Record your heavy fish or large mess of fish here so we can keep up with what folks are catching.

Date
Water you were fishing on
Time of day
Species of fish
Weight of the fish or the number of fish you caught
Weather conditions
Water conditions
Bait you were using
Other comments

Date: 21 Feb
Water you were fishing on: Miller's Ferry
Time of day: 11:30-3:00
Species of fish: Bass
Weight of the fish or the number of fish you caught: 2 fish about 3# each
Weather conditions: Clear, sunny, 68, windy
Water conditions: High, normal clarity
Bait you were using: Plastic
Other comments:

2-22-04
Smith Lake
7-1
bass
5 spots 1 largemouth
Cold early/Warming Sunny
Water- High...dingy
Any and all plastics
Tough fishing...Should have tried a blade some.

Date: 28 Feb
Water you were fishing on: Miller's Ferry
Time of day: 6:00-3:00
Species of fish: Bass
Weight of the fish or the number of fish you caught: Caught 7, best 5 weighed 12.5#
Weather conditions: Clear, sunny, 64, windy
Water conditions: High, little muddy
Bait you were using: Spinnerbait
Other comments: 1st place in club tournament, 2nd had 11.2#

March 1
Private Lake
Noon
Bass
2, 10-plus
Strong south wind, warm temps
Unsure, probably in 50s
Texas-rigged tube, smoke-red flake
Caught a small one on the tube, then went back to where the big one broke me off twice on 12-pound test. Upgraded to 20-pound test. Detecting bites was tough in the wind, but she tapped it and I stuck her. Between 9-10 pounds, beautiful fish. Released and she tail-splashed me good before swimming away.

Feb. 29
Private club
3pm till dark
Largemouth Bass
28 bass. Largest was 6lbs. All catch and release.
Water was very clear
Sky was blue with just a few clouds, about 65 degrees and very little wind.
Junebug plastic worm
The bass at our club are just starting to move into the warmer shallows.

March 3
Guntersville Lake
All day
Largemouth
4 largemouth - 10 lbs
1 drum - 8 lbs
foggy...partly cloudy...breezy
Rattletraps, Carolina rigs, spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, jig/pig

Date...04MAR04
Water you were fishing on...15 acre private lake near Andalusia
Time of day...ALL day!!!
Species of fish...Largemouth Bass
Weight of the fish or the number of fish you caught...70+ fish from 2 1/2 to 8 1/2 lbs
Weather conditions...partly cloudy, verrry windy!
Water conditions...stained/clear, temp. unknown
Bait you were using...green lizard, silver rattletrap, white spinnerbait
Other comments...I have never in my life caught fish like we did yesterday! My arms, shoulders, and upper back are sore from fighting them all! Only kept a couple for supper and one for the wall, the rest are still there and getting bigger for next time!

Date: 3/10/04
Water you were fishing on: Guntersville Lake
Time of day: 2-5 p.m.
Species of fish: Bass
Weight of the fish or the number of fish you caught: 1 fish, about 4.5 pounds
Weather conditions: Sunny, cool, bluebird.
Water conditions: Good color, temps about 55-56 consistently.
Bait you were using: Strike King Series 3 crankbait, watermelon
Other comments: Parallel on riprap ... saw shad activity in some shallow bays and had two other bites on lipless crankbait, but didn't connect.

3/19/2004
Bayou Sara and Gunnison Creek (midways of the Mobile Delta)
7am until about 9am
Largemouth Bass
2 bass...1 was about 1# to 1 1/2# the other was about half that size
Clear/Sunny 60-65*
Low tide, normal clarity
Devil Horse
Jiggerpole fishing using a 20' crappie pole. I got on the water a little later than I wanted to due to working all night. Caught the tide as it was falling (not a good time to fish the creeks I was fishing).

Date: 3/24/01
Water you were fishing on: wheeler lake
Time of day: 8pm to 1am
Species of fish: carp
Weight of the fish or the number of fish you caught: 12 fish weighted 5 just over 100 lbs
Weather conditions: clear
Water conditions: clear to murky
Bait you were using: fiberglass arrow tipped with mussy carp point
Other: comments posted pic in forum

3/28/04
Guntersville Lake, Mink Creek
8:30am to 2:00pm
Bass
3 fish around 2 pounds each, a few dinks too
Bluebird Skys, Got Warm early, wind picked up thru the day.
Stained 60's water temp,
Traps, Soft Plastics, Spinnerbaits, Cranks
Buddy Caught his fish on Camo Brushhogs
It was tough till we where fixing to leave and my buddy caught those fish.

