Access situation

How are accesses for a 21’ glass boat? I’m assuming water is down, I haven’t been up since beginning of June. Any access capable of that size right now on West or North end?

Sha bush is good. Shallow heading out the channel, but okay and favor the port side on the way out. Wouldn’t leave a vehicle there after dark though…noticed lots of broken glass a couple of weeks ago.

Terry’s is usually good too. Haven’t been there this year.

Never have launched from Garrison and have heard the northern public launches are rough. Not sure if that is fact.

Erik Swenson wrote:

Sha bush is good. Shallow heading out the channel, but okay and favor the port side on the way out.

I would be hesitant to use Sha Bush Kung now. The actual access point in the little harbor is fine, but the channel between that and the main lake is very shallow. My parents stopped using it a couple weeks ago because it was so shallow there and they have a 21 foot Warrior. Eddy’s or Terry’s would be a safer option even if you have to pay to use them.

North access was horrible a few weeks ago…had all four truck tires in the water and the boat still had to be pushed off. Than you had a good 50+ yards of rubbing sand on the way out.

Yeah, Sha bush pretty shallow a couple of weeks ago. I do have an 18.5′ tin boat and I believe it drafts 1′ 7″ if that helps. Don’t think the lake is any lower since then. Some storms have poured a little bit of water in. Would agree there are better spots though.

Thanks Clown. That confirms the north launch situation.

Terry’s should be good, Craig. Good bait there too unless you have a favorite stop.

Thanks for all the info! We’ll use Terry’s

Erik Swenson wrote:

Sha bush is good. Shallow heading out the channel, but okay and favor the port side on the way out. Wouldn’t leave a vehicle there after dark though…noticed lots of broken glass a couple of weeks ago.

If your talking about Cash’s landing the Mille Lacs county sheriff’s office is telling people to be careful. Lot’s of vehicle theft.

Pauleye wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Erik Swenson wrote:</div>
Sha bush is good. Shallow heading out the channel, but okay and favor the port side on the way out. Wouldn’t leave a vehicle there after dark though…noticed lots of broken glass a couple of weeks ago.

If your talking about Cash’s landing the Mille Lacs county sheriff’s office is telling people to be careful. Lot’s of vehicle theft.

Been that way since Jesus was a little boy. I use to (years & years ago) launch there all the time. I was always off the water, packed and gone long before dark.

Was up over the weekend, the lake is down another few inches even with the storms. We’ve been shoving our boat off the lift since June, one neighbor couldn’t get their boat off at all this past weekend. If we don’t get some rain we’re going to be screwed on the north end trying to get boats out. The north end sand depth always varies, but we were at ankle depth in some spots.

I was able to put in garrison 9 days ago. Didn’t fish there at all this week but I’d imagine I could still get in. Just keep the motor trimmed up. I have a warrior 2090 and it was plenty deep for me.

Well, my access in our association harbor is unusable now. (South side of Big Point) I’ll be trailering to other accesses for the foreseeable future.

I did see boats using Liberty. Any first hand reports on how that went? How about the access at the Wharf? Harbor looks pretty low there too! Assume Hunters is good to go?

Any others to stay away from? Especially for 18-20 foot glass boats.

-J.

We landed a 20 footer at Cove Bay public access yesterday with no issues, it’s still in great shape.

Brian G wrote:

We landed a 20 footer at Cove Bay public access yesterday with no issues, it’s still in great shape.

Thanks! I like that access! Any other favorable reports out there?

-J.

No reports but should be heating up soon. Will have a report from this weekend which looking at my log from last year was starting to heat up. Might be a hair early this year with the warmer water temps.

still thinking out in the mud and basins this time of year?

Looking for Ramp Reports on this thread.

-J.

Not sure about accesses but i have learned that Sweet Marthas cookies are too expensive and over rated.

IceKing8 wrote:

still thinking out in the mud and basins this time of year?

Not for me.
West side garrison and myr mar public acces still have tandem axels putting in as well as several private launches in that area. No issues with my 20ft glass boat. Haven’t been over on your side Jon in a month or so, but have to imagine Liberty is fine.

Tried Garrison public access this past weekend. Made it out with no issue. Headed back in bottomed out on the power loading sediment pile. It’s real shallow. I will be using private accesses from now on.

What were water temps ripjiggen? Heading up Friday for some smallies

67

Thanks, was hoping it cooled down a bit in last two weeks but guess not

That was Saturday FYI…