Upto about 100 miles from tuscaloosa
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Upto about 100 miles from tuscaloosa
I shoot docks on Lake Guntersville so I can't say about lakes in the middle of the state. If you decide to head this way I will be happy to offer any help that I can.
Are most of the docks you shoot up there in pretty shallow water?
On average the docks I shoot are in 8 to 12' of water. But there are plenty of docks shallower.
I haven't been shooting docks but a few months and I've found the ones I catch a lot of fish off of are generally in 20-30 foot of water any shallower than 10 I might as well not fish them
On the main river there are some deep water docks. I do pretty good on docks that are at the 10' and deeper mark that are close to deep water access.
The depth of the lake has a lot to do with which docks are best. On the Coosa river Logan martin neely henry a 20ft. Dock is hard to find but lake Martin or Harris 20ft is the norm. Most lakes have good docks. What lakes are close to you that will help us help you.
Most of the cops chain is 60-80 miles away. Logan martin is around a 100 miles. Lake tuscaloosa has been my best I've fished for numbers but they aren't the healthiest fish I've ever caught. Smith lake seems to have a bunch of docks but I've never fished it
Coosa not cops. There's the tombigbee and warrior rivers closer than those but not many docks to speak of. I've been thinking about Bankhead lake
I bought the Navionics apps for my phone and tablet, it gives contour, and depth, plus structure, and dock locations and approximate size. I use it allot to find docks with deep water close by, docks close to bends in the main channel of the lake. It has saved me allot of time and gas. If I find they are on dock that have 10' of water I can look at the contour map and see which docks have to hat amount of water under them. Well worth the $10 I paid for it. It uses GPS to locate your position and it uses Google earth to shore the shore and terrain around the lake. Hells me allot when looking for new docks.
Lay lake is not too far away for you and I've read good reports about the dock shooting
Lake Jordan has a lot of docks, I have not personally fished this lake, but im sure there is fish around and under some of the docks. Just have to learn what docks hold fish. I have fished the Alabama river from Jordan to Camden, there is docks all up and down the river. Some has fish some don't. But for me finding them is half the fun.
For shear numbers Logan Martin is the best around central Bama, a lot of the docks will hold fish.
I would say Logan martin has the size to. In the spring I catch some nice fish on docks. Now the fall there all smaller fish.
Only one I've ever fished is Weiss ... and it's about 145mi from Tuscaloosa. (or about 2.5hrs drive from Tuscaloosa to Centre)Quote:
Originally Posted by wbeadlescomb
It's a 6hr trip for me, so I don't go there often. But, I do make the 4hr trip to Watts Bar Lake in E. Tn, once or twice a year, for a long weekend (3day) ... and dock shooting is THE primary method for Crappie on that lake (Spring/Fall).
... luck2ya, wherever you end up going !!
... cp :kewl
Probably going to try bankhead tomorrow if the rain holds off. Looks like it has a ton of docks in the middle part of the lake
Try fishing Smith Lake if you want to shoot docks most are in about 15 to 30 feet of water and have enough room to shoot under,when I lived in Cullman county I fished Smith quite often and had good luck.But remember use light line in that clear water.
Where do you fish on Bankhead? I am in Jasper. Bread man
Didn't do much good at bankhead. Didnt realize how shallow it was around those docks. Left from there went to the lake and caught 65