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Originally Posted by Destroyer View Post
I'll pretty much launch from anyplace Willy, Keyport, Leonardo or Atlantic Highlands... but my slip of choice is in Laurel Hill Park in Secaucus. Free ramp, gentle slope, in great shape with nice parking. Launch into the Hackensack River. 22 mile run downstream to under the Verrazano Narrows bridge. No tolls, no fighting with weekend traffic. Brings you out on the NY side of Sandy Hook.... and the ride back home is like an extended semi-fresh water flush of the engine. I say semi since it is tidal waters, but by the time you get back to the dock upstream it's pure sweet water.
Nice bass bite back in Newark bay early season too.
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