Hillsborough COUNTY
Salt or Brackish Water · Boat ramp
Cockroach Bay Boat Ramp ↗
Ruskin · Tampa Bay - Cockroach Bay
TRAILER PARKING30 published spaces
PUBLISHED CHARGE$5 boat launch
Official source linkedReview Nov 9, 2026
STAND ALONE RAMP · SALT OR BRACKISH WATER
Ruskin Commongood Boat Ramp
A small Ruskin Inlet boat ramp where a facility-specific free-entry statement conflicts with the county's general launch fee.
The access details
- Public access
- FWC classifies this facility Government Owned for General Public Use; current entry remains subject to the manager's rules and notices.
- Published hours
- Sunrise to sunset, year-round, as published.
- Waterbody
- Little Manatee River
- Ramp surface
- Concrete FWC inventory
- Launch lanes
- 2 FWC inventory; not operating-lane status
- Vehicle + trailer spaces
- 6 publishedFWC inventory capacity, not spaces available now. Facility verification date is not supplied.
- Vehicle-only spaces
- 0 publishedFWC inventory
- Published boat-type rule
- A specific boat-type permission was not confirmed. Do not infer kayak or powered-vessel permission from the presence of a ramp.
Fees, with the scope attached
Fee not confirmed
Taxes, exceptions and permits apply only as stated by the manager. A historical FWC fee is not used as the current price. No payment is collected here.
Check the manager's fee information ↗Before you choose this launch
The location page says Fees: Free, while the county boat-ramp overview publishes a general $5 launch fee. The scope of the free statement is unresolved here, so no free-launch price is asserted.
Source differences to know
- Facility page says Free; general county boat-ramp page says $5 per launch. Confirm whether Free covers park entry, launching or both.
Seasonal access not stated in the reviewed sources remains unknown. Check the official page for repairs, storm restrictions and local signs before departure.