Wheeler Lake proved stingier than Pickwick — and the leaderboard showed it.
The ALA-TENN Bass Club hit Wheeler on August 8th, shortly after a Pickwick Lake tournament where 13.79 pounds was enough to win with a three-fish limit. On Wheeler, it was more of a grind.
Wheeler Lake Sections Map
Think your choice of lure is the most important factor in catching bass? Think again.
Long before a bass ever spots your crankbait, its behavior is being dictated by an invisible force from above: atmospheric pressure.
Nine Bass, 3.03‑lb. Average — A Consistent Day of Heavy Fish Worth The July Grind
The Alabama–Tennessee Bass Club hit Pickwick Lake on July 11, launching from the Waterloo ramp and finding the kind of steady, three‑limit bass that make summer tournaments worth the grind.
Jeff Kersteins and Hunter Brewer. Photo provided
By weigh‑in, the top three teams had stacked some impressive Pickwick bags.
The Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries’ Go Fish, Alabama! Program provides adults and families with little-to-no fishing experience an opportunity to fish under the guidance and instruction of a skilled fishing mentor.
Here are the complete pages of Issue 3, 2000, of Southern Fishing News) tabloid newspaper. Fun to read and see the photos from back then.
2000 Issue 1
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EGO® Fishing marks a decade-plus of its patented S2 Slider landing net system — still unmatched
More than a decade after the S2 Slider’s patented handle-extension design first launched, nobody in the landing net category has topped it.
This week’s been textbook North Alabama summer heat — and the water’s showing it. Guntersville is the warmest of the three, running right at that 88-degree mark you saw — surface readings coming in at 88.3°F on the latest guide update. That’s peak summer, grass-mat hot.
