The cahaba has a diverse fish population spots/largemouth/red eye bass. The red eyes are similar to a spot but darker like a small mouth. I have seen one small mouth come out of the river in centreville and it was a toad. Didn’t know they were in there and haven’t seen one since, that was probably 20 years ago.
That's interesting! First I have ever heard of a smallmouth in the Cahaba. I know that the state stocked them into Yates long ago, so maybe they put some in the Cahaba too. Or maybe an individual did it
I caught a good many bass from the lower part of the Cahaba and Okmulgee creek when I was a kid, and probably 90% were spots, or technically Alabama bass. We caught a few largemouth from the slow moving areas, but not many. I remember one float on the Cahaba when my dad caught a 4 lb largemouth on a topwater bait, and then caught a 4 lb spot a little further down the river. That was very unusual to catch 2 quality fish like that. There were no redeyes in the river that far south, and I never even caught one until I moved to Coosa county.