Smith Lake(Rock Creek)3/27/04
Caught 6 bass(4 in about 2hrs that morning, and 2 in about 30 minutes of fishing that evening)
Weight: 1 approx. 3 to 3.5#'s, the rest between 1-2#'s. Missed 4 or 5 more bites.
Caught 2 on a spinnerbait, and 4 on a lizard.
Water was pretty clear with partly cloudy conditions. Not very much wind at all. Seem to do better on a slow retrieve. Caught the biggest by throwing against a rock wall and letting it fall straight down, then twitching it a few times and letting it fall a little more.

29 March
Gulf of Mexico (Pensacola Beach Pier)
2:00-4:30
Spanish Mackeral
5 between 15 and 19 inches
Sunny 78 West wind
Normal
Silver and Gold Gotchas
Trying to catch a cobia but didn't see any so I picked up a few spanish. Missed a lot, had my line cut twice.

March 27
8:30am to 12:00
bass
62 total, largest was just over 5 lb.
Sunny with light breeze
clear water
June bug red and blue plastic worms, white spinner baits.
Fish were hitting in the shallows near structure. Looks like they are a couple of weeks from hitting the beds here. Should just get better.

4-7-04
mobile delta
afternoon
bass
caught 10 heaviest around 3#'s
over cast and windy
stained water(common)
plastic worms (black) and spinnerbaits (white)

12 April
Gulf of Mexico (Pensacola Beach Pier)
10:00-2:00
Spanish Mackeral
12 between 17 and 25 inches
Cloudy 74
Normal
Silver and Gold Gotchas

4/17/04
Place-Warrior River
Time-fished 7:30am-11:00am
Species-bass
water-slightly dingy
Weather-clear blue sky
baits-3 different spinnerbaits/ buzzbait/ camo 4 inch worm/ Junebug lizard
Caught-ONE DAYUM LITTLE'O PI$$-ANT FISH!

PS- I still enjoyed myself.

4-23-2004
Dead Lake
7am to 11:30am
LM bass, white perch, shellcracker
1 keeper bass (2#), 4 keeper white perch, 2 keeper shellcracker...caught 10 or so throwback bass, 5 throwback white perch, and 1 grinnel
Warm, partly cloudy
Stained water
White perch jigs with minnows, crickets, spinnerbait

Date: 4/23-24
Water you were fishing on: Line Creek(montgomery)
Time of day:mid day to late afternoon
Species of fish: bass
Weight of the fish or the number of fish you caught:Me, 4 fish, biggest 5Lbs.
Girlfriend, 5 fish, biggest 2 1/2 lbs.
Weather conditions:partly cloudy
Water conditions:clear and low
Bait you were using:purple and yellow worm
Other comments: lots of grins. had beautiful canoe ride.

4\24
Guntersville (upriver)
7:30a.m-3:00p.m.
Bass, few bream
Buddy had a 4lb bass, i had 4 around 2lbs Several dinks
bluebird skies and hot early, clouds rolled in and cooled off some.
SLightly stained in the creek, clearer in the river.
Chartruse SpinnerBait, Junebug lizard, White Tiger rooster tail, Pumpkinseed red tail lizard
told my buddy to use some sunblock, didnt listen


Tater

4-29-04
Private Lake south of Montgomery
3-6 p.m.
Largemouth
100 plus caught, from 1 to 5.5 pounds
Overcast, thundershowers moving in
Kitchen sink

-- Private and intensely managed lake ... teamed up with a friend and pitched tubes, freak baits, jerkbaits and topwaters ... just a good, fun day until I heard my rodtip buzzing as I was about to make a cast. Electricty and rods don't go together, so we shagged.

5-1-04
Guntersville (upriver)
7:00am to 5:00pm
Bass, bluegill, crappie
4 keeper bass around 2 lbs each, one spot that would have went around 3-3 1/2 pounds. 10 other dink bass, 12 bream,5 crappie.
Cool and cloudy early, rained on/off till 2:00, clouds left and got hot.
slight chop in water, not bad at all
Strike King Spinnerbait White and Chartruse. white trick worm, white tiger rooster tail 1/18 oz

Fishing was good till after the rain moved out and the skys opened up. The fish kept biting, but i was off or something, setting the hook seemed to escape my mind :rolleyes:

Date: 1 May
Water you were fishing on: Demopolis
Time of day: 6:00-3:00
Species of fish: Bass
Weight of the fish or the number of fish you caught: Caught 20 most about 13"
Weather conditions: Overcast, 76
Water conditions: Little muddy
Bait you were using: Spinnerbait, crankbait, plastic
Other comments: Only had 3 over the 14" minimum.

