Yup. You heard right. The boat launch and parking lot are closed until Jan. 04 for improvements. The last few days they've had a dredge in the water parked in front of the launch, and now fences are up around the parking lot and launch. If you're a dock fisher, then you might be able to park along the street going up towards Sacajawea Jr. High, but forget about it if you're towing a boat. If you want to fish Redondo from a boat, then the best bet is to head for Des Moines from the north, or Browns Point from the south.

Isn't Browns Point a private launch??

the browns point launch is private. you can get a membership/key to the gate for $45 per year if you are a local. or you could go south on marine view drive to Ole & Charlies marina, they have a hoist launch just like Des Moines for $20 per round trip. i dont know the minimum boat size they will launch, but it is a full size sling so they may not want to launch smaller boats. also, they are only open 0800-1700 so you can't go out early or stay out late.

Just a FYI. The redondo launch is only supposed to be closed thru Sept., and possibly into Oct (more than likely). The ramp will reopen with no floating dock. The parking lot will remain closed until at least late Dec. Boaters launching at the ramp will have to use street parking. When the lot reopens, everybody will be charged $5, not just trailers.

Yes charge them non-trailered parkers, Erndog likes that idea . The city of Des Moines should have been doing that from the get go.

Browns Point could very well be private. I've just seen boats launching there, never done it myself. As for when the boat launch at Redondo will open, the sign up on the parking lot fence (which was just put there the other day) states that the parking lot will be closed until January, and while it did not say anything about the opening date of the launch, it does list several planned improvements that involved the launch, such as a new floating breakwater, and improved launch surface. Even if they open the launch before the parking lot, there will be nowhere to park a trailer. Considering the amount of street parking, I would pretty much count on not being able to use the launch until both are open, unless you plan on someone driving your trailer back home while you're out and bringing it back when you come in. I live by Redondo, and drive by the dock every time I go to work. I'll let everyone know if there's any changes.

That's OK. Nobody launches at Redondo in January any way (except for me).

I fished Redondo on saturday for 4 hours and all we got were shakers. And we didnt see anyone catch a keeper while we were there.

Finally made it up to Redondo on Sunday. Started at the point at first light and had one on 10 minutes after we started, I played master cracker and lost it. Moved up to Redondo about an hour before the tide change and had a big takedown that came off before we could get the rod out of the holder (center rod with a diver). Then my buddie demonstrated his master cracker skills and lost a nice little silver about 30 feet from the boat. Also hit quite a few shaker B'mouth. Only saw 1 other fish being played while we were there.
Good luck and tight lines, Jeff

hey, i thought i was the master cracker....ask easy, he wont deny that...