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Re: Trout below Smith Lake
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#3483163
09/09/21 06:57 PM
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Brierfield
Beadlescomb
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Posts: 15,982
Brierfield
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Ultralight and a rooster tail will catch them
We will burn that bridge when we get there
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Re: Trout below Smith Lake
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#3483248
09/09/21 08:02 PM
09/09/21 08:02 PM
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Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 38,489
N. Bama
257wbymag
Boo Boo Head
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Boo Boo Head
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 38,489
N. Bama
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Jwalker done caught em all
Quietly killing turkeys where youre not!!!
My tank full of give a fraks been runnin on empty
I'm the paterfamilias
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Re: Trout below Smith Lake
[Re: 257wbymag]
#3483264
09/09/21 08:22 PM
09/09/21 08:22 PM
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Posts: 22,153
blount county alabama
jwalker77
Pumpkin
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Pumpkin
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Posts: 22,153
blount county alabama
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Jwalker done caught em all Me and Joseph went one day last year and caught about 60 i guess. They must have just put them in. Ive never seen fish so agressive. I caught one and before i got it in, it ate the bait on my second line. When i got it in, it had both of my lines hanging out of its mouth. They werent big fish that day but we caught a bunch of them. The herons sitting across the river really appreciated it.
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Re: Trout below Smith Lake
[Re: T72]
#3483305
09/09/21 09:03 PM
09/09/21 09:03 PM
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Posts: 151
Northport
T72
OP
3 point
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OP
3 point
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Posts: 151
Northport
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Re: Trout below Smith Lake
[Re: T72]
#3483365
09/09/21 10:07 PM
09/09/21 10:07 PM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 16,660
lat 34.09 long -86.13
metalmuncher
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Anybody having any luck? Anyone have any advise on doing this? Thanks in advance. 1> If you want to catch more (and who doesn't) use a clear 2 or 4 lb line. Fluorocarbon isn't a bad choice. 2> If I can't catch them on a tiny inline spinner I'll tie on a #10 egg hook, add a single tiny splitshot, and a piece of whole kernel corn from a can. I also keep power bait and salmon eggs on hand. 3> Personally I've had much better luck up near the dam. I guess everyone's got their favorite spots though. 4> if it has sat on the bottom for more than a minute or two reset or rebait. 5> Be ready to egress in a hurry if they open the turbines. The water rises faster than you would think. 6> Watch your line closely when using natural baits. They may swim towards you while swallowing the hook. 7> Don't go the day after JWalker77. All of the fish will have sore lips.
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Re: Trout below Smith Lake
[Re: metalmuncher]
#3483568
09/10/21 09:45 AM
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Posts: 16,827
Banana Republic
jb20
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Anybody having any luck? Anyone have any advise on doing this? Thanks in advance. 1> If you want to catch more (and who doesn't) use a clear 2 or 4 lb line. Fluorocarbon isn't a bad choice. 2> If I can't catch them on a tiny inline spinner I'll tie on a #10 egg hook, add a single tiny splitshot, and a piece of whole kernel corn from a can. I also keep power bait and salmon eggs on hand. 3> Personally I've had much better luck up near the dam. I guess everyone's got their favorite spots though. 4> if it has sat on the bottom for more than a minute or two reset or rebait. 5> Be ready to egress in a hurry if they open the turbines. The water rises faster than you would think. 6> Watch your line closely when using natural baits. They may swim towards you while swallowing the hook. 7> Don't go the day after JWalker77. All of the fish will have sore lips. This pretty much sums up what a buddy told me
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Ben Franklin
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Re: Trout below Smith Lake
[Re: Sasquatch Lives]
#3483805
09/10/21 02:22 PM
09/10/21 02:22 PM
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Posts: 22,153
blount county alabama
jwalker77
Pumpkin
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Pumpkin
Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 22,153
blount county alabama
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We went upstream and caught them on corn around some ledges but some fly fishermen were giving us the stinkeye. They didn't catch much I guess. You aught to see how they look at you when you pull a stringer of 8-10 of them big ones up out of the river and head to the truck with them. Those things are some fine eating. I think they are about the best fish straight out of the water. I sure like to eat some two or three times a year.
