Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Creating habitat Trees in lake

I have so many trees in my lake I have a hard time getting my boat threw them to fish in the back water. What % of trees to open water should I have? I have 20 acres open water and 40 acres of trees. Lake is 4 years old and some of the trees are starting to fall down and making it even harder to get a boat threw. The other day I went with a chain saw and tried to make a path for a boat to go threw, but could only cut what was above the ice. Would making plastic fish attractors for the open water be a waste of time or would it draw fish out of the trees so I could catch something. I have put 2000 cats,1000 L.bass, 1000 bluegill, 300 red ear sunfish, and 250 b crappie. All of these were 2 to 3 inches long. Then I also put in 50, 5 to 9 inch crappie. Some how lots of bullheads and green sunfish also made its way in. Minnows and bluegill were put in a year before everything else. I can not catch anything but bullhead and green sunfish on a regular basis.( 1 bass and dozen black crappie in 2 years) My goal for the lake is large cats, 3 to 5 lb. bass and a nice eating size black crappie. I have a lot of kids that will fish the lake so need numbers not size. I know I did not put in enough fish but the mighty $ stopped me from putting in any more.