Boat launches · Lake Michigan · Wisconsin

Boat Launches Near Egg Harbor

12 public launches within 12 miles of downtown Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, 11 of them trailer ramps. The nearest is Egg Harbor Municipal Marina, 0.1 miles NW.

Within 12 mi

Trailer ramps

Closest

0.1 mi

Closest first

Public launches around Egg Harbor

Straight-line distance and direction from downtown, not a driving or boating route. Every figure is what the agency publishes; a blank means the agency is silent.

0.1 mi NW
Egg Harbor Municipal MarinaEgg Harbor
Trailer rampDirections
3.6 mi SW
Frank E. Murphy County Park Boat RampGreen Bay · Egg Harbor
Trailer rampDirections
5.7 mi N
Fish Creek RampGreen Bay · Gibraltar
Trailer rampDirections
5.8 mi N
Green Bay AccessGreen Bay · Gibraltar
Trailer rampDirections
7.8 mi E
Baileys Harbor AccessBaileys Harbor · Baileys Harbor
Trailer rampDirections
8.1 mi N
Tennison Bay Carry-in RampTennison Bay, Green Bay · Gibraltar
Hand / carry-in launchDirections
8.6 mi SE
Shauer Park RampJacksonport
Trailer rampDirections
8.7 mi N
Nicolet Bay AccessGibraltar
Trailer rampDirections
8.9 mi NE
Ephraim Boat RampGreen Bay · Ephraim
Trailer rampDirections
10 mi S
Whitefish Bay RampSevastopol
Trailer rampDirections
11 mi E
Blues Point RampMoonlight Bay · Baileys Harbor
Trailer rampDirections
12 mi SW
Olde Stone Quarry Park Boat RampSturgeon Bay · Sevastopol
Trailer rampDirections

Once you're off the trailer

What to fish out of Egg Harbor

Our Lake Michigan fishing guides name water reached from these launches for 7 species:

Muskellunge · September through November, with late October and November the heavy-fish windowGreen Bay Muskie Fishing: The Lower Fox, Sturgeon Bay & Fall TrollingThe lower Fox River, De Pere to the mouth at Green Bay: The center of the program. Wisconsin DNR nets adult muskellunge here every spring, takes eggs from Fox River spawners for the hatchery, and has stocked the river since 1989. Fish run the river below the De Pere dam and out into the bay.Northern Pike · May and June, September through November, and January through February on Green Bay iceNorthern Pike Fishing on Lake MichiganLittle Bay de Noc and Big Bay de Noc: The top of Green Bay out of Escanaba and Gladstone. Shallow protected weed flats, a huge pike population, and one of Michigan's better tip-up fisheries when the ice sets up.Smallmouth Bass · Mid-June through early October, with September the peak for sizeSmallmouth Bass Fishing on Lake MichiganSturgeon Bay and Little Sturgeon, Door County: The Green Bay side of the Door Peninsula. Warm, fertile, rocky and productive — and by far the most heavily fished smallmouth water on the lake, having hosted major national tournaments.Walleye · Late March through May in the bays, then late June through August on the reef and open-bay patternWalleye Fishing on Lake MichiganThe lower Fox River at Green Bay: The single largest walleye spawning run on Lake Michigan. Late March into April, from the De Pere dam downstream. Shoulder-to-shoulder shore access and a boat launch scene that runs day and night.Lake Trout · May and June on shallow rock, July through September deep, plus a fall reef concentrationLake Trout Fishing on Lake MichiganSturgeon Bay and the Door Peninsula: Wisconsin's Door County ports put you over hard bottom in a hurry. Fish the reefs off the peninsula's Lake Michigan side and the deep water outside Sturgeon Bay.Lake Whitefish · December through March through the ice; October through April from a boat in Grand Traverse BayLake Whitefish Fishing on Lake MichiganSturgeon Bay and the Door Peninsula: Wisconsin's Door County water holds whitefish on hard bottom, with a fall spawning movement onto the reefs and a winter fishery on the bay side.Yellow Perch · July through October in the southern basin; December through March on Green Bay iceYellow Perch Fishing on Lake MichiganSturgeon Bay and Sawyer Harbor, Door County: Green Bay side. The best numbers of perch on the lake, and the anchor of a serious winter ice fishery when the bay locks up.

Brown Trout on Michigan Chinook Salmon on Michigan Coho Salmon on Michigan Steelhead on Michigan

Before you launch

Lake Michigan is big water

The pier-head channel is the dangerous part of the trip. An onshore wind stacks waves where the channel meets the lake, and the run home can be far worse than the run out. Check the wind direction against the harbor mouth before you leave the ramp.

Longshore currents and structural rip currents at the piers. Lake Michigan produces more drowning fatalities than any other Great Lake, and most of them happen to swimmers near breakwalls and piers, not to anglers offshore.
Sudden north-to-northwest wind shifts. The lake runs 300 miles north to south, so a northerly builds enormous fetch and turns a flat morning into a five-foot afternoon on the south end.
Seiche events. Wind and pressure can push water to one end of the basin and let it slosh back, producing fast, unexpected water-level swings — one on the Chicago shoreline in 1954 killed several people on a pier.

Read how to read a Great Lakes marine forecast and trailering and launching on big water. Pack the big-water safety kit.

Camp or picnic

State parks

Peninsula State Park7.7 mi
Whitefish Dunes State Park9.7 mi

For the crew ashore

Beaches

Landmarks from the water

Lighthouses

Questions

Where is the closest public boat launch to Egg Harbor?

Egg Harbor Municipal Marina, about 0.1 miles NW of downtown in a straight line.

How many public boat launches are near Egg Harbor?

State agency data lists 12 public launches within 12 miles: 11 trailer ramps and 1 unimproved or carry-in sites, on Lake Michigan and the bays and rivers that run into it.

Do boat launches near Egg Harbor charge a fee?

None of these 12 sites publishes fee information, which does not mean they are free; city and park launches often sell a daily or season pass. Confirm with the manager before you tow.

Who sets the fishing rules on Lake Michigan near Egg Harbor?

Wisconsin DNR. Seasons, limits and license rules change, so read the current regulations before you go.

Up and down the shore

Launches near other Michigan towns

Sister Bay, WI · 12 mi Sturgeon Bay, WI · 16 mi Marinette–Menominee, WI · 17 mi Washington Island, WI · 29 mi Oconto, WI · 31 mi Algoma, WI · 31 mi

Source

Launch facts are from Wisconsin DNR, Public Boat Access Sites, retrieved 2026-10-27. Ramps close for repairs, fees change and water levels move; confirm with the manager before you tow. Fishing rules are set by Wisconsin DNR.

Downtown positions are approximate. Chart shoreline generalized from Natural Earth (public domain); not for navigation. Something wrong or missing? Write to contact@greatamericanlakes.com.

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