been along time ago that I acually took pictures of fish ,it has to be really big or vacation ,as for fighting the boats there will be boats, but we had no problems getting on and off at the new marina ,and were drift fishing so everyone stayed out of our way, we caught lots of fish in that 17-22" range but we also caught 2 over 22'' and 9 keepers so I would say it is completely worth getting on this water while it is popping, cause its gonna be a couple weeks to get consistancy on Big Spirit when water hits 62-63 hit Big Spirit and its gonna be another great year on that water also!