last summer i was in barry's bay(dont know the name of the lake but it was rather small) july 1-5 and i was catching whitefish in no more than 5 feet of water with a bobber and a worm i caught 2 decent sized ones 12 inches and 14 inches, i dont know about simcoe but these ones i caught were in the shallow water oh ya and the water had weedy parts but mostly sandy bottom