Apology

It was restocked with bass, bream and crappie after the old dam gate was fixed about two years ago. There is tons of bait fish so the crappie have grown large. Crappie spawn about three times a year and lay about 30,000 eggs each time. The bass are all in the range of two pound footballs already. I and a friend were out there about six weeks ago and each caught a limit of bass with my largest being 6.2 pounds and his being a 5.12 pounds. When the bass bite quit we started trolling for crappie and caught several in the two to three pound range. You have to remember that the original dam was built (Most likely with slave labor) around 1850. The old mill is still in place and was where the Maxwell family lived. There was a store and a doctors' office and patient area in the building. With the problem with the dam gate and the restocking complete, the owners have turned the lake into a "Catch & Release" lake only, until the owners feel that the lake is starting to produce the size and quality of fish that it was always known for. It was my best ever honeyhole!!! But as my buddy said, "I should have kept my big mouth shut and not told anyone about it". Before the dam gate problem, we usually were the only one's on the lake with maybe two other boats. I never seen it in its heyday. It looks like it was a pearl of a campground with its own store/bait shop/swimming pool and plenty of electric hookups for convenient camping. It only costs $5 per person to get in and fish and if you don't have a boat there are plenty of different types of row boats to pick from absolutely free. We only use a trolling motor but have seen people use gas motors. I wouldn't...because of all the stumps immediately below the water. The lake is known to have a major weed problem in the summer months, so much so that you'd fare better with a pushrod than a trolling motor, unless you have one of those weedless props. I have no idea what the camping costs are. You would have to call the owner for those rates. Tent camping is also allowed. There is a walkout dock to fish from and I believe the shore fishing only costs $2.50 (But I'm not sure on that price).