Holbrook, a couple years ago I watched a guy fishing out of a paddle boat, like you rent at the beach, catch a #10 bass fishing
in front of a boat dock just across from the ramp...some one said the reeds are gone, ..but I really like that little lake on weekdays..
99% of the reeds (bullrushes) in the main lake are gone. The reeds (saw grass) in the north end are fine and unaffected by whatever is going on.
I learned something about Holbrook last year running my fish finder out of my jon boat around the lower end of the lake. On the Navionics website in the chart plotter section you can pull up a topographical map of the lake. On that map they have fishing spots marked. Most if not all of those spots are manmade fishing structures probably made of of pvc pipe or something like that and there are several of them. I caught a few fish off one of them. That lake is well managed and well kept. That's one of the things I love about it.
The only drawback I've noticed is; because I fished out of a jon boat with just a trolling motor and fish finder, is I didn't venture to far out of sight of the boat ramp. I noticed a few times there were people cruising around the lake that probably had drug issues checking out all the parked vehicles at the boat ramp as they drove by; they'd see me or other people around and just keep going. I talked to a local and he said it is an issue so be aware. I just leave my truck unlocked anyway, I don't leave anything of value in it so unless they steal the whole truck and trailer they aren't getting anything.