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Gaston is my favorite, but nearly 2 hours from me. We have a place there for a week in July. Can't wait! Gonna put some serious hours on the boat that week. Looking forward to hear what if any ramps falls will open. Hopefully with more stuff opening up people will find other things to do than go to the lake. Harris has never really been very busy even during holidays. Jordan pay ramps I've used have been a ghost town during normal years. New hope ramp even during the holiday weekends was barely half full.
Never been to gaston.. it doesnt seem outsider friendly... no good ramps and no bathrooms at the ramps. (As fame as I have been able to find)... if u have a house there then I'm sure it is ideal.
I'll have to say I've never used a public ramp there, so I'm not sure. I've actually never taken my boat there. Buddy has a house there and I always take my ski up there and ride with him and put in near his house. Which would not be ideal for a boat, but works for a small ski. There's a nice new public ramp across the cove from the house we rented.
Good to know! I live in Braxton Village, so a little further down Avent Ferry. We're super close to Harris lake, so we normally do that on short days like Sunday as I need to get the boat cleaned up and back to storage.
Humm. New ramp u say?
It isn't big by any means, but every public ramp I've ridden by on Gaston has been a ghost town. Granted this pandemic may have changed things. I like the drive up water restaurants, and easy access to fuel/docks on Gaston. Looked at nutbush and surprised it's still open given it's at a state park. Park pass I bought gets my into Kerr as well, so I'll have to make the trek there sometime. Wife says she wants to try Jordan again. Fearrington ramp was such a mess and the water there is always rough. Brand new boat I hadn't even had for more than a day got push up under the dock a little bit and put a tiny little indention on a graphic. Nothing to really cry over, but was so choppy was hard for my wife to keep a hold of and tie up. Low ass end on the 212x when the dock went up and came back down the back cleat managed to get stuck. I saw what was happening and ran down the dock and pushed it out before any real damage happened. The normal ramp we used at Jordan was always calm and pretty deep up in a cove, and was really big. Even when the main lake was a washing machine it's nice and calm there. We'll have to give nutbush a shot at some point. I mean if we drive 30 mins and wait in line for 45, and then another 15 trying to park.....what's the difference of driving an hour and 20 mins and unloading almost immediately? Leaving by 8am is easy too as we have a 5 yo that's up with the sun. Shoot we could probably even leave by 7am.
Jordan has already announced they're only opening a tiny section of their park and it included one ramp, and it's the smallest ramp in all of the park.