5/1/04
Second Creek on Wheeler
7:30 till 3:30
Channel and Blue Cats
64 caught
Cloudy in the morning then Sunny in the aftrenoon
Clear 20-45 ft. deep
Nightcrawlers

Date: 8 May
Water you were fishing on: Demopolis
Time of day: 6:00-3:00
Species of fish: Bass
Weight of the fish or the number of fish you caught: Caught 14, 4 keepers weighed 7.7#
Weather conditions: Sunny, 87
Water conditions: Tombigbee muddy, Warrior normal
Bait you were using: Spinnerbait, crankbait, plastic
Other comments: Placed 3rd in club tourny.

May 15th
Smith Lake(rock creek)
bass fishing
6am to 8:30 am
Water very clear and overcast conditions with slight wind gust from time to time.
Caught 4 fish(all 1-2 #'s)had one 4-5 #'der follow a buzzbait to the boat but never hit it.
Caught all my fish on topwater baits(white buzzbait, and torpedo)
I didn't catch a fish on anything else and threw everthing from lizards to crankbaits.
Water patrol was out hot & heavy so double check and make sure you have everything in your boat that's required.

May 29
Tenn. River/ Crow Creek
Bass
7 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Water slightly stained, small breezes here and there
Caught 12 fish, 5lb 1oz biggest, 2lb 15 oz smallest. Several 14 1/2 in fish.
All fish were caught on 10 in. Yum RibbonWorm Watermelon seed, except the 5lb fish was on a 10 in. powerworm pumpkinseed.

Tater

Date: June 3
Species: Crappie
Water Conditions: Clear
Tackle used: Chartreuse jig and purple and white tube bait.
Caught: 65 about 15-20 that were 9 inches or longer. (All fish were thrown back)
Place: Private lake across from my house..

this is for me and my girlfriend(okfuskigal)

6-12-04
Alabama River
8a.m.- 1p.m.
bream and bass
caught 35 bream, girlfriend caught 1 1/2lb. bass
hot and partly cloudy
clear water
used orange and green Rooster Tail
lot of fun, had to dodge water skiers at boat ramp in Wetumpka.

Went down to Orange Beach two weeks ago.
felt like 100 degrees, June 28th-all day
Red Snapper, Triggerfish, Grouper, King Mackerel, Bonita
35 fish in all
Biggest fish was 11 lbs-Snapper-caught by mom...
If anyone's looking for a trip, the Gulf Rebel makes sure you go home with the limit.

7-19-2004
Bayou Sara (Upper Mobile Delta)
2:30 pm
Largemouth Bass
3 fish (Largest was about 2 1/2 pounds, the other 2 were about 1 pound each)
Sunny and hot as Hades
Stained
Chrome and Blue Rat-L-Trap and Pearl White crankbait

I had caught the 2 smaller bass about 15 minutes before I caught the bigger one. I heard him splash beside a stump that was sticking up out of the water behind me. I turned around and cast just past the stump and he hit the Rat-L-Trap and jumped. When he jumped, he threw the hook and it wound up hooking him about half way between the dorsal fin and the tail. I didn't realize he was foul hooked at the time and thought he was bigger than he actually was. He got wrapped around the stump and I had to turn the boat around to get on the other side of the stump. He got off of the stump and I got him in the boat. All in all, it was a pretty good day on the creek that I was fishing, especially for this time of year.

JULY 24 2004
Pea River
10am-4pm
we caught 23 bass. the largest being a 5.9lb and another at 3.7lbs.
Temp: Was dang near 100
Water temp I really aint sure.
Bait: We used Culprit plastic worms. Colors were Black and we used Pumpkin seed with Chartruse tails.
Comments: Me and my buddy had a blast on this float trip. We hadnt fished together in a while. We kept about 18 of the fish. It was very hot but I would do it again. I think the heat index was like 110. When we got to hot we just jumped off into the water to get cooled off. The float trip took about 6 hours to make. The river was lower in places than we expected but all in all it was a good day. I really enjoyed it.

