I've fished it most all my life, but not as much as I used to. Back when you could fish in the willow timber it was much better in my opinion. There was several years when the dam between the river and pothole was blown out and the lakes were down low for a long period of time. During which the willows took over and about all that you can fish now is the edges or open water. I did pretty good over in the pothole last spring, but haven't done much in Kate in several years.