Humps, points, bluffs and Lake headwaters. These are just a few of the types of places, an angler should target on Pickwick Lake during late January and early February. This is the official period of winter, on this Tennessee River Impoundment, situated in North Alabama near ...

We’ve been spoiled. This summer began with daytime highs in the 70’s, advancing to upper 80’s, by late July. Even the first two weeks of August were unseasonably cool, with low 90’s and cloudy, rainy periods.

The end is in sight, but the month of September traditionally ...

DAY: So you think you have seen some busy lakes in your time? Well Logan Martin is 'The' recreational lake during the fun-filled days of summer. Bass anglers are hampered by all of the jet skis, pontoon parties, sightseers and bass tournaments held every weekend. Early morning, ...

A small lake, compared to the other giants among the Tennessee River System. Yet Wilson Lake is only small in size. This old impoundment has yielded many records, including the previous world record smallmouth bass, weighing 10 pounds 8 ounces, caught in 1950. Only 15,930 surface ...

Alabama's second largest lake can be downright tough when bass come off the beds in May. Searching out all 68,300 surface acres on Wheeler lake for summertime bass can be awful intimidating on such a huge impoundment.

There are lake headwaters, that offer cool, ...

Smallmouth Bass dominated the springtime Bassmasters TOP 150 tournament on Pickwick Lake in 1999. In 2000, the Bassmasters Eastern Invitational showed the biggest bag of bass brought to the scales, over the course of the three day event, were smallmouths. However, largemouth’s ...

DAY: If fishing during hot weather you, like the bass, are looking for cooler places on the water. On Weiss Lake you have many selections for this preference during the doggish days of summer. You can fish deeper, on main-lake ledges with deep-diving crankbaits, rattletraps ...

DAY: There is upriver Neely Henry and there is downriver Neely Henry. Practically two different bodies of water, if they were not joined where the lake narrows at Gadsden City launch. When fishing during the week water generation is usually going off and on both at night and ...

DAY: If we have little rain (like most summers) the fishing can be affected by water clarity. Lake Martin gets very clear (especially downriver) to a point of 5-10 foot visibility. Bass feed by sight and fooling them often involves downsizing lures and fishing a little deeper ...

DAY: Not many Coosa River Lakes get as little fishing pressure as Mitchell lake during the summer, that is during the day. As a matter of fact, there are probably more anglers fishing at night than during the day on Mitchell lake. This small lake on the lower Coosa river has ...

DAY: Another Coosa River recreational lake, but not quite as bad as upriver Logan Martin Lake, Lay Lake can still produce quality bass during the scorching days of summer. Bass tournaments are held here every week throughout the summer including some weekly night tournaments. ...