RE: carlyle lake????
I was hoping Slim would make it on here. He shoots Carlyle. I hear it has tons of carp. Also tons of stumps. I've been told that you have to be extremely careful in the stumpy shallows.
There are bigheads below the spillway. Don't try shooting from shore by the dam, you'll get run off.
At the launch below the spillway there are lots of gar and buffalo in the backwater right there.
I've only been there a couple of times, so unfortunately I can't be more helpful.