I am a local and I cant justify driving an hour and a half everytime to kaw where the thump is more exciting than lets say liberty, but liberty is a decent lake. There's an old boat ramp directly west of the entrance and that is a good spot to bank fish. White bass, largemouth, and crappie can be caught there. I use a kayak and the last handful of times out there I will limit out. You won't load up with 12 inchers but trying to keep 10 inchers you can fill the freezer on crappie. I am actually considering playing in the snow tomorrow at liberty in the kayak. Never fished in the snow before!