lamar make sure the bed areas slope back toward the shore. They might be doign that but hard to tell in picture, rocks wil help but gravity on your side is best to protect that investment. That looks more like sand than gravel. See if the guy can ask about river mix that was the term they called the sand mix on the lkae down the road from you.
Yes the island is a good find, a godo place to mark with duck decoy etc and once full use the boat to pull some of the bushes out there for dense cover. Keep up the good work.
