[Thanks Red, he'll accept the offered hand so that he can climb aboard onto the shell of Lapras too.]

Okay, I'm ready! Let us set out on our grand adventure to unite the people and creatures of land and sea! [Or "back of a Lapras" and "fish living in a lake" but ssshhh just let him have his dramatics here.] Based on what I know about the lake, I think the best spot might be for us to go in... that direction, I believe?

[Points in the indicated direction here--sure, it's been a while since he last fished here, but he's pretty sure that he remembers there being more fish congregating somewhere over there.]