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I am retiring in one year and am looking to spend January- February crappie fishing and am looking for recommendations on what would be a good area to buy a house (or rent) in Alabama that is close to good winter crappie. Any info would be appreciated. Thank you!
Central Alabama has a lot of lakes that produce in winter
North Alabama has the Tennessee river and it's lakes which are all good ,really anywhere in Alabama will be good fishing
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Hartselle Al.
You'll be in the center of it all.
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Thats true I live about 12 miles east of Hartselle and 5 minutes off Wheeler lakeQuote:
Originally Posted by catchNgrease
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North Alabama has it all!
quite country living and the Tennessee river runs right through it . so you have close by fishing and with in a hour or so you have many many other lakes and rivers that produce good quality and quantity fish during that time of year!
All the lakes are good. Some have bigger fish and some have great numbers. All depends on you budget and what style you like to fish.
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I would consider moving somewhere that would be about half way between the Tennessee and Coosa Rivers.
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I love Logan Martin. I catch crappie from dec to April. Bass fish may June sept oct nov. stay off lake July aug. to hot and to many people playing. Don’t know you budget but check the horizons on Logan Martin in pell city. Three builders building in that neighborhood right now. 220k up depending on what you want and how close to water. Has a club house with pool, boardwalk all along lake with docks come off it you can rent and a boat launch. HOA fees 600 a year.
All the lakes in N AL will provide plenty of good winter fishing opportunities. Can't argue with any of the suggestions here, they're all good. Live in Madison/HSV and can get to them all within 90 minutes or less.
Awesome! Getting so many good replies. I really appreciate it!
Anywhere but Weiss if you want to catch fish
Footballcoach got that right. Weiss has been way over fished in the last few years.
I was just in your same position. My wife and I were living in Starkville, MS and I was looking to retire in a couple of years. We wanted a place ON the water and in addition to good fishing it had to have a "good town" with doctors, shopping, etc. that we would need in retirement (takes Smith Lake and a few others off the table). It also had to be within easy driving range of our family in N. GA AND it had to be reasonable driving distance back to Starkville because my wife still has 5 or so years left working at Ms State Univ. That took Wilson, Wheeler, Pickwick, and some others off the table. We aren't made of money, so that took Guntersville off the table (even though we LOVE the lake and the area). That left us with Weiss, Neely Henry, and Logan Martin. Logan Martin has some pollution issues (I like to eat fish without PCBs). Weiss is great and has some affordable nice houses but the town just doesn't cut it for us. You have to drive into either Rome or Gadsden for any kind of real shopping or services. That left Neely Nenry. Fishing isn't as good there as Guntersville or Weiss, but it is still good. We settled on Rainbow City and were able to find a nice house (even though it needs some serious upgrading) at a decent price.
Thank so much for your input.