Where to launch your boat

By Chris Singleton

Staff Writer

If you love the water, there are many places to launch your boats in the area.

Here is a list of area marinas and boat launches in Assumption, Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes and in Grand Isle.

Launching fees may apply and availability is subject to change.

ASSUMPTION PARISH

• Alligator Bayou Boat Launch, La. 398 • Attakapas Landing, end of La. 401 • Bayou Lafourche Boat Launch, La. 398 • Belle River Boat Launch, La. 1016-2 • Himalaya Canal Boat Launch, La. 1012 • Lake Verret Boat Launch, La. 1016-1 • Little Grand Bayou Boat Launch, end of La. 402

LAFOURCHE PARISH

• Amerada Launch to Bayou Lafourche in Raceland • Bason’s Marina, La. 3235 in Cut Off • Bayou Lafourche Launch at Bayouside Park, La. 1 in Thibodaux • Bayou Lafourche Launch in Golden Meadow • Bayou Lafourche Launch in Raceland • Belle Pass Marina, La. 1 in Golden Meadow • Big Bayou Blue Marina, La. 24 in Larose • Bill Taylor Boat Launch, La. 611 in Chackbay • Boudreaux’s Waterfront Motel in Leeville • Breton Canal Launch. East 73rd St. Galliano • Butch Hill Ramp Boat Launch, Bayou Cut Off, La. 652 Raceland • Choctaw Road Boat Launch to Grand Bayou • Chris Moran’s Marina in Port Fourchon • Cloverlly Farms Boat Launch into Scully Canal, La. 308 in Cut Off • Company Canal Boat Launch, Bayouside Park, Lockport • Company Canal Boat Launch, La. 654 near Gheens • Ed’s Boat Launch and Trailer Park in Leeville • Intracoastal Waterway Launch, across from VFW Hall in Larose • Intracoastal Waterway Launch, via

The Leeville Boat Launch and Fishing Pier, at the site of the old Leeville Bridge along La. 1, allows anglers to access popular saltwater fishing spots in southern La-

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Delta Farms La. 657 in Larose • Irwin P. Melancon Recreational Boat Launch in Port Fourchon • Josh’s Boat Launch, La. 3235 in Golden Meadow • Lafourche Beach Launch in Port Fourchon • Larousse Boat Launch in Kraemer • Leeville Boat Launch and Fishing Pier, under the Gateway to the Gulf Expressway • Oakridge Community Boat Launch, La. 3235 in Golden Meadow • Percle’s Camp Launch to Grand Bayou • Port Fourchon Boat Launch, La. 3090 • Port Fourchon Marina in Leeville • Roadside Launch on La. 1 east of Port Fourchon • Roadside Launch on La. 1 in Leesville • Somme’s Marina at Somme’s Lucky 7 Truck Plaza, U.S. 90 in Des Allemands • Terry’s Live Bait, 24202 La. 1 in Golden Meadow • Texas Gulf Boat Launch, La. 24 Bayou Blue • Theriot Canal Boat Launch, La. 308 in Raceland • TYDs Marina, La. 1 between Golden Meadow and Leeville

TERREBONNE PARISH

• Bayou Petite Caillou Boat Launch, two miles north of Cocodrie off La. 56 • Bayou Petite Caillou Boat Launch, eight miles north of Cocodrie off La. 56 • Bayou Terrebonne Boat Launch, La. 55 in Montegut • Bayou Bait and Tackle in Chauvin • Boat Launch north of Cocodrie Clubhouse on Redfish Street • Boudreaux Canal Boat Launch in Chauvin

