Will this work?

[Fishtails]

I need some advise from those who know. I'm bringing my 10 yr old to fish Cayuga next weekend. It will be our first trip to the finger lakes...ever! My lake Ontario boat is sitting here in Pa, and I'm not so hot on hauling it up there 225 miles for two days of fishing, seeing it weighs 7500 lbs.

So, I'm toying with putting the riggers on my small boat and bringing that instead. It's a 16 ft Starcraft with a 60hp merc four stroke. I have zero hours on it this season, so I'd like to find a place in my life to actually use this boat besides 2 weeks in the winter. But is it enough boat to effectively fish Cayuga...or will I regret leaving the big boat home?

Here is what I have to work with....thanks for the suggestions!

[Splitshot115]

Rod,

Depends on the wind. But you should be able to fish with no problems, I have an 18ft

crestliner and that was easy to fish out of with 3 people.

Splitshot115

[icedauber]

I use a 16' Lund for the fingers , Champlain and Cape Cod. Should work just fine.

[Erbyjoe]

Rod you should be good to go. I fished the finger lakes when we got blown off of the Big lake in my 16 foot sea nymph for years. Like what has been said watch the wind .Good luck

[stinger]

The wind forecast for Sat & Sun is pretty mild right now (5'-6's), so you should be OK.

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/fin ... uery=14850

Couple riggers and a couple dipsey's and you'll catch fish. Look back at the last couple weeks of reports. Nothing has changed much. Have fun.

[Billy V]

Unless it's blowing like stink you'll be fine with that rig Rod. Lots of places to get out of the wind on the finger lakes even if it does blow a little bit. Should be a fun trip for you.

[slimjim]

Should have no problems; unless the south or north winds are very bad

[final flight]

rod, your "small" boat is still better than the "blue bubble" and three adults running six rods is a blast !! esp. in a 2' "chop" good luck!! rollie

[ray koziatek]

yes rod it will work ,bring a tube if it nice the kids would love to play if you dont have one ive got a nice 5or 6 ftr wiffys heading outa town sat early you can stay at my house but its 45 min from cayuga ,,also if i dont go to the big lake i think you need to see seneca too and i can show you where there is a creek with a warm water outlet from dresden dumps in the lake it should be about 90 deg temp now

[chowder]

My 16' has a 40 hp Merc 4 stroke and I do need to run a bag from time to time, especially running w/ the wind) to get her down to laker speed, just a thought seeing as how you mentioned you have a 60 hp on the boat.

[perch predator]

I'll be out there on my canoe, so you should be ok.

[lil' troller]

That will do. I have a 14ft fiberglass boat that has put many hours on cayuga. Keep an eye on the weather and you'll be fine.

[711skwerlz]

I have a 16 ft sylvan w/ 40hp johnson It has spent alot of time on the fingerlakes this year, especially seneca and cayuga. Very comfortable two man rig. Three will work if your small. Fishing has been consistent for a month now. Don't miss the early bite if you like those off fish!

[Fishtails]

Thanks guys....that really helps. I made up my mind to use it next week and as I'm pulling the cover off it Justin tells me he wants to take the bigger boat I'll see how he feels today and I'll take the boat he wants...I just want him to have fun.