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County Clears Sand from Century’s Fischer Landing Boat Launch
September 23, 2025
Escambia County Public Works worked Monday to remove sand from the boat launch at Fischer Landing in Century.
Fischer Landing is owned by the Town of Century but does not have the equipment to maintain the boat launch. The town turned to Escambia County for assistance.
A sandbar remains in front of the launch with a narrow path around it due to the low river level. We were told the sandbar cannot be removed without obtaining state permits.
Monday, the level of the Escambia River at Century was 2.71 feet. The record low for the river was 1.3 feet in 1954.
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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6 Responses to “County Clears Sand from Century’s Fischer Landing Boat Launch”
Why do they have to get a permit from the state it has been cleaned out several times before with a front end loader far as I know had nobody ever pulled a permit. Just went down there and done it. No problem. How about tearing this landing out and fixing us a good one like the ones they build on the south end of the county. It’s a shame we pay taxes and can’t even unload your boat to Go fishing.
That pesky river keeps going up and down and shifting courses. At least at Bluff Springs we can walk across it to the nearby Santa Rosa County sandbar.
Aubrey, Have you ever seen the Bluff Springs landing that was abandoned by the County ?
Hopefully it will rain again someday soon.
This ain’t the first time, it happens all the time when the river comes up and down. Why is it that we got the only boat landing in Escambia county that’s sanded in. There’s none on the south end that’s built like this.The landing should have been pointing down river to where it would never sand in. I think the solution would be to put a rock jetty in so when the river gets up the rock jetty will keep the sand washed out. and we wouldn’t have this problem.
We appreciate their efforts but you still gotta push your boat off the trailer and physical walk/float ya boat about 60 yards down in order to get into deep enough water to utilize the motor. It’s only 8″ to a ft deep where you have to cross into deeper water below the ramp.
Thanks for the effort.