I am taking the family to Cedar Point the first week of August and we will be staying at a house on a channel close to Nugent's Canal Yacht Club. I will be taking the boat so my wife and I can fish while the kids go ride the rides. I was wondering how long the ride is out to the lake and is there any shallow points in that are of the river.
I was on Lake Michigan one time and saw a boat get beached in the St. Joe river while trying to get to the lake. There was a very shallow spot that was not marked and he tried to cross, not knowing it was that shallow.

Thanks in advance for any info

On a side note my granddaughter is graduating one year early with a 3.80 gpa. plus she held a part time job for over a year. That is a huge accomplishment so I am taking her and a couple friends to Cedar Point for a day and then to some water park and they will probably hang out at the beach for a day.