Location: 2nd Creek - Wheeler Lake - Alabama

Time: Morning - Mid Afternoon
Air Temperature: 54 - 84 degrees
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Lake Level: 555.8'
Weather Conditions: 3 - 9 MPH South - South East Wind. Very Nice Day. Ended up hot.

Took day off (Good Friday) and fished with Doug and Douglas Ainsworth. Started on brush piles by marking and anchoring and casting jigs. Very slow. Caught 1 white bass.

Moved on and caught shad with the casting net and decided to switch over to catfish. Fished 10 jugs for 1.5 hours south of bridge on flats, but didn't catch anything.

Set up below bluff in channel and anchored. Fished for catfish by casting and tight lining on bottom. Caught 1 nice blue cat in 30-35' of water. Overall, very slow day.

Location: Elk River, Joe Wheeler, 2nd Creek - Wheeler Lake - Alabama

Time: Morning - Mid Afternoon
Air Temperature: 49 - 84 degrees
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Lake Level: 555.77'
Weather Conditions: 1 - 6 MPH South - South East Wind

Took vacation from work to fish. Scouted new water. Started at Elk River. Fished bridge - slow fishing. Was fishing in 12-25' of water. Caught 1 white bass under bridge casting a money milk jig.


No good bays on lower Elk, so rode to Joe Wheeler - 1st Creek area. Fished westward bay inside mouth of Joe Wheeler on drop offs and flats 12-17' of water. Spider rigged and picked up 1 crappie. Moved to back of Joe Wheeler in big bay and spider rigged with no lock.


Moved to 2nd Creek and fished normal brush piles and drop-offs. Picked up a couple spider rigging. Fished bridge bumping bottom. Picked up 1 white bass and 3 channel catfish.


Returned back to Elk and fished bridge with no luck. Ended up keeping 2-3 crappie and 1-2 white bass. Fish cleaned were still with eggs, though I feel most of spawn is over.

 

Location: 2nd Creek - Wheeler Lake - Alabama

Time: Morning - Mid Afternoon
Air Temperature: 55 - 82 degrees
Water Temperature:
Lake Level: 555.77'
Weather Conditions: 4 - 10 MPH East - North East Wind. Cool morning. Very Nice Day

Took vacation from work to fish. Concentrated on previously marked brush piles and drop offs. Caught a couple, but markedly slower that 4/18/17. Picked up a couple trolling. Slow morning. I believe I missed most of the spawn. Not much luck under bridge early. Worked small pocket next to road south of bridge with Bobby Garland Money Milk and picked up 2-3 nice bluegill by casting. Worked a lot of bays, shoreline, shallows, tree tops - Not much luck at all. Returned to brush and drop off and picked up a couple more. Jigs, spider rigging much more effective than minnows. Caught 2-3 undersized crappie. Size noticeably smaller than previous trips. Ended day with 5-6 crappie and 2 nice bluegill. Also caught a smallmouth near the road.


Fish cleaned still had some eggs, however, I feel most of the spawn is over.

 

 

Location: 2nd Creek - Wheeler Lake - Alabama

Time: Morning - Mid Afternoon
Air Temperature: 36 - 72 degrees
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Lake Level: 555.65'
Weather Conditions: 3 - 8 MPH South East Wind. Cool morning.

Perfect Day! Fished almost solely around 2nd creek bay, drop off, and bridge. Had luck with every technique. Marked brush piles in westward bay and bay mouth drop off. First day spider-rigging. Fished both jigs and minnows with jigs extremely out performing minnows. Biting all colors, but good luck on /Bobby Garland Money Milk and orange with glitter. Brush piles paid off the best. Even caught some on casting jigs over piles. Trolled brush mainly but also bounced bottom under bridge with some luck. Kept 8 crappie, 6 bluegill, 2 yellow bass, and 1 white bass. Seems to be pre-spawn pattern with spawn coming on very soon.

   

Location: 2nd Creek - Wheeler Lake - Alabama

Time: Morning - Mid Afternoon
Air Temperature: 37 - 65 degrees
Water Temperature:
Lake Level: 552.17'
Weather Conditions: 4 - 12 MPH East Wind

Jess and I started out under the bridge. Immediately picked up 2-3 crappie. It was too cold and windy to stay under the bridge, so we moved out to wind protected bays. Not much luck elsewhere. Returned to bridge after lunch and resumed catching crappie. Fished minnows bouncing bottom. 20-25' of water. Caught several nice deep water bluegill. Kept 6 crappie and 4 bluegill.

