Yes, some of the jetties along marinas can have good Smallmouth fishing, as well as some Freshwater Drum. Lately, the Freshwater Drum bite has shifted to an evening bite. There is always some kind of panfish along the jetty...be it sunfish, rockbass or perch...especially if you can find a calm area along the jetty. I've seen the odd white bass or white perch as well, especially around the Bronte area.
In the spring and fall, you can catch salmon in under 30 feet of water along the shoreline, especially around the mouth of Bronte.
From what Michael tells me, you can still catch salmon shallow in the summer...but it is an EARLY bite. No personal experience, so take that with a grain of salt. If you like to just go for a morning paddle and troll a line while you're at it, not a bad thing to find out.
When they are shallow, you can get them by flatlining salmon spoons, Rapala J-13, Lyman's...etc. If you need to go a little deeper, you can use dipsy divers or torpedos.
For wind forecast, you can use Windfinder too. It'll automatically show a map of Europe, but you can scroll to Southern Ontario area and you'll see lots of stations.
http://www.windfinder.com/
Wind out of the north is the best. You can fish a north wind even up to 15km/h on some days. East and west winds, if sustained for a few days, should be avoided. South wind is usually a no-no, unless it is a recent 5km/h event.
Watch out for the convection phenomenon, especially in the spring and early summer. This convection is caused by heating of the land by the sun when the lake is still cold. Land heats up faster than the lake in the spring. The warm air rises over land, and cold air rushes in to replace the warm air that has risen. You'll feel a noticably cold wind coming onshore. Even though the forecast may predict a north wind, you may still see 2-3 foot waves coming onshore due to this convection. This is very evident in the spring in late afternoons. In the fall, especially late fall, the reverse happens. The land cools faster than the lake. You tend to get more calmer days in the fall due to this. It can be flat calm nearshore in the fall in the late afternoons.
If you are considering fishing early spring and late fall, when water can be close to the freezing mark, I would suggest a dry suit in case you flip over. Otherwise, a wet suit is OK for late spring and early fall. In the summer, you probably won't mind a cooling dip. If you already have a survival suit from icefishing, then that could be used as well...although it won't prevent hypothermia as well as a dry suit.
If you plan to go during low light hours (dawn, dusk or in the dark), navigation lights on a tall pole (maybe 24" high) is a good idea. You are sitting real low on the water. A flashlight, although legal, may not be enough. If there are some 1-2 foot swells, you could very well disappear in the bottom of the trough often. Boaters may not be able to see you even if they sit higher than you. Fixing a flashlight on a broom stick may not cut it since that light is uni-directional. You want some kind of dome light that can be seen from 360 degrees.
VHF radio is always recommended. Did I tell you that time our boat broke down 7 miles from Honolulu, without a working radio, drifting eastward toward Japan, while taking on water from a part that had corroded and fallen off the stern of the boat? Oh...speaking of which, a cell phone in a dry bag is also recommended in case your VHF radio broke down...which was what saved our sorry ass from drifting toward Japan then sinking in the middle of the Pacific. 7 miles...we were literally at the edge of cell phone coverage...our call to 911 and then the coast guards were cutting in and out.
