And I used to think a boat ramp was the best show in town.

[Goose]

I plan on using the Barnstable ramp this year for about a week, is it really that bad. How is the channel/water ways once under way? Any red flags?

[FishermanTim]

That's why I only fish at night.
Only 2 types of people there at night: anglers and addicts.
You can tell the two apart by the fact that the anglers aren't twitching as much and they are holding a fishing rod and a fish.

Maybe we can petition the powers that be to put in a seating section on the jetty for "viewing" the entire scene?

[piemma]

Originally Posted by FishermanTim

That's why I only fish at night.
Only 2 types of people there at night: anglers and addicts.
You can tell the two apart by the fact that the anglers aren't twitching as much and they are holding a fishing rod and a fish.

Maybe we can petition the powers that be to put in a seating section on the jetty for "viewing" the entire scene?

Bingo!!! I came in yesterday morning about 8:00 AM (late for me). This guy in my marina asked where I was headed. I said "To bed".

You want to see a circus go up to the Hurricane Barrier in the Prov River. 100 boats on one, yeah, one school of pogies. Lines getting crossed, boats hitting other boats, lines wrapped around props. Meanwhile, 1/4 mile away there's more pogies than you can count and NO boats. I had 3 double headers (I fish a dropper treble above the weighted snagging hook.) in 5 minutes last week. DONE!!! Gone fishin'. Now I am strictly under cover of darkness. 99% of the googans are afraid to run their boats in the dark.

Friggin' morons

[JohnnySaxatilis]

Try West Dennis Beach in a couple weeks. You will be physically ill. A.K.A. The Googanheim Museum.

[Slipknot]

Originally Posted by Goose

I plan on using the Barnstable ramp this year for about a week, is it really that bad. How is the channel/water ways once under way? Any red flags?

Goose, putting in early like most of us do is usually fine at first light, it's trying to leave when all the beachgoers are arriving, motors don't start , taking way too long blah blah blah

Saturday Jim and I got back to the harbor about the same time(he's lucky he has a slip), only a few ahead of me and more in line to launch but the whale watch was leaving an hour before low tide and almost swamped me at the dock, another guy on the ship yelled at Jim and he was only getting out of the way like another deckhand asked him. the whale watch actually spun around once he got past the ramp, had like 20 ft to spare total. I screwed out of there over to the town ramp and tied up, walked over to get my truck and hauled out of that ramp, not the first time I've done that. it can be a zoo midday that's why Paul uses the clammer's ramp most of the time.

[Guppy]

Originally Posted by Goose

I plan on using the Barnstable ramp this year for about a week, is it really that bad. How is the channel/water ways once under way? Any red flags?

I hadn't been in and out of Barn harbor for some years. Mid April I ran a couple of scouting trips out of that ramp,,,, couldn't believe how shallow out by the last can before the bell.
The NE wind that day with an outgoing tide was a ride and a half til the bell.
Have a great week when you're here, HTH Gup