Insta Launch Campground & Marina

Insta Launch Campground has been our families go to campground for many generations. Very family friendly. The new owners and management are beyond amazing. Can't wait to come back.

Great tackle shop but run down crowded campground that is flooded. I came and left the same day..

Stayed here last year after trying to find a last minute place to stay for salmon fishing Labor Day weekend. We arrived rather late and set up in the dark then got to bed. When we woke up we left our tent and realized how cramped the site was. We were practically on top of our neighbors and had the boat trailer parking directly behind us. Our tent is a 10x10 and tool up almost the entire lot, and backed right up into the boat trailers. The next night there were parties and fireworks until the early hours of the morning. The camp store was nice and the staff were all friendly, and the bathrooms

My husband, my "special needs" sister and myself rented the CoHo lodge for a weekend in July. The rest of my family had rented lots because they had trailers.
We arrived early and was told we could not get in the lodge because it was being cleaned.
We spent time with family at their sites and went to some garage sales. We waited until late evening before we tried again to get in to the lodge. We used our sleeping bags instead of getting in the beds just in case. Not knowing for sure if the beds had been cleaned.
The next morning I realized how dirty the lodge was. I went and told

This is the second year we stay at this camp site and we love it. The first year i had campnsite 108 which is by the volleyball net and over night we had some random people walking through out site to get to the play ground. But other then that, no noise complaints and we had a good time.

This year, we reserved site 117. This site is a water front with power. Only thing i have to complain about this site is that the firepit ring is too close to the water, so the bottom of the pit is covered in water.

However, despite this issue, i called the office and they were able to come here and fix the

A friend and I traveled a good distance for some Great Lakes salmon fishing. Seeing they had access to Lake Michigan and we could dock our boat at the campsite we thought this was the obvious choice. But being careful we called ahead to make sure we could dock a 24' salmon boat at the dock and fit down the river access to the lake. They assured us it wouldn't be a problem. When we arrived however we noticed immediately a railroad bridge over the river with about 5' clearance. Definitely not enough for most boats including a Great Lakes boat.

The other disappointment was the campsites

Stayed here for a night for a friend's 30th birthday party. I had originally reserved a tent site, but we ended up staying in the cabin, which was really nice. I was unable to reserve a tent site over the phone if I was just staying 1 night, so I had to reserve it for 2 nights and put down the deposit even though I was only staying one night, which was kind of annoying. (Another couple was coming in the next night so they were taking over that site.)

The cabin was much smaller than it seemed in the photos, but clean and outfitted well. There is a futon, main bedroom with queen size bed and

We were a huge fan of the campground. The managers were so nice, the prices in the store were very reasonable unlike a lot of places that rip you off because you are vacationing without anywhere else convenient to go. The river was beautiful and the sites were well kept. Although the place was sold out (and I know because there had been a cancelation just a little bit before I called for a reservation) everything was well kept up and pretty quiet.
There were activities planned for the kids and plenty of great advice about where to fish and where to go in Manistee.
The only complaint we had was

I have stayed at a multitude of campgrounds over the past 25 yrs & this one by far is the worst. The sites are small & cramped (felt like I was camping on top of the neighbors) (the seasonal campers are even more tightly packed in); roads are narrow; restroom cleaning times are posted but the staff clean whenever they feel like it (not within the posted hrs); you have to pay $.25 to shower for 6-7 min which is tacky; pump-out station is on an incline so you can't quite empty out................

A few positives: has a great selection of fishing lures in the store; if you have a small