The higher temperatures of summer don’t mean the fishing goes south on the Alabama Bass Trail. The fish are still here and experienced anglers know they can be had, even during the dog days of summer. These are just a few of the reports we’ve seen out there about this summer’s action.

  • Mike Gerry reports, “Guntersville is entering the summer ‘on fire’ fishing, and it is the best it’s been in many years.”
  • Tournament angler Les Bratcher says, “Fishing at Lake Eufaula couldn’t be a lot better than it is right now. Anglers are reporting good catches every day, with some taking large numbers of bass.”
  • Guide and tournament pro Brent Crow reports, “It’s summertime, and along with hot, humid days, that means ledge fishing on the Tennessee River. Pickwick has been great thus far with largemouth bass in big schools up and down the river and willing to bite …”
  • On Weiss Lake, guide Mark Collins reports, “Bass fishing is good, with most bass having moved to a deeper, summer pattern. Docks and brush piles in deeper water are producing fish. Points, roadbeds and creek channel ledges are also producing fish.”

Night fishing has been hot on Lay Lake. Daytime on Logan Martin has been best on the deeper brush piles. Fishing is fine on both the Alabama River and the Mobile-Tensaw Delta in deep pockets and where there’s moving water in the shallows.

And so it goes. Just as summer brings longer, lazier days, summer fishing on the trail means anglers slow down, cast deeper and work methodically. But they will find fish! You will, too, if you hit the trail for an end-of summer fishing challenge.

Pick your lake and hit the water! The Alabama Bass Trail has fish to catch, fun to have and tales to tell all year long.