You can walk in at crooked creek, it's not all that bad. we did 1.76 on the GPS three weeks ago out into the bay. Fished 7 ft of water, iced some nice northerns, a walleye and even a perch. A wheeler is ideal, but if you don't have one it'd definately doable. Ice was 7-9 depending on the holes, and closer to ten in the areas it was more shallow.