Fyrne Lake Farms Fish Catches
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Les Dieth was fishing with Otha B. Lewis the morning of July 23, 2012 and caught this nice 3 pound bass. He released it to be caught another day! Thanks Les!

Tom Hall caught this nice 6 pound bass while fishing in the rain at Fyrne Lake on Saturday Morning 7/14.  He caught it on a worm at the back of a shallow cove near timber in 3’ of water.

Tom Hall caught this 2 lb crappie on March 12th, 2012.

Daniel Lipke brought in this 47.5 lb grass carp on 3-30-12.

Jeff Caldwell caught these seven nice black crappie, the largest measuring 13 inches, at Fyrne Lake on Saturday 4-7-12.  He returned on Monday, 4-9-12 and caught 10 more!

Jimmy Davis caught these 4 nice crappie on 3-18-12 along with 24 bass!

This nice catfish was caught by Wes Hilliard at Fyrne Lake while fishing with Jeff Caldwell.  Wes was fishing in the early afternoon on 10/25 with a chub (a small “chubby” live fish).

Here is nice 4lb+ bass caught at Fyrne Lake by Ray Lewis while fishing with his father Otha and his son Andrew on Labor Day.

Here is Robert Hendrix with a nice 9 lb catfish he caught on July 23, 2011.

Emily Hendrix was fishing with her father, Robert, and caught this nice crappie on 6-26-11.

Josh Smith caught this 20" bass on Saturday, June 4th, 2011.

Robert Hendrix and Bobby Pique caught this nice mess ofmostly large bream on 6-18-11.

Ray Lewis caught and released this 5 lb+ bass while fishing at Fyrne Lake December 28th.  He and his father Otha Lewis had to break through the ice that extended about 30 yards from the landing to get out into open water. They are dedicated fisherman!

Tim Koonce caught this 4.5 lb bass on November 22nd 2010.  He released the fish at the boat ramp.

Six year old Andrew is holding his first stringer of bass that he caught without any help from an adult.  He used his new cane pole that his grandfather, Kenneth, had just made for him.

Ronny Webb caught this 5 lb, 12 oz bass while fishing at Fyrne Lake on Tuesday, October 5th.  It was his second bass of the day.  His first catch was just under 5 lbs.  Both fish were released.

9/7/10 - This Crappie is one of the larger fish from the 600 we have transferred into Fyrne Lake from our Crappie breeder pond so far this year.

Darrin Theriault caught this 53 lb 8 oz Catfish while electro-fishing on Fyrne Lake this past Saturday, August 14th.  It measured out at 44 inches and took two people equipped with landing nets to haul the fish into the boat!

On Friday, July 9th, Thurmond Whitehead caught this 35 lb Yellow Cat while fishing in Fyrne Lake.  This big catfish was caught on a micro-light rod with 4# test line & 1/16 oz. lure/jig.

On June 7th 2010, Otha Lewis landed this  4 lb, 8 oz bass on 4# test and a 1/64 oz. jig.  His fishing buddy Dwight is holding the fish in this picture.

This is a 5 lb bass caught by Tom Thomason of Birmingham, Alabama.  Tom landed it after an extended fight on an ultra light rod equipped with 6 lb test.  The picture was taken by his brother-in-law, Jeff Caldwell, while fishing Memorial Day 2010.

Ray and Otha Lewis caught this cooler full of stripes and bream the morning of 5/31/10.

Karen Rohrer and her son, Joshua, caught this 44 lb grass carp while electrofishing in the northern most cove of Fyrne Lake on 5-18-10.
Karen Rohrer and her son, Joshua, captured and released many nice size Redear while electrofishing in Fyrne Lake the evening of 5-18-10.
Don Bogaski caught this nice 5 lb, 22” bass the morning of March 20, 2010.
This nice size bass was caught by Ray Lewis on March 6th 2010.  Shortly before this catch, Ray caught a 2 ½ pound bass.   The thumb in lower area of the picture belongs to Otha Lewis, Ray’s father.

This 42” Grass Carp was caught by Tony Lewis on Oct 26th 2009.  It was caught under an oak tree where acorns had been falling into the water.  

This 75lb catfish was removed from Fyrne Lake on May 2nd, 2009.  It had over 40 lbs of filets! Roland Criswell is holding the wheel barrel and Andrew Griffith is standing to the left.
This 3 1/8 lb bass was caught Friday 4/24/09 by Don Bogaski at 11:45am on a crank bait.  Don found a tag on the fish and discovered from Kevin that it had been tagged during electrofishing in June 2008 and weighed just over 2 lbs at that time.   The pound of growth is great confirmation that our baitfish stocking and fertilization program is working!
This 16" Crappie was caught by Mark Lewis while fishing with his father, David on Oct 4th 2008
On Oct 11th 2008, Dick Fauth brought in this 29 lb, 7 oz White Amur (grass carp) after a 10 minute fight on ultra light tackle equipped with 3 lb test line and a 1/64th oz jig... Amazing!
Mark Lewis caught this 5 lb, 12 oz Bass at Fyrne Lake with his father David Lewis, July 2, 2008.  He landed it just 10 minutes after their fishing started and Mark released it to be caught another day!
20,000 spawning size Threadfin Shad were stock in Fyrne Lake on April 28, 2008.  They will provide a quality open water food source for our Large Mouth Bass and Crappie.
Kevin Griffith is holding this 16 lb Blue Catfish that was caught on April 26, 2008.
We are removing all the White Amurs (Grass Carp) we can from Fyrne Lake to enable the establishment of desirable plant life.  In this picture Kevin Griffith and Roland Criswell are holding two 32 lb Grass Carp that were captured April 26, 2008.
This 6.9 lb bass was caught just 5 minutes after Thurman Whitehead started fishing March 14th 2008. After borrowing a scale from another boat, Thurman weighed the fish and released it back into the lake.  As it swam away a fisherman in the boat who had loaned the scale said he could not believe he let it go! Thurman said, "I wouldn't dream of killing a beautiful fish like that."   Thank you Thurman!  And the next fisherman who catches that fish thanks you too!
This 6 lb 10 oz bass was caught and released by Ronny Webb Nov. 16th, 2007.
This 23" long bass caught and released by David Lewis on
July 14th, 2007 was close to 8 lbs in weight!
Otha B. Lewis caught this 6 lb 3 oz bass May 18th, 2007 along with 11 other fish.
It is being held up in this picture by Ray, his eldest son.
This 4 lb 11 oz bass was caught May 6th 2007 by Otha B. Lewis.
It is being held by Otha's fishing buddy Thurman.
Here is another nice bass caught April 4th, 2007 by Otha Lewis.  It was 19" long, 3 1/2 lbs.
One of 60+ fish caught and released by Jimmy Gladden and his grandson, Tyler Gladden (pictured) on April 6th 2007.
Jimmy Gladden's catch is great confirmation that our Black Crappie stocking from fall of 2005 combined with our baitfish stocking in the spring of 2005 and 2006 are working!
In Oct 2006 Jimmy Gladden caught this 16", 2.4 lb Black Crappie! Wow!
This Bass weighed in at almost 8 lbs!  It was caught by Otha B. Lewis at 9:00AM on Sept. 16th 2006 on 4 lb test line.  It put up a great fight. Otha released it to give us a chance to catch it another day.
On July 7, 2006 Et