My grandfather had a membership to Camp Bryan, which is on Ellis Simon Lake in the Croatan Forest. It was passed to my father, but after the duck hunting and fishing got tough there he decided it wasn't worth the yearly cost. Thus, I grew up fishing Ellis Simon lake and it was the source of some of my fondest memories of bass fishing with my Dad.

This was 30 years ago, but I recall the word about Great Lake and Little Lake being that they weren't worth fishing. I don't know if that's changed but whatever factors were involved with the habitat I would guess have not changed much. Lake Simon last I heard was inundated with hydrylla and very difficult to fish anymore.

 

Fished out at Camp Bryan a few times myself. Some monster hybrid coppernose bream out there. I was thinking that Little Lake was also a part of Camp Bryan.

 

I think Little Lake is (or at least was) part of Bryan. The rest I don't know about. There were rumors of some 'bucket stockers' in those other lakes but I have not been there in 30 years.

 

Buddy of mine just fished Ellis Simon on an invite a few weeks back. He said it was outstanding with both quantity and quality of bass. He didn't mention anything about hydrylla, but it's still pretty early in the year. Wish I could spring for a membership, but that's out of my reach unless I hit big on the Powerball. All the information I've seen on Great, Little and Catfish Lakes is that they're very acidic, low fish populations and stunted fish. And loaded with big gators.