You can go right up the north side of the lake and fish the creeks on that side and do as well as any guide would do for you. By the time you get here, the fish should be in less than four feet of water. I live in Batesville and don't fish Sardis much but I have friends that do and they tell me the biggest fish they catch are always around the Piney Point(north side)-Toby Tubby(south side) area and back east of there. They say if you can get in three to four feet of water around those sloughs toward highway seven (Oxford to Holly Springs), you will find those big black boys that fight so hard. Sardis is high and you should be able to get back there. If you're staying at JKP though, you will be about a 20 minute boat ride back to that area. It could be longer than that. Hope you catch a lot of fish. I spend most of my time fishing Grenada and Arkabutla.