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 Fishing in our stocked 54-acre bass lake, Lake Carol, is a highlight of any visit to Circle M Plantation. Lake Carol was constructed with the goal of maximizing fish habitat and subsequent fishable water to create a world class bass fishing lake. Most lakes are created by pushing up dirt from the deepest part of the lake to build a dam. This method creates a large bowl shaped area with no changes in elevation or contour. In addition the trees are dozed into large piles and burned. The existing creek channels in most cases are destroyed. In contrast, the dam at Lake Carol was constructed using earth moving equipment (Pans) to dig ditches, creating ridges and humps throughout the lake. There are changes in the bottom contour almost everywhere. In addition the two creek channels through the lake were left undisturbed. Most of the trees were cut and harvested but large stumps and some standing trees were left behind. Both of the traversing creeks are about 5 to 6 feet deep, lined with large stumps and full of brush and small trees. These creeks will be home to the largest fish in the lake. The shallow end of the lake has numerous ditches cut perpendicular to the creek channels. In many cases the dirt was pushed into mounds or humps next to the creeks. Lake Carol has very little “dead” water, or areas that will not hold fish. The maximum depth is 25 feet and it maintains its design elevation consistently. The lake was stocked in 2006 with F-1 Tiger bass. These 2 ½ year old bass now average between 3 – 4 pounds. When fishing at Lake Carol, you will have full use of a boat, boat house, and picnic shelter. Fish below 14 inches may be kept plus ONE trophy fish above 7 lbs. We will clean, package and freeze any harvested fish or cook them for your consumption in our dining room. May 13, 2009 Clark Huddle reports having a stellar day fishing Lake Carol with his two children Christian (9yrs) and Sarah (6yrs). Christian landed a fish that now ties Ronnie's record of 5lbs (see trophy page). Christian was using a scum frog near some standing timber and a weed line at Moccasin Point, just below the cabin.
The Huddles also fished the Parking Lot (two Chevy pickups and a Ford tractor) catching several nice crappie and some giant bream with 1/16 oz. lead heads and small grubs. Crappie are a wonderful fish but can be problematic in small impoundments. The Parking Lot seems to hold Crappie year round so we try to fish it hard every time. We encourage you to do the same. Clark fished the Z last and landed several nice fish with a Texas rigged magnum lizard. In all, they removed 10lbs of bass below the 15" slot and several crappies. Not too bad for three hours work considering the complications ( I say that with a smile) of fishing with youngters! Other notes: Clark found a regurgitated crawfish in the live well. We stocked bream in the lake for the bass to eat and have seen the bass throw-up bream on several occasions. We were uncertain about the crawfish. Now we know. Christian's fish is the second 5lbs fish to come from Lake Carol. These fish were added to Lake Carol 2 years and 10 months ago. I may be a bit wishful, but we seem to be on tract to produce 6lbs fish by this fall. We have started marking several deep water hot spots that hold fish. We started using manufactured trot line markers, but I will replace them with duck decoys shortly. So far I have Moccasin Point, The Parking Lot and The Z marked so everyone can get lined up and catch fish. The baby Bald Eagles have learned to fly. Very Cool!! Come see us! Bo Nolen Fishing in Lake Carol Package - $650 *Service fee (12%) and Sales Tax (7%) will be added to all charges. |
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