Decided to get out on the lake for some recon of the north end with a some fishing on the side as I wanted to avoid the zoo that I was sure the south end was going to be. The weather was fantastic, with minimal wind and the surface temps were between 57 and 58 degrees in all the areas I visited. Ran up to Sand Point and started looking for bait trolling north along the shore towards Thorton Creek. Finally found some out in 100+ feet of water but no predators other than the grebes were after them. Ran further north to Arrowhead point and trolled the break for a bit. Noticed that the west side of this area had stained water while the west side was nearly clear. Nothing going on here at all so I headed further north to check out the WDFW launch in the Slough. The launch and parking lot seemed to be in better condition than I remember from many years ago. Also the channel leading from the launch out to the main part of the lake was deep enough for me to navigate my deep-v hull 18.5' boat with the lake being drawn down a couple of feet. This launch should be good for boat up to 20' especially when the lake level raises come late spring. On my way back to take out I stopped by the I-90 bridge and found a good amount of bait on the south side, again with no larger fish on the finder. There was a large amount of jetsam in the area with the algae being quite dense at the surface and the daphnia were visibly feeding on the bloom. Not too many boats out on the north end of the lake and most were being civil. The only jerk out there was the King County Sheriff buzzing boaters in their large bi-hull. Looking forward to the lake turning over and the bite to pick-up.