Canoe and a pushpole sound like the ticket to me and hunt the island.
put a duck foot on the pushpole and you shouldn't have any problems getting there quietly. Fish for bass in a 1 1/2 to 2 ft deep lilly pad bed this way very sucessfully. Cattails take a little more effort to move through but that is what the canoe is for and not a johnboat <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
Good Luck
Greg
"Getting close to the game is the joy of Bowhunting for me, the harvest is a bonus."
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