No your better off fishing from the middle of the lake and the upper end, much easier to wade. South end of the lake is deep and the fish will be longer coming into the shalllows. I would guess that with the late winter we've had the shallow bite won't start for at least another 2-3 weeks. Forecast calls for rain and snow this week coming up, than the warm up starts. Then at least 2 weeks more for the water to warm up enough to get the eyes moving in shallow in any numbers. There was still some ice down by the dam the other day.