I used to fish them all the time when I lived up there. South lake and Island lakes are the best, as well as the Twin Tiles lakes. The lakes are clear and have a lot of vegetation, top waters early and shallow cranks and c rigs where there is little grass. Dont know about camping and you have to have a Peabody permit to fish there. They are good lakes but the heat might make it tough. Good luck and be careful some of these pits are very deep like over 100 ft in some.