My family has a lake house at Fork. I hate that lake so much! The fish have seen it all, and you are always batlling 50 boats to get into a good cove or on top of a hump.
Thank God we now have a pond close to the lake that we can retreat to fish at when the people and fishing conditions on the lake stink it up --- as they usually do.
It isn't just Fork. I fished the coast probably twice a week for many years. Finally, I just couldn't stand to watch the zoo any more and the constant frustration with people cutting in, bird-dogging, and catching and killing every fish they could.
Ponds offer a great alternative to enjoy fishing like it was meant to be.