Flamm City Public Boat Ramp

Not many places available to night fish in stl this one is ok. You may have to contend for a spot with soco party groups that build fires on the weekend but there are a few quiet corners.

Do not use this when the water is low, like today. There is a 1 foot drop off at the end of the ramp. I watched two different people bend/brake their trailer axle because of the drop off. Would be very nice when the water is up.

The ramp had major floods problems in summer 19. The bottom of the ramp was washing out as of 2018 and I doubt city of Arnold is going to fix that problem. Otherwise, the park is good for launching and the police do a good rotation of rounds through here so it feels safe.

Lovely place to fish. The 1st time there my fiancee caught a 10.5 lb. catfish. There were a lot of gar the 2nd time we went, but still peaceful and fun. Get there early! And please pick up after yourselves.

Flamm City is a public boat ramp for the Meramec River just off Telegraph rd. (highway 231). The good part is its free public ramp, if you going fishing or launching a jetski its fine. The bad points are there's lots of mud! and if your launching a pleasure boat you have the current to deal with as the ramp dumps out right in the river itself and not in a small cove or waterway off to the side leading to the river, this is bad on days when the currents is strong which is most of the time this summer and makes it difficult when reloading onto trailer especially if you have a pontoon boat. Also there are several LARGE chunks of concrete submerged just under the water to the right of the ramp when looking down ramp. I believe they were parts of a concrete dock (Missouri I have found is fond of boat docks made of concrete so they don't float away during floods like a wood dock would but sometimes concrete docks get washed over during floods also, especially when they're right on the river and then you have these dangerous sunken hazards) No docks, just mud, nothing to tie your boat up to while parking tow vehicle, the whole parking area and ramp are in a wooded area to the south of Telegraph Rd. and cannot be seen from Rd. which leaves your vehicle in a unsecure area and subject to break in while your out on the river.