Fayette County Public Fishing Lake
Fayette County Public Fishing Lake is a 60-acre ADCNR catch-and-release bass, bream, and channel catfish lake six miles southeast of Fayette with a boat ramp, portable restrooms, and no on-site manager.

Boat Ramp Cove
ADCNR-built concrete boat ramp — the only ramp on the 60-acre lake and the primary launching and bank-fishing zone. Portable restrooms on site. No concessions building, no lake manager on site. · Launch a personal trolling-motor boat or jon boat (outboard motors allowed only while loading and unloading); work the ramp cove with a wacky-rigged Senko for catch-and-release largemouth at first light; a small jig or cricket under a bobber off the bank near the ramp for bluegill and redear; chicken liver on a slip-sinker rig for channel catfish at dusk · Year-round

Main Pool / Open Water
Open-water main pool of the 60-acre impoundment — the deepest, clearest water on the lake, the midday holding water for largemouth pulling off shoreline cover in summer, and the target water for trolling-motor anglers covering the lake on a quiet day · Drop-shot or Carolina-rigged worm on mid-pool structure in summer for catch-and-release largemouth off the bank; a small inline spinner trolled slowly on the electric motor covers water for bream and bass; a tight-line cut bait rig on the bottom for channel catfish as the sun drops · Summer

Shoreline Timber + Brush Piles
Shoreline timber edges and sunken brush piles along the banks of the 60-acre pool — natural cover for bluegill, redear, and bedding largemouth. ADCNR maintains and refreshes lake habitat as part of the intensive-management PFL program. · Flip a small jig to shoreline wood for catch-and-release largemouth in April; cricket under a slip-bobber on the shallow brush-edge for bream bedding in May; a red wiggler fished a little deeper on the same wood for redear · Spring + Fall

Upper End / Tributary Inflow
Shallow upper end of the impoundment where small tributaries feed the lake — stained water after rain, shallower spawning flats, and the first zone to warm each spring when bass and bream push up · Square-bill crankbait or ChatterBait on the clear-to-stained seam after spring rain for catch-and-release largemouth; wacky-rigged stick worm on the spawning flats; small spinner for bluegill staging in 3-5 feet · Spring

Dam End / Deep Bank
Dam end of the 60-acre impoundment — the deepest shoreline water on a small PFL, a natural hold for largemouth pulling off shallow cover in summer heat and a channel catfish magnet at dusk on bottom baits · Carolina-rigged worm or jig-and-pig dragged along the dam for catch-and-release largemouth holding deeper in summer; chicken liver, nightcrawler, or cut bait on a slip-sinker rig on the bottom at dusk for channel catfish; a small spoon or inline spinner vertical-jigged when bream and bass suspend off the dam · Summer + Fall

Fayette County Public Fishing Lake — Lake Center