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Re: Trout below Smith Lake
[Re: Sasquatch Lives]
#3484143
09/10/21 08:36 PM
09/10/21 08:36 PM
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Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 51,953
Round ‘bout there
Clem
Mildly Quirky
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Mildly Quirky
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 51,953
Round ‘bout there
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We went upstream and caught them on corn around some ledges but some fly fishermen were giving us the stinkeye. They didn't catch much I guess. A lot of them want to create a "Blue Ribbon" type area with no bait (corn, lures), flies only, barbless hooks, release-only, etc. Some have pushed for that for a while. A couple of weeks ago some guys came upriver on jet skis. Whooooeeee, the fly guys lost their minds. Dang sure have to be aware of what's going on with the water down there. Not paying attention and you'll be scrambling or get in trouble.
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Re: Trout below Smith Lake
[Re: T72]
#3484165
09/10/21 09:00 PM
09/10/21 09:00 PM
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Posts: 8,033
Huntsville
jono23
14 point
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Huntsville
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Clem that's actually hilarious about the jet skis. Were you there or just heard about it? I'm happy for the guys that want to go catch fish and let them go. There are times (very few) that I do the same when I just need to get away and want to fly fish. However, they are farmed, stocked fish. Who cares if you take them home. There will be another bucket of em' dumped in a few weeks. Everytime I'm there someone will start talking to me about how they know some of these big fish are breeding in there...they just know it! How else can you explain all these smaller fish???? (They list the size fish they stock each month) All of this to say. It's a super fun resource to have, people take themselves to seriously. Who even needs options on what to do with the fish they catch 
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Re: Trout below Smith Lake
[Re: T72]
#3484324
09/11/21 06:55 AM
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Posts: 3,971
Gardendale AL
Stripe
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10 point
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Posts: 3,971
Gardendale AL
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J did you go up the mulberry? Use to be a great place to arrow some big carp this time of year.
Striper Steve;
"Aim Small, Hit Small"
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Re: Trout below Smith Lake
[Re: Stripe]
#3484398
09/11/21 08:58 AM
09/11/21 08:58 AM
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Posts: 22,153
blount county alabama
jwalker77
Pumpkin
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Pumpkin
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Posts: 22,153
blount county alabama
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J did you go up the mulberry? Use to be a great place to arrow some big carp this time of year. No. I was out looking at a job one day and drove past the boat launch where the sipsey and mulberry meet. We went back in a few days, put in and went up the sipsey. Only time ive ever had a boat in that water. We really didnt take alot of time to fish. We had this idea in our heads that there would be some deep holes where some big holdover resident fish would be. We never really found what we were looking for. Trout being as skiddish as they are, we were probably doing mire harm than good with the boat.
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Re: Trout below Smith Lake
[Re: T72]
#3484436
09/11/21 09:40 AM
09/11/21 09:40 AM
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Posts: 3,971
Gardendale AL
Stripe
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Posts: 3,971
Gardendale AL
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Never had much luck there either. Waters to finicky and I’ve
Was told it wasn’t a safe place to leave a truck.
Striper Steve;
"Aim Small, Hit Small"
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Re: Trout below Smith Lake
[Re: jono23]
#3485186
09/12/21 12:40 PM
09/12/21 12:40 PM
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Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 51,953
Round ‘bout there
Clem
Mildly Quirky
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Mildly Quirky
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 51,953
Round ‘bout there
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Clem that's actually hilarious about the jet skis. Were you there or just heard about it? I'm happy for the guys that want to go catch fish and let them go. There are times (very few) that I do the same when I just need to get away and want to fly fish. However, they are farmed, stocked fish. Who cares if you take them home. There will be another bucket of em' dumped in a few weeks. Everytime I'm there someone will start talking to me about how they know some of these big fish are breeding in there...they just know it! How else can you explain all these smaller fish???? (They list the size fish they stock each month) All of this to say. It's a super fun resource to have, people take themselves to seriously. Who even needs options on what to do with the fish they catch Saw the riled up posting about it on FB. They were hotter than wet hens. I also saw on there a guy who said smallmouth bass wouldn't and couldn't live in the Sipsey water below Smith Dam because it was too cold. I guess all the smallmouth bass that live in the Great Lakes and Canada are superfreaks. But they couldn't handle the cold waters below the dam. FB is fun to learn things. LOL
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Re: Trout below Smith Lake
[Re: T72]
#3500258
10/03/21 12:21 PM
10/03/21 12:21 PM
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Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 8,935
Between the coosa and cahaba
!shiloh!
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 8,935
Between the coosa and cahaba
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I may be letting the cat out of the bag here but when I use to hunt in springville I would see trout in big canoe creek especially this time of year. I believe they where brown trout.
ggg
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