Access to Cass from Andrusia

[MNSnow]

Quick and easy question.

Can you access Cass lake from Lake Andrusia? I have a bowrider that drafts about 3' with my prop all the way down.

We are looking to book a summer vacation on Andrusia and I want to make sure I can access the big lake prior to pulling the trigger.

Thanks much for your help!

[Wadinator]

I don't know what a bowrider is, but if you need a minimum of 3FOW for your boat, I doubt you will be able to access Cass from Andrusia.

There is a stretch in the stream that is about 50 - 100 yards long where it gets less than 2 feet deep.

[MNSnow]

Just a style of boat (open bow). It's a 19' Maxum with an I/O.

Thanks for the response.

[Sackett]

A bowrider is basically a ski boat, lots of seating up front in the bow.

As long as you can trim your motor you will be fine. I run between the 2 lakes 20+ times a year. Entering the channel from Andrusia is a 3-5ft shelf of sand and rubble, you want to slow down a good 100yds from the bridge, if you tried to get on plane to soon coming back you would hit the bottom, but there are no big rocks in any part of the journey to watch out for. There's a 5mph no wake zone so you have to go slower anyway.

We also have a TON of snow here this year so the lake levels will probably be higher than normal to start. You should have no problems, very low water levels are usually only to worry about in late August on in to fall, and for me the channel has never been impassable. I run a 17.5ft Pro V.

[Wadinator]

Agreed. If you can trim your motor and you don't "need" 3FOW, you should be able to pass. I presumed from your first post that 3fow was required for your boat.

I get through there with my 19ft Yar Craft Michigan, which is a deep v style fiberglass (heavy) walleye boat. The belly starts to rub when the depth finder gets below 0.8ft, but it's a mud/silt bottom in the shallow area I mentioned before, so no harm. Plus I'm usually up there in late July or early August, which would be the driest part of the year.

[MNSnow]

Thanks again for the responses.

You are correct, I was referring to 3 FOW. That's with my lower unit all the way down. My boat will float in much less but in order to maintain control of the boat and not suck a bunch of sand into the lowerunit I like to have around 3' of water.

We'd be coming up the second week of August so water levels may become an issue but with as much snow as we've all received this year I would hope not.