Anyone ever fish it?

If so, what do you catch? What can you look to catch this time of year?

Supposed to be a good place to catch stripers now when the waters going. Never done it. Have a friend who talks about it alot. Watch out for the rocks. Go slow. Youll go under a trussel about 1/4 mile beliw the dam. Its rocky from there up to the dam.

I’ve done it a few times but not this time of year. Caught some decent spots doing it. Historically Logan Martin drops about 6’ for winter pool, but I believe I read where they are trying to limit it to 3’ this yr. I have some friends that catch some really nice stripe on live threadfin below Neely dam.

I have fished the Dam at Henry Neely many times with my uncle who was a guide there. We fished the boils with thread-fin shad and a sinker. Drive up into the boils and drift the bait letting it bounce off the rocks. We caught big catfish, carp, tons of small mouth, some large mouth, stripe, and hybrids. I caught several 6 lb small mouth and the biggest one my uncle ever caught there was over 8 lbs, as I recall. It's fun but if you don't know how to position the boat for the drift, you don't get as many bites.

Thats pretty interesting. Thanks

Smallmouth on the Coosa River????

Not sure Logan Martin has any Smallmouth. At least I have never seen one weighed in, in 30 yrs.

The only things I have fished for there is Stripers, Hybrids and Crappie. I've caught my fair share of Stripers and Hybrids there on both Threadfin and Gizzard shad in the tailrace. There have been plenty of days when a Pearl colored 4" or 5" Sassy-Shad was just as productive.

Not likely this time of year, but when the water is running hard they can be found further downstream from about the old lock on down to below Ohatchee Creek. Sometimes they will hang just below the Trestle in the washouts.

In and around the boils are great when the turbines aren't wide open. I like to pull up beside and slightly below it, toss a Sassy-Shad in so that it falls off the back side of the boil and then try to route it underneath the boil. Stay well away from the area around the catwalk. Respect them and give them some space and for the most part they will respect your space. Sometimes there will be guys on the catwalk with surf rods that are capable of casting well into the floodgate area, maybe almost to the far bank. Best Striper fishing is when one turbine is wide open or when two are releasing about that same amount of water. If there is no water running, go find some Crappie instead, or that's what I do (try to do that is) anyway.

I've found the Crappie all around the area, in the riprap, up against the dam, at the lock, below the trestle and up in Ohatchee Creek. Basically the whole area.

I haven't fished specifically for Whiskerfish, but have caught a bunch of them too. Sometimes they are just there, and hungry.

My son with a nice Blue








Disclaimer: I'm not sure but I believe I may have posted all of these images here before. None of them are very recent.

I posted that and didn't return until now. After reading the responses, it is likely that I have mistaken my trips to Henry Neely with my trips to Wheeler. Sorry about that fellas.

Yeah, that sounds more like Wheeler

I think most assumed this was the case. But dang some Coosa river smallmouth sounded awesome!