Haven’t been in the salt yet this year and I was wondering about the low tide access at Bushy due to the silting. Don’t want to get stuck (12" draft) - thinking I need to plan trips this season where I’m coming or going no closer than 1 or 1 1/2 hours on either side of low. Anyone have a rule of thumb? I know it’ll depend on the moon - i.e. Sat/Sun have -.7/-.8 lows.
Thanks
Now a days it’s more like 2 hours before and after dead low…it’s getting worse and worse out there…they need to dredge that place…before two long it is going to be near impossible to get in or out of there!!
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2006 Seafox172
05 Mercury90hp(saltwater)
Bugs is pretty dead-on. I came in on my trolling motor last time. Always check your tide height as well.
Yeah, Bugs is right, anything closer than 2 hours or so and you could be sitting and waiting for more water 
. It has become quite the challenge to time it right. Anyone heard anything about getting it dredged out?
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Sheesh, that’s getting pretty ridiculous. It’s not that big an area, you’d think they could dredge a channel without too much expense.
Anyway - I’ll plan for 2 hours each side then… thanks!
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Originally posted by KroosSheesh, that’s getting pretty ridiculous. It’s not that big an area, you’d think they could dredge a channel without too much expense.
</font id=“quote”></blockquote id=“quote”>Exactly, but THEY don’t think…nor do they even care!
But I’m sure many able-body individuals got their Guberment cheese last month!
put in on fresh water side…no worry about tides…catch LM…Crappie…Red breast…Bream…
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Originally posted by elad3put in on fresh water side…no worry about tides…catch LM…Crappie…Red breast…Bream…
uhhhhh…last time I checked…this is an Inshore discussion for “salt water”…If we wanted to put in on the fresh side and catch LM, crappie, and Bream…we would do it…and report about it on the fresh water section!!..
livin life one day at a time!!!
2006 Seafox172
05 Mercury90hp(saltwater)
hold the gas to it, its loose mud
… guess I need a ProDrive - no worries then!.. other than being sloooow…
watch the 2 hour rule on this moon and negative tide. Sad how the nicest ramp in the Cooper, if not Charleston, is essentially unusable.
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quote:Yep...if you know where the channel is, let her eat right from the ramp and keep it on plane until you hit deep water. Haven't been stuck yet and I've put in at dead low on a neg. tide day. Might not work for bigger boats, but I'd think anything under 18' that has a fairly shallow draft could make it. It puckers your corn hole a bit if you think about the possibility of a log being mixed with the soft mud, but that's a risk you take everyday on the water anyway.
Originally posted by SLACK_LINEhold the gas to it, its loose mud
16’ tincan/18’parker w/ smoke blowin Johnsons
First post, although I have been reading and enjoying for a long time. The Bushy Park landing and this topic are dear to me, thus the time to get off the bench. I remember as a kid my grandfather had long dock with a creek running along side. He kept the creek open by dragging a bundle of bricks every time he used his boat. My thought is if everyone used the same channel and some would even drag something (like a length of chain)we could keep things open. I have been leaving the dock and heading straight for the finger marker in the Cooper, however I see some head to toward the Amacco dock, not sure which is best. Also if the Nucor barge operators could watch their prop wash when making the turn in the Cooper it would lessen the amount of silt. The mud settled in little by little if we can keep it unsettled perhaps it won’t get any worse. If they can’t get money to deepen Charleston harbor I doubt Bushy Park will get much attention from the Corp of Engineers.
21 SeaPro
Bugs …okay…dont forget about where the Salt to Fresh line is though
Well, after yesterday I can attest to holding it wide open and making it from the dock to deeper water 
. One guy was stuck in the mud about 150 yards from the dock because he tried to idle out. We hit it right from the dock and got up on plane…threw some mud rooster tails, but made it out…not sure I was real happy about doing it that way, but fishing time dictated trying it as necessity…lol.
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Trutle…I went out to Bushy today…got there at about 3:00 and I did the same thing…I was still on the ramp right next to the dock when I put the hammer down and got up on plane…makes your butt checks tighten up a little!!!..LOL…
livin life one day at a time!!!
2006 Seafox172
05 Mercury90hp(saltwater)
We ended up using my buddy’s boat with a shallow draft - came in “hot” probably 45 minutes from low - muddy wash behind us but being on plane we made it in just fine. If we had idled in or been in my boat it would have been a different story I believe…
I wrote to Congressman Brown ( when he was a Congressman) about the silting in of the salt water side. He contacted the corp of engineers, The reply was that (Berkeley County - Dan Davis)are the ones responsible to pay, to have that area dredged. So if everyone will start emailing or calling Dan Davis maybe we can get something done. Tell him about the money lost of people going to Remleys point & launching. Buying gas, bait,food in Charleston County!
I went back and looked up some old info. 2006 it was estimated to cost $750,000 for dredging. this does not include Permits, money for impact studies and off-shore dumping. Area to be dredged was 50 yds wide and 500 yds long for a 6ft depth at mean low tide. This would only be a temporary fix since the area is “stagnent water” and will continue to silt. I have used the salt side since before the ramp was built. Used to have 20ft of water at low tide, just check an old NOAA chart. I do not see this ramp or channel getting upgraded anytime soon. Hopefully a new ramp will be built elsewhere for Cooper access.
I would hope that they can either dredge it or get a new ramp somewhere for access to the Cooper near by, but I am not holding my breath. Any given weekend that place is slammed with boats, and it would be a true loss to see people not be able to use it anymore and have to go elsewhere.
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