• Boudreaux’s Marina, at the end of Four Point Road off La. 3011 • Boudreaux’s Landing in Dulac • Bob’s Bayou Black Marina, four miles off La. 182 in Gibson • Canal St. Jean Charles Boat Launch • Chauvin recreation area, near library and central fire station • CoCo Marina, near the end of La. 56 in Cocodrie • Cocodrie Clubhouse Boat Launch, six miles south of Robinson Canal • Defelice Marina and Seafood Co., 163 Old Bridge Road in Dulac. • Dularge Sporting Goods, La. 315 in Bayou Dularge Road • Falgout Canal Landing 1868 Dr. Beatrous Road in Theriot • Falgout Canal Road in Dulac • Forrest Cannon Memorial Boat Launch near Waterproof Bridge off Southdown Mandalay Road in Bayou Black • Grand Bayou Unit Public Launch in Pointe-Aux-Chenes • Half-mile east of the U.S. 90 Chacahoula-Thibodaux exit about four ½ miles west of La. 20 and La. 311 intersections • Harbor Light Marina, near the end of La. 56 in Cocodrie • Houma Canal Boat Launch, La. 315 • Houma Navigation Canal, La. 3011 • Isle de Charles Road Boat Launch • Isle de Jean Charles Marina •Kozy Kampers in Cocodrie • Jammie’s Boat Landing in Dularge • La. 20 one mile west of U.S. 90 Chacahoula-Thibodaux exit, four miles west of La. 20 and La. 311 intersection • La. 315, south of Houma to just north of Falgout Canal Road, turn west and cross Bayou Dularge • Lapeyrouse Seafood, Robinson Canal and La. 56 in Chauvin • Launch across from Little Caillou Fire Station on La. 56 Chauvin • Launch at 1017 La. 55 in Montegut • Launch at end of La. 3197 behind Bayou Black Fire Station • Launch behind Ashland Landfill, off La. 57 in Houma • Launch across from Little Caillou Fire Station on La. 56 Chauvin • Lizzie’s Landing at Boudreaux Canal and Bayou Petit Caillou • Madison Canal Boat Launch, La. 55 • Marina under Twin Spans in downtown Houma off La. 20 • Marmande Canal in Theriot La. 315

• Montegut Marina in Montegut • Old Spanish Trail off La. 182 in Gibson • Pat’s Bayouside Marina, 251 Marina Road in Montegut • Pointe-aux-Chenes Marina, 1650 La. 665 • Pointe-aux-Chenes Wildlife Management Area on Isle de Jean Charles Road Montegut • Point Barre Road Boat Launch near Pointe-aux-Chenes • Pointe Barre Ramp in Montegut • Pointe Cocodrie Inn, guests only • Pump station off La. 20, 11 ½ miles west of La. 20 and La. 311 intersection or 3 ½ miles east of U.S. 90 and Chacahoula-Thibodaux exit. • Sandpiper Inn Bait Shop, 7312 Shoreline Drive in Cocodrie • Sea Breeze Marina in Montegut • Sharkey’s Boat Landing in Chauvin • Sportsman’s Paradise, 6830 La. 56 in Chauvin • Sunshine Acres Marina in Dulac • Sunshine Marina off Four Point Road • Sunshine Trading Post, 113 Sunshine West Street in Dulac • T-Irv’s Marina in Dulac • Texas Gulf Road Boat Launch off La. 55 in Bourg on Company Canal • TradeWinds Marina, 7681 La. 56 in Chauvin • Wine Island Pass Marina in Cocodrie

GRAND ISLE

• Bridge Side Marina, foot of the Grand Isle Bridge, beach side • Camardelle’s Seafood, ½ mile before Grand Isle bridge on LA. 1, bay side • Cheramie’s Landing • Coastal Bait, along La. 1 • Cypress Cove Marina • Gulf Stream Marina, ½ mile from Grand Isle Bridge on La. 1. • Hurricane Hole, La. 1 between Carmen Lane and Tahiti Lane. • Sand Dollar Marina, end of La. 1 • Pirate’s Cove Marina, 122 Smith Lane • Ricky’s Fishing Tackle, along La. 1 • Santiny’s Bait, along La. 1 • Wake Side Marina, 1615 La. 1 -- Notice anything missing? To have a local boat launch or marina added to the list email or if you have noticed anything that has changed send a message to sports writer Chris Singleton at chris. singleton@houmatoday.com or call him at 985-857-2213.