Wormy.

Location: 2nd Creek - Wheeler Lake - Alabama

Time: Morning - 7:00AM - 3:30 PM
Air Temperature: Cool 60ish in AM - warmed up to 80's.
Water Temperature: 78
Lake Level: 553.92'
Weather Conditions: 7 - 10 MPH North - North West.

Fished 2nd Creek for crappie.  Fished with minnows and jigs.  Fished in front of the landing at first.  Caught 1 crappie in 18' to 24' of water.  Slow.  Moved to other side of bridge to fish flat beside south side of the road.  Caught 5 white bass pretty quickly.  Jessica came up to join, so I fished under the bridge while she was coming.  Bumped bottom and caught 2-3 catfish quickly.

She and I headed out towards the lake and fished the large bay to the west of 2nd Creek, but wind changed and we moved to large bay on the north bank of the main lake.  No crappie, but picked up a nice 16"-18" largemouth and several small bluegill.  Bound the bottom of the bay to be very rocky.  Will be a good spot to shellcracker fish in the spring.

Came home to clean our mixed bag and found the white bass to be full of parasites!!  Will not eat these jokers again, at least for a while...

 

 

Location: Cedar Creek Reservoir - Alabama

Time: 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Air Temperature: Hot, 85 degrees.
Water Temperature: 80 - 82 degrees
Lake Level: 580.56'
Weather Conditions: Calm

This was my first time fishing Cedar Creek.  The North Alabama Crappie Facebook page showed people catching 40-60 crappie frequently, so it peaked my interest and thought I'd give it a try.  

The lake is not as big as I thought.  Tried fishing spider rights first.  Had a hard time finding suspended structure, but fished in 25' of water.  Quickly picked up 1 crappie, 1 white bass, and 1 catfish.  I was surprised to find 30-40' deep entire stands of timber underwater.  Fished slip float in trees, but no luck.

Spent most of the day just exploring the new lake, but didn't catch many fish. I think there is  good potential for deep water winter fish.  Explored 60% of lower lake.  Caught fish on minnows. 

 

Location: Browns Ferry - Wheeler Lake - Alabama

Time: 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Air Temperature:
Water Temperature:
Lake Level: 554.93'
Weather Conditions: Fairly Windy

Catfishing with Amy McGovern.  Attempted to goo out night fishing last night, but winds were very bad!!  Still very windy today.  Fished with shrimp.  Tried to fish the boils and discharge at Browns Ferry with rod and reel, but didn't have any luck.  We had some jugs floating to the SW along the flats on the Decatur side.  Did OK on jugs.  Didn't fish long, but caught 3-4 good catfish.