fish4trout, if you're talking about 'the lake' you'll think this is crazy but I'd fish from Lakehead up to the mouth and back in my 11 ft. jon boat mostly rowing but with some use of the Minn Kota 28 TM. If I wasn't rowing and just drifting with the breeze, I'd set the Minn on the lowest thrust and set the tension device so it would stay put and I'd cast to the bank, structure, overhanging trees etc. I did really well that way and did all this from the middle seat. Hope you get ideas from that.

Cheers,

MontanaMoose