Hey Chillin I know what you mean I get it about this time every year and start loggin on to this site for some walleye.com fishing stories, you dont have to be to afraid of that size boat I have been fishing the same size boat and as long as you ck your weather and waves you will be ok .There is realy some good fishing no some great fishing in early spring just after ice is off the lake and can be had really close to shore any of the main rivers will hold fish pre spawn, during, and after. A favorite place for us is straight out of wildwings in front of davis bessie cooling towers, you will see a group of boats there we dont get into the pack of boats but stay on the inside closer to shore , 11 foot of water up to 14 foot stay in that range purple hair jigs tipped with a shinner or two vertical jig , get your 4 fish and head home ,you can do this every eve all thru the early spring . we leave from Columbus Ohio about 4 pm find some bait You need call ahead to see who is open in early spring some of the bait stores close early . launch the boat catch our limit and be back home by 11 pm its a great time of the year , hope to see you out there let me know how you do mblmike