8/7/04
Warrior River
7am-10am
Water was stained with clear skies.
Couldn't bye a bite the first hour. I finally switched to a chartreuse & white spinner bait with one gold and one silver willow leaf blade. Threw it parrallel with the weeds and pads and caught 5 bass pretty quick. I didn't ever get the big one but had fun anyway. I never caught a fish while throwing into the bank. I could see fish way up in the pads and had one big one blow up on a June bug lizzard I was swimming across them but missed him.

8/11/04

Leech
>1 Oz
In my yard on my ankle, damn rain seems to never stop around here.

Pics?

Me and Brody Joe and my brother went a fishing today. We caught 10 bass out of a private pond here in Opp. We caught them on spinner baits and plastic worms. Photoshopped pictures to follow at a later date. Just as soon as Joe can make them look bigger than they are.

He can do it if anyone. I'm sure he'll do a fine job.

3-19-05
Crow Creek/Tenn. River
10:00-2:30pm
Bass
2 fish, 2 lbs
Windy, Overcast
stained
Both fish caught on spinnerbait, fished some traps, jigs, plastics.
Water temps were anywhere from 51-56.

Fish where caught in about a foot of water. Looked like they had just came up to the shallows. Would have kept fishing that spot, but the whitecaps made it hard to. :rolleyes:

Hopefully can make it back tomorrow...

Tater

4-2-05
Private Lake
2-5 pm
Crappie
2
Rough
Murky
Jig with white grub

4/04/05
Private Lake
2-5 pm
Crappie
6
Calm
Murky
Jig with white grub

4/05/05
Private Lake
2-5 pm
Crappie
47
Calm
Murky
Jig with white grub

4/09/05
70 miles out in gulf of mexico
5am-6pm
Amberjack
I caught 2 1st was 35lbs second was 45lbs..ended up with 6 for the day(limit) all over 25lbs
smooth as glass
Clean
Big diamond jig with pink skirt(is what i caught my fish on) others were caught on live mingos and white snapper.

4-22-2005
Bayou Sara (Upper Mobile Delta)
5:30 pm to 7 pm
Largemouth bass
3 fish...2 2# fish and 1 1.5# fish
Cloudy
Stained (normal)
Inline Spinnerbait and Inline Crankbait made by a local guy down here

Got home from work and decided to wet a line for a few hours before the sun set. Got the boat in the water at about 5:30 pm and fished just around the corner from the launch. I let the wind blow me around instead of using the trolling motor. Fished right at an hour and a half and boated 3 fish. Thunder started rolling in about 7 pm and the clouds started getting darker so I decided to head back home before it got any worse.

O5/ 03/ 05,
Location, upper section between Medlock and Abbots bridge on the Chattahoochee river, tackle ultra lite chest waders and panther martin. Time 4:45 pm till 6:00 pm. water way down started rising five till six.
1st fish nine inch rainbow

2nd fish 12 inch rainbow

3rd fish 10 inch rainbow

4th fish 10 inch rainbow


Beautiful afternoon, saw a lot of trout rising and jumping in the short time I was on the river.

05/04/05
Trout fishing, location behind the house on the Hooch...Tackle ultra light spinning outfit, panther martin spinner bait with split shot six inches above the nose.
1st fish 12 inch Rainbow
2nd fish 11 inch Rainbow
3rd fish 11 inch Rainbow
4th fish 7 inch brook trout
5th fish 10 inch Rainbow
6th fish 11 inch Rainbow
7th fish 11 inch Rainbow

Time spent between 5:00 and 6:30 pm. This was a grand day!

Date: 5/14/05
Location: Private Pond
Time: 6:00 AM-10:30AM
Species: Largemouth Bass
Weight or Number: 25
Weather: Fog turned to clear skies
Water Conditions: Clear
Bait: Zoom Finesse Worm(Red Bug) on 3/16
SpotSticker Jig Head
Comments: Me and a buddy fished for about 4 hrs and caught a lot of small bass. Very light bite. Finesse worms were the only thing they would hit. Caught 2 on a lizard. Zero top water.

