where all can a person go to shoot fish at carlyle lake,,its about an hour away and havent been there yet.. i have heard that below the damn would be good,,,any input would be helpfull

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.

I have heard that the rocks are the place to be. I also heard that you can go about anywhere in that lake and kill fish. Just what I have been told.

cool,, have to hit that up here soon,,,almost got my jeep done up to pull my boat,,just have to get the reciever put on,,i feel a road trip comin on,,i had heard a person would get rad off below the damn,,but i didnt know if that was on bank or in the water,,,just wanted to find out for sure,,hate to get up there and get ran off,,,that would suck

Drifter,
Below the dam is a great place to shoot, but you will get run off. Been there done that two times. What a shame, there are some nice gar, and big heads. One of the few places where you can shoot them during the day time. We have done just about everything to get it opened up. It is poor interpretation of their own rules.

Drifter,
All I know about Carlyle, watch out for stumps, look for fish on the rip rap, bring lots of barrels and have someplace to get rid of a big pile o fish.

Good Luck and let us know how it went.

well,,i drove up there and checked things out,and found the boat ramp,,we looked around there for awhile and seen several fish,,(think im going here pretty soon),,lol,,before i left i ran into a game warden,,and i asked him a few questions,,i think next weekend i may go if i can get my reciever hitch put on my jeep to where i can pack my jon boat,,i have a place to go here about 15 mile away,,if i wanna pack a conoe,,but im looking to use the jon boat and stay late

went saturday evening,,,after several problems that occured i finally got there about 3 in the afternoon,,got 8 buffs,,3 commons and 2 suckers,,lol,,should have had several more though,,LOTS of fish in there,,that lil slue thing they got was plum full,,water level in there was so low and so many fish that the water was too muddy to see them ,,even after dark and running a 500 watt halogen still couldnt see through the muck,,have to get me a push pole,,(any idea's),,trolling motor wouldnt get me close enough and everytime i would bump a stick or something it would spook the fish,,ANY IDEA'S ON A PUSH POLE WOULD BE APPRECIATED

Thanks for the update drifter. Some of us use a piece of PVC for small/medium boats. Glue a cap on both ends and it'll float if you accidently drop it overboard. You might also want to drill a hole through one end for a loop of rope (about 1/4"). That makes it easier to hang on to.

ill have to try the pvc thing,,ya think 1" will be good???already making plans to go again here before long,,lol