I wanted to get all the way to the back
What do you mean by all the way to the back? When you get past the island in the upper end, if you go left, there is a dead end, if you go right, it goes into the river, but, is very shallow to the pads, I haven't been farther than the pads, yet. There is a good hole around the beaver hut just past the island on the left, lots of fish, sometimes some really nice ones. Haven't tried minners there, would prolly work fine if you used them, they may, however, be spoiled on two inch Calcutta Acid Rain grubs on a 1/32 oz jig head? :D
Don't outsmart your common sense!
Jack