I just fished it last night, and it is fairly easy to fish in the dark - I fished it by myself, but I am pretty familiar with the north end. If you have a gps with one of the newer navionics cards it is a piece of cake. Barges will run periodically up the east bank, and through the canal. I guess just educating yourself on the lake will help more than anything. For the most part, you can run across the lake anywhere from the moors to the dam. South of that, use some caution, there is some shallow spots and islands down the west side. The most usefull part of the GPS with the newer card is it has the marker bouys on it. There are quite a few marker bouys, especially out in front of each bay. If you have a general idea where they are, you can find them quick with spot light (they are reflective) and avoid them. Slow down - and take a bath in bug spray. I covered myself last night, everywhere except my feet as I was wearing tennis shoes. I have about ten bites on each foot where they bit throught the mesh of my shoes.

If you can find some Stan Sloan's short arm spinnerbaits buy them. They work great here. Stan passed away last week, so the few left in stores are the last.