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Boat ramps near Seattle

12 stops6 watersUpdated Nov 6

23 public boat ramps on published waters near Seattle.

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

Elliott Bay

Recorded in Elliott Bay: Coho Salmon, Chinook Salmon, Shiner Perch, and Brown Rockfish.

Surveyed depths in Elliott Bay reach 610 ft.

  1. 1Don Armeni: boat ramp on Elliott Bay, ≈ 2.6 mi from downtown.

Lake Washington

Recorded in Lake Washington: Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Yellow Perch, and Common Carp.

Surveyed depths in Lake Washington reach 220 ft.

  1. 2Adams Street Boat Ramp: boat ramp on Lake Washington, ≈ 4 mi from downtown.
  2. 3Ohler's Island: boat ramp on Lake Washington, ≈ 4.1 mi from downtown.
  3. 4SE 40th Street: boat ramp on Lake Washington, ≈ 6.9 mi from downtown.

Puget Sound

Recorded in Puget Sound: Shiner Perch, Prickly Sculpin, and Sand Sole.

Surveyed depths in Puget Sound reach 244 ft.

  1. 5Canoe & kayak launch — Puget Sound: boat ramp on Puget Sound, ≈ 9.3 mi from downtown.
  2. 6Fletcher Landing: boat ramp on Puget Sound, ≈ 11.9 mi from downtown.
  3. 8Evergreen Park - Bremerton: boat ramp on Puget Sound, ≈ 14 mi from downtown.
  4. 10Keyport: boat ramp on Puget Sound, ≈ 15.3 mi from downtown.
  5. 11Port of Silverdale: boat ramp on Puget Sound, ≈ 17.3 mi from downtown.

Lake Sammamish

Recorded in Lake Sammamish: Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Yellow Perch, and Bluegill.

Surveyed depths in Lake Sammamish reach 25 ft.

  1. 7Canoe & kayak launch — Lake Sammamish: boat ramp on Lake Sammamish, ≈ 12.5 mi from downtown.

Long Lake

Recorded in Long Lake: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, and Bluegill.

Surveyed depths in Long Lake reach 20 ft.

  1. 9Long Lake: boat ramp on Long Lake, ≈ 14.8 mi from downtown.

Hood Canal

Recorded in Hood Canal: Sand Sole, Coho Salmon, Copper Rockfish, and Brown Rockfish.

Surveyed depths in Hood Canal reach 612 ft.

  1. 12Salsbury Point Park: boat ramp on Hood Canal, ≈ 21.7 mi from downtown.

When the fish bite here

By our bite calendar, Rainbow Trout is at peak around Seattle in November. Yellow Perch bites well.

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Where this guide comes from

Every sentence here is assembled from the data on the Seattle 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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