Thread: Report: Madison County Lake, 29 Nov

That's the one robw.

I've only fished the lake once. I know they stock the trout in the small pond by the building where you pay for your daily use permit. It isn't connected to the main lake during the winter. I think they have a grate or something that separates them.

Oh, I found the number in my phone from a couple years ago. The manager was named Allen 256-776-4905.

Thanks for the info @DitchBasser

It's not big at all can almost cast across it in most places

Robw the trout are stocked in small ponds that are not connected to Madison lake. A real treat for the kids. Note that you can only use your trolling motor in the lake. Fun lake to fish though.

Thanks for the info guys, will definitely give it a try, maybe my son will quit hounding me about going down below Smith Lake

Originally Posted by robw

Thanks for the info guys, will definitely give it a try, maybe my son will quit hounding me about going down below Smith Lake

The tailwaters below Smith Lake are a blast to fish. Most of the trout are only 10-12" but it's not rare to catch some over 2 lbs and 15"+. I've never fished Madison County Lake for trout, but I can't imagine it is any more fun than the Sipsey Fork...unless there is no limit there.

robw, the trout impoundment is a bank fishing area. The main lake has a nice launch and you can put a bass boat in, but no outboard engines allowed to run the lake. You can use your engine to trailer your boat upon take out. Note that the lake is only open Fri-Sun during the winter / trout season. You can always give Allen a call and get a fishing report from him on the trout and the main lake as well. It is closer to Maysville if you look it up on google or mapquest. DB has been out on the main lake in his kayak before. I've even taken my crappie rig out there before too. Caught an 8 pound bass one year while long lining, that was a hoot! The lake is also listed in the fishing regs for the state and the phone number is listed there too.

We have looked at the Sipsey Fork a few times, but the water just seems to always be one extreme or the other. Either not enough water to float or so much current that by the time I get one cast in I would be washed all the way down to the bridge lol.

We have been wanting to put the kayaks in but one day when we rode out there, the water was really skinny so we walked all the way past the pump station to up behind the dam and waded out into the first good set of shoals about 300 yards below the dam and we hadn't been there 10mins before an AL Power employee drove down and told us we were not allowed to fish there.

Do you do most of your fishing between the pumphouse and the bridge or on down the river below the bridge?

We do all of ours from the bridge nearly all the way to the dam. I have been meaning to float it but never had time this past summer. In the summer, we always go at daylight and fish between the pumphouse and about the second access walkway towards the dam. Then we move to the area near the dam where you said they told you you couldn't fish. Finally we finish later in the morning in the deeper water between the pumphouse and the bridge.

I am not sure why the told you not to fish where you did. We have never been told that nor have I seen any rules posted against it. It's possible they were going to release water soon and just didn't communicate well that you couldn't be there at that point in time.

The fish there can be finicky but if you can find the bait they want you can catch your limit in less than 30 minutes. The friend I go with has it mastered there and can usually walk out with 5 of the biggest trout most people have ever caught from there. In fact he throws plenty of the really big ones back as he prefers the taste of the medium sized ones.