I can say Fern is a waste of time! Stocking reports show over 10,000 fish going into it year after year. Three days of fishing every tactic I could think of and one splake caught. Unless someone knows something I don’t?
If you are willing to travel a bit, Shirley up the Dory Lake road ( 1.5 hours from meadow or so) can grow some lunkers. But I typically only fish it May long and October long I hear in summer it is a bit tougher.