All good advice above especially about being careful with wind direction and ramps. I've been swamped twice at ramps...once on south side and once on north side. It's probably best to launch at engineers point (sheltered from wind) until you learn the lake. I would recommend hiring a good guide (Carl Painter, John Woods, John Harrison, a few others) to get off to a good start in your learning process....money well spent if you want to learn how to get on the fish quick.