I find it interesting that someone wanted to know more about the lake than just fishing it. That is a nice change. What has always amazed me is how someone would want to propel themselves across the lake without any regard to what was beneath them. A simple $10 fishing map should be the least someone should do to become more informed about the lake bottom.

I remember one story of a boater new to the Rock who had wrecked his lower unit on "something" in the water. He blamed the DNR for his problem. I asked where it happened and sure enough, I wouldn't go that close to shore where I knew there were occasionally visible stumps.

One last story...
I was fishing in one of my favorite spots where a sandbar reaches out from a bay. I was on the edge of the sandbar in 3 feet of water when a pleasure craft came cruising "on plane" between me and the opening of the bay. I signaled the driver that the water was going to become shallow right in front of them causing the driver to veer toward deep water just 30 feet short of grounding in 8 inches of water. That saved all aboard from a nasty collision with the sand bar. An unknowing soul in the back of that boat said to me as they passed by, "You didn't want us to disturb your fishing spot!"

LOL

I am glad to see someone was wanting to know the lake.

Luke