Good day, All,
I was just scanning Google maps and found this landing on Sullivan’s. I wanted to know what the powerboat traffic was like & how good the fishing is?
Thanks.
I think the one you are looking at is private. There is a launch at Pitt Street, right across the Inter-Coastal. Also there are public launches on Sullivan’s at stations 19 and 26.
Chris
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I’ve never launched from the one at station 19. i cant get too clear of a look at it from Google maps but it looks like it could get real skinny in there at low tide, but i cant really tell. Can you get out at low tide?
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I was down that way a few weeks ago to pickup my son and had a little time to kill so I rode down to check it out as I have never put in there. It was about dead low and there was very little water right at the launch site. It appeared to deepen up 50 or so yards down the creek. Nothing like Copahee though.
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Station 9 is the fireman’s launch and you can pay yearly to access it. Better to use station 26, you can put in there on any tide. Both are adjacent to the ICW so as long as you know what you’re doing yeah there’s fish. Less boat traffic at station 26 since you can’t launch much more than a j boat. 19 is rough at low tide, lots of broken glass and oysters at the launch and for @20 yards past it.
Where is Station 26?
Sorry, I was referring to 19, misread your post. If you come off the Ben Sawyer bridge, 26 is to the left. I think you can turn onto Goldbug. Check it out on Google Earth. Be careful about parking. If the tides are unusually high and you park too close to the creek, you could come back and find your vehicle sitting in salt. It is a nice paddle to Conch Creek from there.
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Once you get to conch, watch for boats tearing around the bends and along the channel and don’t expect much courtesy. There’s docks further down as well as small creeks on both sides. Flipper loves him that creek channel.
Just checked out station 19 and there was like 15 kayaks and canoe’s around the launch and nobody in sight. Also saw them when i was looking at it on Google maps a few days ago. Seemed odd to me that someone would leave that many yaks sitting around at a public launch. I wonder if someone rents kayaks down there or something.
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Funny you mention that. There were a bunch there when I checked it out. Some were pretty old and in bad shape which leads me to believe that folks just leave them out there all the time.
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Station 19 launch is a public launch with very little water there at low tide. high tide it is doable and provides easy access to many good spots. The pitt street bridge launch is easy to launch from at low tide. on the way to the icw there is one section that is a little difficult to get through at dead low. Both spots are do able at high tide and are located by great fishing spots. I hope this helps.
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I know folks that live on SI directly behind the station 19 launch, they leave yaks at there year round, it’s not a rental operation. All banged up from being left to the elements and oysters, most only move when the town maintenance crews mow the field behind the launch. People also discard their fish guts there, including offshore fish.