Anglers' Fish

Angler's Fish from Pickwick Lake and the Tailwaters of Wilson Lake

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We are still looking to certify lake record largemouth bass (8-pound minimum), smallmouth bass (7-pound minimum) and spotted bass (4-pound minimum). We also have an angler recognition program for other sport fish.



Shane Bland picks up fish provided by guide Steve Hacker to take to Carbon Hill State Fish Hatchery.	Doug Darr caught a decent freshwater drum which he returned to Pickwick Lake, April 12, 2013.
Anglers with some fine smallmouth bass take a few pictures before passing them to guide Steve Hacker for the hatchery to pick up. Doug Darr caught this nice largemouth bass on a castable umbrella rig, April 12, 2013.	The castable umbrella rig works for white bass and striped bass too.
Two beauties headed for the hatchery.	Steve Hacker must have luck fishing. He catches a fishing line, and it is attached to a Rapala lure which is attached to a fine channel catfish.
Steve Darr came down from St. Louis to enjoy a little fishing. He's glad he did, April 11, 2013.	Tyler Moody of the Hoover High bass team took this largemouth bass on a swim bait in Pickwick Lake.
Suzann caught her first smallmouth bass, a 4-pound, 2-ounce whopper on April 2, 2013. Suzann, GREAT JOB!	Mike Weiss of Indianapolis caught a 5-14 and a 6-pound 2-ounce smallmouth bass on back to back casts, March 29, 2013. I am guessing that he was happy he booked his trip with Steve Hacker.
Liam Weare and guide Steve Hacker warm up to a white bass from Pickwick Lake, March 25, 2013.	Liam Weare tolerates a cold day to catch this huge spotted bass from Pickwick Lake, March 25, 2013.
Millage Weare holds two fine smallmouth bass from March 27, 2013.	On Saturday, March 9, 2013, Heath Taylor caught this chain pickerel from Pickwick Lake. This 6 lb. pickerel was caught with a lipless crankbait (Rat-L-Trap).
Local angler boats a 11.14 and then a 11.83 the next day on Pickwick William Davis of the Shoals Area was doing what a lot of tournament bass anglers do before a tournament - checking out places to fish and looking for honey holes on Pickwick Lake with an Alabama Rig®. Davis was fishing several miles downriver from Florence, AL, McFarland Park. He was working a ledge in the Waterloo, AL area fishing eight feet of water when Davis' Hammer rod bowed under a tremendous strike on his Alabama Rig. Read the whole story on Southern Fishing News Home Page and click on the News-Stories menu. Picture courtesy of Southern Fishing News.	Early season can be great for big fish on Pickwick Lake. Rick Benson and Mat Lipscomb show their top five weighing almost 32 pounds with guide Steve Hacker, February 25, 2013, using jerkbaits and football jigs. Ron Glover caught this nice smallmouth bass from Pickwick Lake using a 4-inch white Strike King E-Laz-Tech grub on a 1/4 oz. jighead, February 6, 2013.
Ron Glover caught this nice smallmouth bass from Pickwick using a 4-inch white Strike King E-Laz-Tech grub on a 1/4 oz. jighead, February 6, 2013.	Ron Glover holds a fine early season largemouth bass from Pickwick using a jig and plastic pig, February 6, 2013.
Joe and Dave caught this nice striped bass during the fall of 2012 with the help of Steve Hacker.	Charley holds a matched pair of black bass from Pickwick Lake, fall 2012.
Pickwick hold some nice bass, as this father-son team shows, fall 2012.	Tom Stemberger shows off some fine bass caught from Pickwick Lake on October 26, 2012.