Odom Boating Access Area - New Boat Ramp open on the Roanoke River

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New Boat ramp open on the Roanoke River - Odom Boating Access Area

Feburary 2022 the NCWRC opened a new much needed ramp on the Roanoke River.   This ramp will help alleviate some of the crowds at the Weldon NC boating access during the Spring Shad and Striper runs. 

The address for the ramp is 1017 Striper Ln Jackson, NC  which is just outside of Jackson NC and is 10 miles below Halifax NC(no public ramp there) and 17 miles below Weldon NC.

The coordinates of the ramp are  36.324494, -77.440062

The  Ramp has 42 spots for vehicles with trailers with aprox 1/2 in the lower paved lot and 1/2 in the upper gravel lot. 

The Lower lot also has 4 spots for single vehicles and 2 Handicapped spots for single vehicles.  This lower lot also has 1 Handicapped spot for a vehiclle with trailer.  

The upper lot has half the spots for vehicles with trailers also has 4 spots for single vehicles. 

This is an aerial shot of the Ramp and parking area(2 pictures below).  The main parking area is paved and the upper parking area is gravel.   This was taken during contruction as the lines are not painted on the lower lot.

**April 2 2023  these aeriel pictures are from Bing Maps and when taken they  had not painted the lines on the bottom lot or put in the parking places on the upper gravel lot when they were taken.   Google Maps as of today still shows woods there where the ramp it so they are way behind Bing.   

I will update these aerial photos as soon as either Bing updates or google maps does.   

***Note you can click on the pictures to make them Bigger*****

****When google maps updates the satelite view I will post an up to date aerial of the lots**** 

A nice view of the ramp which has 2 lanes. 

Some views of the lower Parking lot

Single vehicle spots

More single vehicle spots

View heading out or up to the upper gravel lot

The Upper Gravel lot

which has 2 single vehicle spots on each end

Here are some views of the Roanoke River 

The main fish that are sought after here are Hickory Shad, American Shad, and Striped Bass during their annual spring spawning runs.

Blue Catfish can be targeted here year round.

Other fish found here are Largemouth Bass, Alabama Bass,  Bowfin, Longnose gar,  Channel cats,  a few flatheads(not common) ,  Chain Pickerel, and your usual panfish, Crappie, bream etc. 

Check out a video I have of Striper fishing the Roanoke

Thanks for reading.  Mack

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