Travis,
It isn't a problem at all. With different wind and current conditions, you can cross the main channel and get close to the islands or shore to get up to the steam plant canal. Most of the flats on both sides of the canal have good fishing, even if most people are in the canal.
Once in the canal, a trolling motor is an fine, but slow way to get all the way to the boils. But you can fish the whole way and no one spot is that much better than the rest. I have caught good fish from one end to the other.
Only issue is there is not much parking at Coles Ferry Ramp, so on real busy days it may be tight parking.
CreekWalker, the bait fish will be in the area almost all year except in the heat of the summer. The predator fish just have many other places to find them. I am sure some are already in the area, but by mid December it is usually getting good at the steam plant.
I don't hit the Steam Plant early unless it is really cold as the fish are still biting great in other spots during most of November. Plus it gets old fishing only the Steam Plant by the end of the season in late Feb. There is plenty of time to hit the Steam Plant during the winter, so enjoy the rest of the lake while the fishing is still good.
With that said, the steam plant is great fun in the winter. The colder the better. Catching big stripers as it snows is a treat during January.
Jim
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