Originally Posted by
seal
The bears will not harm you in the campground areas unless your an idiot, give them space. If you catch fish and leave them on a stringer on shore there are local bears that patrol the shoreline and push people away from their stringers and will eat your dinner.
Once again unless you are back country hiking I highly disagree that bear spray is a necessity, bears local are not predatory, in other words they are after your picnic basket and not you.
As with most lakes locate the inlets and you will find fish including some nice brookies.