Refurbished Downing’s Landing Boat Access Site Dedicated.

[Smallie_Stalker]

News from the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department

Contact us at www.wildnh.com/about/contact.html
For information and online licenses, visit www.wildnh.com

Refurbished Downing's Landing Boat Access Site Dedicated.

CONTACT:

Garret Graaskamp: 603-271-1748
Mark Beauchesne: 603-271-3211

May 4, 2022

Alton, NH – The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department held a ceremony on May 3 to officially dedicate the refurbished boat access site on Lake Winnipesaukee in Alton. The property was acquired from the Downing family by Fish and Game in 2012. It is the first public no-fee trailered-boat launch facility on the lake.

The original marina property was upgraded over the past two years including improving storm water treatment structures, modernizing the boat ramps, putting in a new boarding pier, and reconfiguring and repaving the parking lot. Supply-chain problems and railroad ties found beneath the lake bottom, which required removal, delayed opening of the facility until last month.

The NH Fish and Game Statewide Boat Access Program is funded through boat registration fees and federal Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration funds. Fish and Game's Facilities Construction and Lands Division acquires land for public water access sites, refurbishes existing sites, and builds new public boat access areas.

For more information on boating access locations in New Hampshire, visit:

https://wildlife.state.nh.us/boating/index.html

[Eric-Maine]

News from the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department

Contact us at www.wildnh.com/about/contact.html
For information and online licenses, visit www.wildnh.com

Refurbished Downing's Landing Boat Access Site Dedicated.

CONTACT:

Garret Graaskamp: 603-271-1748
Mark Beauchesne: 603-271-3211

May 4, 2022

Alton, NH – The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department held a ceremony on May 3 to officially dedicate the refurbished boat access site on Lake Winnipesaukee in Alton. The property was acquired from the Downing family by Fish and Game in 2012. It is the first public no-fee trailered-boat launch facility on the lake.

The original marina property was upgraded over the past two years including improving storm water treatment structures, modernizing the boat ramps, putting in a new boarding pier, and reconfiguring and repaving the parking lot. Supply-chain problems and railroad ties found beneath the lake bottom, which required removal, delayed opening of the facility until last month.

The NH Fish and Game Statewide Boat Access Program is funded through boat registration fees and federal Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration funds. Fish and Game's Facilities Construction and Lands Division acquires land for public water access sites, refurbishes existing sites, and builds new public boat access areas.

For more information on boating access locations in New Hampshire, visit:

https://wildlife.state.nh.us/boating/index.html

I hate paying for a launch. Winnipesaukee is just plain ugly. Tournament hosts charge per boat even if you launch somewhere else. West Alton and Silver Sands $50.

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[Smallie_Stalker]

News from the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department

Contact us at www.wildnh.com/about/contact.html
For information and online licenses, visit www.wildnh.com

Refurbished Downing's Landing Boat Access Site Dedicated.

CONTACT:

Garret Graaskamp: 603-271-1748
Mark Beauchesne: 603-271-3211

May 4, 2022

Alton, NH – The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department held a ceremony on May 3 to officially dedicate the refurbished boat access site on Lake Winnipesaukee in Alton. The property was acquired from the Downing family by Fish and Game in 2012. It is the first public no-fee trailered-boat launch facility on the lake.

The original marina property was upgraded over the past two years including improving storm water treatment structures, modernizing the boat ramps, putting in a new boarding pier, and reconfiguring and repaving the parking lot. Supply-chain problems and railroad ties found beneath the lake bottom, which required removal, delayed opening of the facility until last month.

The NH Fish and Game Statewide Boat Access Program is funded through boat registration fees and federal Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration funds. Fish and Game's Facilities Construction and Lands Division acquires land for public water access sites, refurbishes existing sites, and builds new public boat access areas.

For more information on boating access locations in New Hampshire, visit:

https://wildlife.state.nh.us/boating/index.html

I hate paying for a launch. Winnipesaukee is just plain ugly. Tournament hosts charge per boat even if you launch somewhere else. West Alton and Silver Sands $50.

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It's definitely getting out of hand in a lot of places.

Last time I was at Winnie was 2019 with Zippy.  The ramp at Parker's Marine in Alton was free to launch then. Don't know if it still is now though.

Last tournament I fished up there which was a dog's age ago, if you stayed at the Silver Sands you could launch there for free. Everyone else paid a fee even back then.

HOA and LOA with friends on the local councils are slowly edging everyone else out now.

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