[Antennas] A floating Beverage?

[Lefczik, Larry D]

Just a wild idea-
My property boarders on a small lake averaging 3-5 feet of fresh water.
Sitting on the dock I look out over this vast openness and think there
must be sum way to exploit it for radio antennas.  I have thought about
stretching a long wire to use as a Beverage type antenna, but I don't
want to hang boaters or ice skaters.  But, since the water is not salt
water, hence, a dielectric, I got an idea of floating a wire just under
the surface of the water by using floats every 3-4 feet. 

Am are way off base here?  I have an idea how a Beverage works, but have
not studied it in depth.