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passengers. It also hooks up with the Cherry Train tour of the island if you take the 9:45am
or earlier crossing from Northport, 11am from Gills Rock. The schedule for the ferry is
staggering; check the wall map. In high season, July-late August, 24 round-trips depart to
andfromtheisland beginning at7amfromtheisland, 7:45am fromNorthport(noearly trip
on Sundays). The farther you are from this zenith chronologically, the fewer trips depart.
December-January, only four trips depart per day; February-March there are only one or
twoperday,andvehiclereservationsaremandatory.Callanywayforverificationintheoff-
season. A car costs $26 (passengers not included), each adult is $13, bicycles are $4, and
motorcycles are $15—all prices are round-trip.
Washington Island ferry
Recreation
Capt. Mariner
(920/421-1578,
www.gofishdoorcounty.com
,
$90 pp) is ubiquitous in Gills
Rock for wetting a line. Chinook salmon and German brown trout are the specialties, and
the rates aren't bad at all. You'll fish virtually the entire time.
