Ya. There is a lot of open water. Only thing you can fish for from mid february to mid may is panfish and roughfish. then mid may walleye and pike open. end of may or early june bass opens. then usually second weak of june muskie opens. Do you know how much it suck fishing largemouth in 4 feet of water and see a 50+ muskie swim by you and you can't legally throw at it. But I guess its the trade off to get some of the awesome fisheries we have up here.