The end of my dock is about 8 ft at full pool. The cove is around 10 ft avg depth. If you go around near the bank towards the docks across from the the campground, you can safely get there without any worries at full pool. The next cove above me (locally called the corn field) has 20ft depth in there, I've taken the canoe over there and caught some crappie in the laydowns. There's quite a few boats that go over there and my cove especially in the spring so some people are "in the know" that it's good.

As for the shoals, you just have to know where the channel is. I've the 25' Epic all the way up there on numerous occasions. Come hang out with me and i'll explain

Chris