I am going up on a family camping trip in August.  I figure this is about the worst possible time to go fishing in the swamp/lake.
 
I hear of bowfin?  Is this accurate, and can anyone confirm?  I also hear of pickerel, which I would be more than a little interested in.  Rumor has it there are three or four musky swimming around with a few pike, too.  I think I will try to leave the musky be.  I assume try to fish for pickerel and bowfin in/along the weed edges?  Maybe up in that channel that runs up through the swampier part?  Perch in the deepest parts, down close to the dam?  I hear there are a decent population of crappie as well.  Get up super early and fish from daylight until 10, then the last couple hours of the day?  Just fish a little top water for bass/pickerel/bowfin/(whatever) and say screw the panfish thing?
 
Any help would be appreciated!

Bowfins like da weeds n jigs trust me

Are you following me where I fish cuz you be fishing alot of my local haunts jus sayin lol

JimmyHalapluka and Lummis put a tracker on your car.  He was looking for that cute chick that used to post here with you.
 
Ha, no, I am taking the family camping with my sister's family up there in August.  Meteor shower that weekend, I guess it is supposed to be a good place to watch one.  We should've went to that Cherry Springs place, but I think it is about another two hours for us WV yokels.  I figured while they were out hugging trees and trying to to get bit by a rattlesnake, I would take the kids out in the jon boat and try to get a fish or two.  I have done some Geneva swamp bowfinning, and it was a blast.  I catch a pickerel, it goes in the cooler.  We ate a few of them out of high point last year, GD delicious. 
 
 

That lake is absolutely infested with pickerel. Please take em. 

johnthefisherman
That lake is absolutely infested with pickerel. Please take em. 

 
What is the summer pickerel tactic of choice?  I assume they hang in the weeds looking to ambush?  If I get the opportunity, I would take a family limit for each day I was there.  They have a tendency to stunt, and I would probably be doing the lake a small favor.  I kept some from high point last year, and they were delicious. 

buzz baits?
or
live minnows?
 
I would think anything for pike on a smaller scale, would work for pickerel

I was kind of wondering what they did when it got warm.  I don't really know.

How is this lake? It's 2 hours away from my house. The google Earth shows nice lilly pads (I believe) Looks like a good lake for a kayak ambush

I didn't end up going.  We went down to Spruce Knob instead.  Fishing sucked(that place is horrible), meteor shower was ok, it was probably 50% clouds.  Got to do some spelunking, which was cool.
 
I am still interested in this lake, I would like to try it as it cools off this fall, or in the spring.