With as hard of a winter as weve had this year, May 5th may be alitle early for any shallow fish. We get on them right after ice out.There are plenty of areas and ramps to launch at htat will be out of the weather, so dont let that scare you.Early May both the mairna areas as well as Hiney and Ham Creek willl have plenty of staging fish that one wont have to run the big lake if you dont want to.Good luck and enjoy your trip.If you see a Black/Silver 619 with a 225 Pro XS wave and say hey.PJ