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Joined: Jul 2002
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Just an FYI and I am by no means an expert on fishing tailrace or for SM. However, a friend and I drove up from Alabaster and fished it for 10 hours with artificial baits. Only one SM caught. A few drum and stripe. Saw a few boats fishing live bait catch a couple SM and lots of drum and a few stripes. Around 10:30 or so many were leaving. Another friend of mine that lives in Athens and fishes up there all the time only caught two SM. Seems the SM bite is pretty slow.
If you claim to be a Christian then why do you act like the devil? You will be known by the fruit you bear!
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 13,330 Likes: 23
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Apr 2000
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Warm temps imo. Was always told “when u gotta wear a jacket is when the sm bite is on”.
The harder I practice, the luckier I get.
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Posts: 23,790 Likes: 46
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Aug 2002
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Smallmouth fishing is the most hot/cold things I ever done but I do remember early December being the best time to catch them below the dam.
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Booner
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Booner
Joined: Apr 2000
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Smallmouth fishing is the most hot/cold things I ever done but I do remember early December being the best time to catch them below the dam. Yep
The harder I practice, the luckier I get.
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Some of my best days I had to dip the rod to remove ice from the eyes and blow out the worm gear.
Its not the will to win but the will to prepare to win!
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Booner
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8 Point
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Joined: Jan 2011
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Its not the will to win but the will to prepare to win!
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The Flippin’ Idiot That Could Care Less
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The Flippin’ Idiot That Could Care Less
Joined: Jun 2017
Posts: 7,104 Likes: 17 |
Smallies is all I target and I've caught my biggest ones during the coldest ugliest days on the water. I don't fish in the fall til the water gets cold.
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Joined: Feb 2015
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My uncle, Jerry Crook, was a guide there for years. A white plastic swim bait, bouncing it off the rocks will usually catch a lot of fish. We would toss it into the boils and drift, with a tight line. The first small mouth I ever caught, was in the tailrace at Wheeler. 5.75 pounds. Fun times.
Here's to champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.
Roll Tide!
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