First off its a tough place to fish when the conditions are good, theres fish in there just hard to find them. never been there in the fall or winter but i can say this been there twice once in the spring and once in the summer and was frustrated also, the fish i did get were all around cover and the biggest fish was 2lbs. the only excuse i can make for the place was both times i went it was a weekend and the lake had a lot of traffic but other then that i still think its a tough place to fish. if i were u i would take my children to a pond before a lake find a little pond and u will get them hooked on fishing, they will have a better time. hoped this helped and thank u for welcoming me to this forum just recently found it.