Jon boat on James

[Tanner Wyse]

Would it be worth it to launch a 12 ft alluminum jon boat from Delaware access?  I dont want to haul it down there if I wouldnt be able to fish very much of the river.  I am not familiar with how deep the water is in that area and didnt know if it would be to shallow for my boat.

[Fish Bork]

Are you paddling it or have a prop or jet motor

[Tanner Wyse]

I have an electric trolling motor or I could paddle

[RSBreth]

If you head upstream you should be fine, but unless you have a powerful electric motor and aren't careful there's a fast chute just down from the access that would be hard to get back upstream from.

[Flysmallie]

There is some skinny water headed upstream. Might be tough depending on the water levels. 

[Jacob McIntosh]

I have done it in a 14 ft jon boat the problem when you get above the Confluence of the Finley River is that there's a lot of shelf Rock which can do a lot of damage to an aluminum boat when I went and water was at a little higher level so we didn't have much of a problem but with lower water levels I would think you would have to carry down over quite a few shelves up that way. I have a jet drive on my boat and last winter during gigging season I made it all the way up to Wilson's Creek above Delaware town. But you guys are right the water is pretty skinny up that way