Location: 2nd Creek - Wheeler Lake - Alabama

Time: Morning - Early Afternoon
Air Temperature: 25 - 61 degrees
Water Temperature:
Lake Level: 551.45'
Weather Conditions: 6 - 14 MPH East-South East Wind

Fished primarily south of the bridge in 2nd creek bay. Spend morning exploring area and marking brush for future reference. Caught some in a westward bay and on the south eastern shore line. Slow morning. Crappie picked up mid-day. Jessica met me after lunch. Fished minnows bouncing bottom. Probably caught 3-5 crappie. May have fished under the bridge??

Location: Shoals Creek - Wilson Lake - Alabama

Time: Morning - Mid Afternoon
Air Temperature: 41 - 73 degrees
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Lake Level: 505.75'
Weather Conditions: Winds 3 - 8 MPH South East. Very Foggy. Limited AM visibility.

Fished with Jessica this morning. Very foggy with limited visibility. Fished 1st bend north of marina. Caught a couple Moved out to the main lake and fished on flats and point of sunken island. No luck there. Fished small bay on the north shore of main lake. No luck there. Fished near lock 9 for a few minutes.


Not sure how many we caught. Fished minnows bouncing bottom. Probably ended up with 3-4 crappie. Slow day.

Location: Shoals Creek - Wilson Lake - Alabama

Time: Morning - Early Afternoon
Air Temperature: 49 - 73 degrees
Water Temperature:
Lake Level: 505.88'
Weather Conditions:Very Windy 10 - 22 MPH West - North West

Fished with Jessica today. Fished north of marina in main bend and also up past 2nd bend. Main luck was had in the 1st bend in 30-35' of water over structure. No fish in 2nd bend. Slow day. Caught 3 crappie. Fished minnows. Bouncing bottom.

Location: Shoals Creek - Wilson Lake - Alabama

Time: Morning - Afternoon
Air Temperature: 30'S
Water Temperature:
Lake Level: 505.33'
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Fished near Lock 9 early and moved out north of marina in Shoals Creek. Fished 25' to 30' of water over structure in the bend of shoals creek. Using minnows. Decent day. Caught 5 crappie, 1 white bass, and 2 yellow bass. Bouncing bottom.

 

 

Location: Shoals Creek - Wilson Lake - Alabama

Time: Morning - Afternoon

Air Temperature: 29 - 49 degrees
Water Temperature:
Lake Level: 505.11'
Weather Conditions:Very Windy 8 - 21 MPH West Wind

First time on Wilson Lake. Fished deep water 30-35 FOW bumping bottom with minnows. Caught fish at Shoals creek just north of the marina in the bend and also out on the body of Wilson near Lock 9 where there is structure in the deep water off the north Bank. Was catching crappie near Lock 9, but winds got up and it was very rough. Ended up with 3 keeper crappie, 3 yellow bass, and 2 catfish.     

                               

 

Fishing game is about to get a lot stronger!!  💪

Wife and I made a trip down to Mobile for the New Years weekend and also to pick up our new boat!

We bought a new Lowe Stinger 165 with a 60 HP motor.  Galvanized trailer, allow wheels, spare tire, 24 V trolling motor, stainless prop, in-dash depth finder, 3 seats, 2 live wells, swing away tongue.  This thing is loaded.  Sure am looking forward to getting it out on the water.

Location: 2nd Creek - Wheeler Lake - Alabama

Time: Morning
Air Temperature: COLD
Water Temperature: Cold
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Kayak fished this morning. Set out for crappie by bouncing bottom with jigs and minnows. Only caught one, but the catfish were hot! Bumped bottom along the edge of the channel coming out of the west side of the bay. Kept 6 catfish and 1 crappie.

Location: Pointe Westmoreland Dock - Wheeler Lake - Alabama

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Catfished off the dock today. Pictures show I caught at least 2 channel catfish.

Location: Pointe Westmoreland Dock - Wheeler - Alabama

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Caught one channel cat after work. Finally broke the ice. It has been slow lately...

Location: Pointe Westmoreland - Wheeler Lake - Alabama

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Fished off the dock today after work at home. Tightlining with cut bait. Didn't keep good records, but do recall catching one very nice flathead. Love those yellow cats!!

Location: Pointe Westmoreland Dock - Wheeler - Alabama

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Catfishing after work. Catfish were hot today!! Fished worms under a bobber right off the dock. Ended up keeping 12 fish. Seems like the spawn may be on or near. Had two fish hit at the same time and pulled one rod in!! Had to cast and drag bottom, but eventually pulled the other rod back in. Excellent afternoon.

Location: Pointe Westmoreland - Wheeler Lake - Alabama

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Catfishing today after work from the dock at home. Pretty active right now! Picked up 6 nice catfish. Tightlining on bottom with cut bait. One big blue weighted around 20-25#. Good day!!

   

 

Location: Pointe Westmoreland - Wheeler Lake - Alabama

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Picked up one channel cat today after work fishing from the dock at home. Tightlining bottom with cut bait. Slow. Still a bit early.