Thinking about going to Camelot Bell. Anyone been recently? And if so, which of the 3 lakes would you recommend? Anything else that I should know about the cabins, food, etc??
Thank you in advance.

Ask Ken A on h ere.

I'll let the expert chime in here

The silence is concerning....

Who is the expert?

There are a bunch of folks on here who genuinely like and appreciate the owner, myself included. Nobody wants to say anything bad. The reality though is the lakes have been fishing tough for a while. Whether the economics makes sense right now is going to a very induvial decision. When those lakes were at their peak a few years ago there was no better place in the world to go catch a double-digit bass. The price was frankly a value for the experience.

There are three lakes out there. I'm certain all three still have DDs in them. It's certainly possible they could turn back on this spring.

The newest Lake Round table may yet become the best fishing lake in world in a few years. We shall have to wait and see. It's still just a hair young.

If I were going, I'd probably see if Mike would let me split my day between the two older lakes, Camelot Bell and Wolf Pack. If he doesn't have them booked there's probably a good chance he'd let you.

Good luck!

Thank you, Josh for the honest reply. I was beginning to suspect something of the sort and have yet to make up my mind. And by the way, I enjoyed your book "Lunker Lore".

Glad to hear it. Tight lines this year!

any ideas of what might have gone wrong? i was checking their social media the other day and just doesn't seem like there's as many huge fish being caught. Maybe something similar to La Perla?

I can't speak for what is happening at Camelot per se' just my experience with "Camelot" bass we have stocked at our private lake. These fish get smart fast, especially the big girls. Floridas as you know are harder to catch than native bass. It seems these Camelot bass have that trait and then some. My experience is they get educated on different baits and one reason we are constantly changing things up. We still have DD but catching one is a challenge. This is just my guess as to what is going on at the Camelot Lakes. Pressure educates these fish and it seems those fish get quit a bit of pressure.

+1

......and they get pressured from very good fishermen presenting lures in a skilled manner. Many have likely learned to not eat anything when they sense any sort of sonar clicking or pinging.

Don’t waste your money. It’s not managed like it used to be.

If you go, do not under any circumstances turn on any electronic depth finders. Fish hear it. I promise you, turn on a FFS and hammer a fish with it and you can watch them move away. Small lakes like CB have been pounded with sonar. I bet thats a problem for the big girls there. I catch more fish on Fork without running electronics than I do running them. Thats reason enough for me.