KF, Thanks for the helpful advice on fish species and habits. I actually did pick up a fishing hotspots map last year and you're right, it has great detail. Also had a good lengthy discussion with the dnr guy from there. I was thinking about paddling and hoping that the presence of stumps and logs would minimize the amount of boat traffic or at least the ski type activity. From your experience is it relatively less congested than similar bodies of water in the area?