Goose Island State Park (202 S Palmetto St., Rockport, TX 78382-7965) consists of 321 acres surrounded by the St. Charles and Aransas Bays. The park offers campsites by the water with shelters and water/elec hookups. There also are campsites with water and electricity in a heavily tree-shaded area away from the water. Both areas have restroom and shower facilities close by. A snack bar is within two miles. Other facilities of interest include a shaded fish-cleaning station, a double-lane boat ramp, a 1620-foot lighted fishing pier with 2 fish-cleaning tables and a Texas State Park Store. The area offers a wide variety of kayak fishing options. 

 Frank Canneto, click here to email

September 25, 2009 8:00AM to September 27, 2009 2:00PM 

If you want to go, contact the trip leader (or sign up at a monthly meeting) and provide: name, email address and phone number (preferably cell phone). or Register for a PACK login account and then use the Auto Enroll link above to automatically have your name added to the list below.

The park is located 10 miles northeast of Rockport or about three hours driving from the Sugar Land area. Click here for directions and map.

See Standard PACK List for items to consider for any PACK outing

Important items:

• VHF Radio for communication and emergency contact
• First Aid Kit 
• Lunch, Water, snacks
• Kayak Drift Sock 

 

 

 

Recommended guidelines for participates:

• Make sure trip leader or an officer has your emergency contact
• Notify the trip leader if you have any potential concerns
• If inexperienced, then buddy up. Make sure the trip leader knows your experience level
• Communicate with the trip leader, if you are unsure of your skill level required
• Member dues are current
• Guests are invited to particpate
• Have performed deep water entries
• Cary a first aid kit
• Have a life jacket
• Have a VHF radio
• Inform the trip leader of your float plan if planning to fish alone or longer then the designated times.
• Sign in and sign out at the launch site. Inform the trip leader if you will be launching in a different place.

 

 

 

Recommended for Trip Leaders:

• Insures proper authorizations
• Secure sites
• Prepare emergency preparedness plan
• Keep abreast of weather conditions that might effect the trip
• Point out any potential area hazards
• Maintain a head count
• Have available a first aid kit
• Have a VHF radio

 Expenses/Fees:

Everyone will be responsible for their own park entrance fees ($3 per day per person). Fees for shared campsites will be paid to the park by the trip leader. The leader will then advise each participant using the shared sites of their portion of that total (should be about $7-8 per person per night). Please bring some small bills to make settling up easier.

If you want your own site (e.g., for a large tent or a RV) please make your own arrangements (call 512-389-8900) and pay your fees directly to the park. 

• Check out the Goose Island State Park website
• Review the Goose Island State Park Facility Map
• Call for park info at 1-800-792-1112 or 361-729-2858
• Investigate the Rockport / Fulton website. 

You will have a variety of options to consider:

If you launch from the park’s bayside camping area or fishing pier it’s just a short paddle to good fishing areas. There are numerous guts and channels along the 1-mile stretch from the pier east all the way across the mouth of St. Charles Bay. The first mile or so up into St.Charles Bay offers about every type of fishing bottom you could ask for: reefs, mud/shell, sand, and grass. This is followed by several spoil areas and more reefs, all within a comfortable paddle of the park launch area. Water depth varies from about 1 to 5 feet.

Going West from the park’s bayside camping area or fishing pier leads into Copano Bay. You can also get into this area by launching at the Copano Bay Fishing Pier.

If you prefer the northern end of St.Charles Bay then you can drive about six miles back along TX-35 to Cavasso Creek. Next to the small bridge is a launch area with parking in the grass. This area offers a variety of fishing options much like those found near the mouth of the bay but is more removed from boat traffic – nice for paddling and often very good for fishing too.

Aransas Bay runs South from the Park. It has deeper water and can get rough at times, but has some very good oyster reef fishing near the park.

Rockport fishing options are too numerous to mention here. For those wanting to explore that area see the fishing map or talk to others who know that area.

See the "Top Spot" or "Hook-N-Line" map # F116 – Upper Laguna Madre to San Antonio Bay 

(We prefer for you to create a login account on this website so that you can have your name added to the auto register list below. If you don't have a registered login account on this website we can list your name here; please contact the trip leader to request your name to manually added. If you have a login account then use the enroll feature at the top of this page to become part of the auto enroll list below)

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