I am a huge fan of airboats. There are a few threads on them. I had one for a season, it was great. I could carry 6 people and run it in a tee shirt with the 50k btu heater. Open water, broken ice, snow, didn't matter- I could go anywhere comfortably and safely. Mine was a Thousand Islands Airboat, not the Florida style open boat.
It would be a pricey option since you don't have a long way to go from the mainland to Pine, but if you want to get out on the lake at all during the winter there isn't a safer way to go. Occasionally you will see a used one pop up on Ebay for $15-20k, there are a few newer ones listed presently in the $45-50k range.
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