Well jstiz the problem is where you live that small finger I bet will freeze like esshup said, so them small minnows have to come out of the finger and go deeper and then they could get ate. Where I am at here in Batesville Arkansas it does not hardly ever freeze for very long. So my FHM can stay a bit more shallow and skip getting ate! Fish naturally go deeper in the winter anyhow so you may could get by with it if you put a air station at the front of that finger in 3 foot of water in the winter. Some might make it then..... maybe...
RC
