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Re: Inland Lake
[Re: 7x57_Mauser]
#3356909
02/19/21 08:44 PM
02/19/21 08:44 PM
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Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 2,792 Huntsville, Al
Bronco 74
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 2,792
Huntsville, Al
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I used to fish Inland 30 plus years ago. I’ve caught a lot of big bass drifting spot tail minnows.
"We have an opponent in this state that we work every day, 365 days a year, to dominate."
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Re: Inland Lake
[Re: 7x57_Mauser]
#3356986
02/19/21 09:23 PM
02/19/21 09:23 PM
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Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 2,369 Marshall county
Bar270
8 point
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8 point
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 2,369
Marshall county
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Very deep water clear to about 50 ft or better ... have caught alot of bass and stripe around the bluff
Cat doctor
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Re: Inland Lake
[Re: jwalker77]
#3357570
02/20/21 04:38 PM
02/20/21 04:38 PM
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Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 2,178 Birmingham
7x57_Mauser
OP
8 point
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OP
8 point
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 2,178
Birmingham
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Mauser when we fish up there, we fish shakeyheads on chunky rock banks. I didnt mean to discourage you. You can catch fish there, its no guntersville though. It is a beautiful place with little traffic most if the time Thanks! You definitely didn't discourage me. I'm still trying to get the hang of down rigging, so even if it's just time out on the water learning it will be a win.
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Re: Inland Lake
[Re: 7x57_Mauser]
#3360423
02/24/21 01:19 PM
02/24/21 01:19 PM
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Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 12,918 Old Florida
Geno
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 12,918
Old Florida
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I lived close to it and fished it regularly for quite a while. The running joke was "there are only two fish in Inland and I caught both of them last time I was up there". I generally came home with two fish but I never came home with more than 10. Difficult to fish may be a slight understatement.
Use the lightest of everything you can. Terminal tackle/line/etc.
Drop minnows into tree tops and rocks for best success for bass and crappie. Sight fishing is doable as it's clear. Really clear.
The stripe will be running into the two creeks that feed it right now so get up them as far as you can and get out of the boat. Being in the boat will spook them. You can tell when they're coming as the rest of the fish will jump out of the water. Stripe are not real picky about what type of bait but everything needs to be downsized from what you would normally think would work. I have used stuff about normal bass size for the stripe with some success (by comparison, I use a 6" bait as a minimum most other places). You will need to hide from them like you would creek trout. During the summer they gang up in deep water and you can find them with electronics. They can be difficult to get to bite in the summer when it's real hot. A light over the side at night may be needed.
There are some alligators but they're very rarely seen. I never saw one in ten years up there.
There is a fishable population of yellow perch and they are very good to eat if you keep fish. They school like crappie so you can catch a good bit if you can find them.
It is 7 miles from end to end and absolutely gorgeous. Very few places will equal the natural splendor of that little lake.
Whoever is happy will make others happy too. Anne Frank
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Re: Inland Lake
[Re: 7x57_Mauser]
#3360705
02/24/21 07:42 PM
02/24/21 07:42 PM
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Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 2,178 Birmingham
7x57_Mauser
OP
8 point
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OP
8 point
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 2,178
Birmingham
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There is a fishable population of yellow perch and they are very good to eat if you keep fish. They school like crappie so you can catch a good bit if you can find them.
Yellow perch like the "up north" hard water (ice) fishing Yellow Perch? I've heard good things about them as table fare. Thanks for the advice.
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Re: Inland Lake
[Re: 7x57_Mauser]
#3362942
02/28/21 07:14 AM
02/28/21 07:14 AM
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Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 12,918 Old Florida
Geno
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 12,918
Old Florida
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There is a fishable population of yellow perch and they are very good to eat if you keep fish. They school like crappie so you can catch a good bit if you can find them.
Yellow perch like the "up north" hard water (ice) fishing Yellow Perch? I've heard good things about them as table fare. Thanks for the advice. Yes - same fish. Find them in schools that are spread out rather than stacked up on electronics. Before electronics, we just moved in ever larger circles when we caught one to try and stay on them. Catch them the same way as crappie. They will hit other things though - I've caught them on redworms and wigglers. Minnows work best for the perch. They will be in the same areas as the bream sometimes (rare) is how I caught them on worms. I never targeted the perch so not helpful on finding them - I just caught them while fishing for other stuff and managed to stay on the school for a while here and there. I've never caught a smalley, any of the jacks or a trout. I've also not ever known of a verified catch of any of them by anyone else. Some of the old timers say they were in there in the past and some say that's a load of hooey. I have no idea but I know I didn't see anyone with any some twenty years ago.
Whoever is happy will make others happy too. Anne Frank
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Re: Inland Lake
[Re: Geno]
#3376136
03/20/21 11:57 AM
03/20/21 11:57 AM
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Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 12,104 Sylacauga, AL
poorcountrypreacher
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 12,104
Sylacauga, AL
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There is a fishable population of yellow perch and they are very good to eat if you keep fish. They school like crappie so you can catch a good bit if you can find them.
Yellow perch like the "up north" hard water (ice) fishing Yellow Perch? I've heard good things about them as table fare. Thanks for the advice. Yes - same fish. Find them in schools that are spread out rather than stacked up on electronics. Before electronics, we just moved in ever larger circles when we caught one to try and stay on them. Catch them the same way as crappie. They will hit other things though - I've caught them on redworms and wigglers. Minnows work best for the perch. They will be in the same areas as the bream sometimes (rare) is how I caught them on worms. I never targeted the perch so not helpful on finding them - I just caught them while fishing for other stuff and managed to stay on the school for a while here and there. I've never caught a smalley, any of the jacks or a trout. I've also not ever known of a verified catch of any of them by anyone else. Some of the old timers say they were in there in the past and some say that's a load of hooey. I have no idea but I know I didn't see anyone with any some twenty years ago. I am certain that the dcnr put smallmouth in Yates Lake long ago; like maybe the 70s or 80s. It seems likely that they would have put them into Inland at the same time, so it probably isn't a myth. I guess that some of the stocked fish survived, but they must not have reproduced.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Re: Inland Lake
[Re: 7x57_Mauser]
#3378469
03/24/21 01:18 PM
03/24/21 01:18 PM
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Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 12,918 Old Florida
Geno
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 12,918
Old Florida
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DCNR would have records of it if anyone wanted to check. It would be a good one for smallies to be stocked in.
Whoever is happy will make others happy too. Anne Frank
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