boat Ramp: boat ramp on Tampa Bay, ≈ 2.5 mi from downtown.
  7. 7Rivercrest Park Paddlecraft Launch Dock: boat ramp on Tampa Bay, ≈ 3.1 mi from downtown.
  8. 8Ballast Point Park Public Boat Ramp: boat ramp on Tampa Bay, ≈ 4.1 mi from downtown.
  9. 9Lowry Park Public Boat Ramp: boat ramp on Tampa Bay, ≈ 4.7 mi from downtown.
  10. 12Riverhills Park Boat Ramp - City of Temple Terrace: boat ramp on Tampa Bay, ≈ 6.8 mi from downtown.

Old Tampa Bay

Recorded in Old Tampa Bay: Common Snook, Spotted Seatrout, Red Drum, and Tarpon.

Surveyed depths in Old Tampa Bay reach 93 ft.

  1. 10Cyoress Point Park Paddlecraft Launch: boat ramp on Old Tampa Bay, ≈ 5.3 mi from downtown.
  2. 11Salty Sol Fleishman - Gandy Boulvard Public Boat Ramp: boat ramp on Old Tampa Bay, ≈ 5.8 mi from downtown.

When the fish bite here

By our bite calendar, November is a slow month around Tampa for the fish recorded at these stops — the bars on each card show when each one picks up.

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Where this guide comes from

Every sentence here is assembled from the data on the Tampa fishing page: road drive times where a route was built (≈ marks straight-line distances), access points from state registries, the species recorded in each water and our bite calendar, adjusted for latitude. Nothing is written by hand or generated by AI.

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