Date: May 14-15
Water you were fishing on: Lake Martin
Time of day: All day
Species of fish: Bream
Weight of the fish or the number of fish you caught: somewhere around 100
Weather conditions: clear and warm
Water conditions: clear
Bait you were using: renowsky (little spinnerbait)
Other comments: Me and Okfuskigal had a blast catching little bream. We only kept about 22 ,but caught about a hundred. Most were small, but we kept on catching anyway.

Date : 5/15/05
Water you were fishing : Warrior River
Time of day : 3:30pm til 7:00pm
Species of fish : Bass
Weight of fish or number of fish : 10 - 15
Weather conditions : Sunny with few clouds
Water conditions : clear (real clear for warrior)
Bait you were using : Worm, fluke, spinnerbait
Other comments : Me and the wife went for a few
hours yesterday. Caught most fish off edges of weeds and wood. Fish were the 3 to 10 ft. Biggest was around 2 1/4 lbs. spot caught be the wife. Had a great time!!
Breeze and his wife were down there at the same times and had about the same results.

Date:5-29-05
Water you were fishing on: Pea River
Time of day: 6a.m. - 12noon
Species of fish: Bream & Catfish
Weight of the fish or the number of fish you caught: 7 bream 1 channel cat
Weather conditions: Partly cloudy & warm
Water conditions: 75deg. low & clear
Bait you were using: Crickets & crawdaddys
Other comments

Date:6-4-05
Water you were fishing on: Tenn. River
Time of day: 5a.m. - 2pm
Species of fish: Bass
Weight of the fish or the number of fish you caught: 5 LM Biggest 4lb, 1 Small Stripe
Weather conditions: Heavy Fog early, hot later
Water conditions: lower to mid 70's slight stain.
Bait you were using: Mann's 1-minus, Spinnerbait

Other comments Sure is good to see some grass while fishing!!!!

Clem, nice to note that other people have had their rod tip start singing. Have been looked at very funny when telling other people about it. Also fished Lake Martin one morning when the line wouldn't fall to the water (updraft or something). Lure (topwater) wouldn't move until you made a bunch of cranks on the handle.

Date: 10/16/05
Water you were fishing on: Lock 15
Time of day: 3:00pm. to 6:15pm
Species of fish: spotted bass
Weight of the fish or the number of fish you caught: 25 fish
Weather conditions: 70 degrees windy
Water conditions: Clear 76
Bait you were using: Crankbait
Other comments: Wore them fish out!

10/22/2005
Lower Mobile Delta (Blakely River)
8:30 am-11 am
Largemouth Bass
4 fish (2 2.5# fish, 1 1.5# fish, and 1 that might have gone 1#)
Cool (45° with wind out of the north about 15 mph)
Stained
Bruiser Sally (black, blue, purple Snagless Sally with silver blades)

1st time ever fishing the lower delta. We only fished about a 1.5 miles from the launch. The guy I went with had just gotten a new aluminum Triton and wanted to take it out. The fish were all caught while reeling the Sally through patches of grass.

Lake Martin---Caught 10 or 12 Friday afternoon on top. Spit-n-Image and Roy Gene. Most were small and averaged about 3/4 lb. Sunday morning, son and I caught 24 on top. Lots were small, but had 8 nice spots. I was throwing the Roy Gene and my son (who caught 2/3 of the fish) was fishing the small Chug-Bug. Fish hit top up to 9:30 when we had to go in. Cloudy with breeze out of the South. Mostly fishing the Triple Branches area. Fish were real shallow early (2 feet or less) and moved to humps and end of points later. Saw lots of schoolies (mostly smaller fish.) Wish I was there today.

August 2005
Wilcox county private pond
afternoon
Largemouth
12lbs 3oz.
Hot
Brokenback baby bass Bomber Topwater

Largest Bass of my life, scale was rusty so she could have been heavier. Released to fight another day.

12-29-05
Gulf of Mexico
3:00 PM
Redfish
36" Long guessing about 30 lbs. a peice
Sunny, wind from the North West at 10 MPH
Incoming tide, Water temp was about 65 degrees
Dead Shrimp
Using a Quantum Big Iron reel with 20 lbs Trilene.

2/10/2006
Bayou Sara (Upper Mobile Delta)
9:30-1:15
Bass
1 fish that might have weighed a pound
Cloudy and COLD
Stained (normal for this water) and LOW
Culprit Red Shad worm

Slow, COLD day on the water today. Only fish that I caught was a small (poundish) bass. Had one grinnel chase my lure back to the boat, and scared the daylights out of me when he hit it right at the boat.