My Labor Day trip to Inland Lake
Inland Lake is a small reservoir in Blount county. It's owned by Birmingham Water works. When I was a teenager it was supposedly a great Spotted Bass and Striper Lake. I hadn't been in 30 years. I had made mention to one of my fishing buddies about wanting to go try pulling jigs there for crappie. He mentioned going today, thinking that since it was a small lake there wouldn't be so much holiday boat traffic.
So, there's a sherrifs deputy sitting in the road when we get on the Dam road. Had to show him our drivers licenses for ID and a $5 permit to launch a boat. Post 911 era stuff.....
So we get to the boat ramp. There's a huge sign that says, NO JETSKIS, NO WAKE BOATS, NO WAKEBOARDING, NO BOATING WITH WATER IN BALLAST, SKIING IN DESIGNATED AREAS ONLY. My jaw dropped. I thought I had found paradise.
We pulled jigs from 6:45-12:30. I also pushed cranks a while. We caught 9 little Spotted Bass, all a pound or smaller and 3 little yellow bass about the size of a deck of cards.
The water just out from the lower boat ramp is 150' deep. Water is clear. I marked very, very few fish and very few balls of bait and we ran the lake from one end to the other.
They might as well add to that sign: THERE ARE FEW FISH HERE. LOL
It sure was peaceful out there though.
One action shot, caught 3 at one time:
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