Potentially, yeah. I'd expect so. I think it is worth looking into.
Applying the notion to my spots would fail ... what I'd want to do is fly the lakes with a drone. Water depth is often less than 20 feet and water clarity is such that anything new on the bottom would be pretty obvious, however, it's almost all within wilderness boundaries so we're back to the same problem as before regarding drones: no legal operating window. Mask and snorkel could work in late summer after the water .. or at least the near-surface water .. has warmed to non-fatal levels.
I find the idea appealing.