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Has anyone been to Kentucky Lake?
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<blockquote data-quote="lugoismad" data-source="post: 398666" data-attributes="member: 16518"><p>Debating about taking a spring camping trip there next year when the striper are biting. A friend of mine's grandpa owns a bait shop on the lake and will call him when people start bringing in the big stripers.</p><p></p><p>Would I be safe in my 14' Sea Nymph? 25hp 2-stroke Motor that starts every time. 14' long, 57" wide.</p><p></p><p>We took a vacation to Dale Hollow lake, another big lake in Kentucky, and we rented a 28' Pontoon. I was never scared that we were going to sink, but we got out in the main channel of the lake and that boat was REALLY underpowered. 28' pontoon, 75HP old Johnson with VRO that if you took it above 3/4 throttle it would start surging. Things got a bit dicey. I had the wife and kids sit in the back and we all got soaked because we had waves coming up over the bow. </p><p></p><p>Obviously I wouldn't take my Sea Nymph out in the very middle of the lake like I did with that pontoon, but I wanted to get some other opinions on if I'd be ok.</p><p></p><p>Most of the boat rental places on Kentucky / Cumberland / Dale Hollow rent 14' Aluminum fishing boats exactly the same size as mine (and powered by 9.9s or 15s).</p><p></p><p>Would I be ok? Or should I just rent a boat?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lugoismad, post: 398666, member: 16518"] Debating about taking a spring camping trip there next year when the striper are biting. A friend of mine's grandpa owns a bait shop on the lake and will call him when people start bringing in the big stripers. Would I be safe in my 14' Sea Nymph? 25hp 2-stroke Motor that starts every time. 14' long, 57" wide. We took a vacation to Dale Hollow lake, another big lake in Kentucky, and we rented a 28' Pontoon. I was never scared that we were going to sink, but we got out in the main channel of the lake and that boat was REALLY underpowered. 28' pontoon, 75HP old Johnson with VRO that if you took it above 3/4 throttle it would start surging. Things got a bit dicey. I had the wife and kids sit in the back and we all got soaked because we had waves coming up over the bow. Obviously I wouldn't take my Sea Nymph out in the very middle of the lake like I did with that pontoon, but I wanted to get some other opinions on if I'd be ok. Most of the boat rental places on Kentucky / Cumberland / Dale Hollow rent 14' Aluminum fishing boats exactly the same size as mine (and powered by 9.9s or 15s). Would I be ok? Or should I just rent a boat? [/QUOTE]
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