18.5 lb stringer 5 fish

[bingham]

Got on the water at about 8 o clock this mornin and instead of crankin up and runnin the length of the lake like most anglers choose to do, we dropped the 'ol troller down and went at it. fished about 100 yards of the bank (black and blue sb with a worm trailor and double colorado blades) and came to some grass with a little structure on it. threw it to the back and rolled it about 10 yards away from the boat...STRIKE!!! right beside a log. forgot the net in the car so i horsed this 3.5 lb spot in and swung him into the boat, first fish of the day!

5 minutes later sharpe hooked one off the edge of a grass bed right when it hit the water... it stayed down deep until right when it got to the boat and once again with no net he swung it up into the boat. NICE FISH!!!

I didnt catch anymore but he did catch 3 more later as the day went on... 4lb spot and 3.5 lb spot and a small 12 incher

great day to be on the water even though the wind was kickin!!!

check the pics out and tell me how our day went!!!

[The Doc]

Nice fish on the right! I love going home to Alabama and fishin this small lake near my house called Stone. I live in southern Alabama, outside Mobile.

[bamabassman]

WHAT RIVER? com'on bingham DETAILS MAN!!!!

oh and very nice fish there guys.



and the doc.....where outside of mobile?

[bingham]

man if i gave up too much youd be there before i could get my boat back in the water!!! lol Black Warrior river... i was on a lake though not out on the main river, but that you'll have to decide foryourself

[bamabassman]

aaaaahhhhhhhh the old warrior huh? a lake nearby too? ok, ok, i hear ya man. and you ain't gotta worry bout me for a while bout going out there anytime soon. i already got the next 6 weekends planned out. then the get together in may. i am filling up my summer real quick. hahahaha.

[bingham]

yeah yeah i her ya... its a lake dammed off in the river channel such as lake jordan, martin, or lay... i didnt know if you knew what i meant by that but hey maybe youll make it down here sometime, hopefully we can put ya on some fish i dont like hearin about people not havin luck, at least ya got your 12 incher in for the day! sharpe ended up gettin the weight of that fish, 8.6 lbs!!! def his new pb of the year for now... more pics to come

[WTL]

Holt lake?

Oh well, good day either way. The river has some bass in it, I used to put in off jack warner and go up to the dam a lot.

[sharpe012010]

for the record i was fishing with a 3 in worm on a dropshot

[sharpe012010]

stats on the LM 23 1/2 inch length..16 1/2-17 inches.. used a piece of fishing line 20 inches long to measure girth.. barely had line left once it was wrapped around her!! http://www.bassresource.com/bassfish...alculator.html

[aikenyounggun]

great pics and a great day

[bingham]

Originally Posted by WTL

Holt lake?

Oh well, good day either way. The river has some bass in it, I used to put in off jack warner and go up to the dam a lot.

Somethin like that i'd say, aint gonna quite say your right but good guess... I know where your talkin about goin in the river i used to live in the apartments closest to the landing. Its Riverview. Your right about the fishin, pretty good chance your gonna catch a few quality bass out of it ive actually caught a few myself...

Itd be good if you could come up one ay and bring a friend, me an sharpe would like to have ya!

[WTL]

Originally Posted by bingham

i used to live in the apartments closest to the landing. Its Riverview. Your right about the fishin, pretty good chance your gonna catch a few quality bass out of it ive actually caught a few myself...

Itd be good if you could come up one ay and bring a friend, me an sharpe would like to have ya!

Lol, we were neigbors. I lived on 8th ave right past riverview, before you get to the credit union - literally about 500 feet from you if that. I used to jog through the woods to the ramp.

Maybe A-day weekend I will be back. It'd be nice to meet some of yall.

PS, I know I'm close. I know which ramp you loaded at from the last pics as well. Haha. You are doing good there.

[Jim80]

Nice fish guys can't wait to out up here ,


Jim

[bingham]

Originally Posted by WTL

Lol, we were neigbors. I lived on 8th ave right past riverview, before you get to the credit union - literally about 500 feet from you if that. I used to jog through the woods to the ramp.

haha yeah i know the trail your talkin about! we were pretty close then, come on, i wont feel like im outfishin someone who's new then

Originally Posted by WTL

PS, I know I'm close. I know which ramp you loaded at from the last pics as well. Haha. You are doing good there.

haha ya got me! i didnt realize you were that familiar with the area... you can come on out there too, i have no doubts about knowing the best spots on that lake as well...

[WTL]

Originally Posted by bingham

haha yeah i know the trail your talkin about! we were pretty close then, come on, i wont feel like im outfishin someone who's new then




haha ya got me! i didnt realize you were that familiar with the area... you can come on out there too, i have no doubts about knowing the best spots on that lake as well...

What, did you think I spent 7 years in tuscaloosa going to class! Haha, not me. Orientation weekend at Bama for me was spent at lake nicol.

Actually judging from the pics, you might outfish me. I never did that well at the place we are talking about. Did that well on the river below the dam though. Stripers too. I'll see if I can find some pics from old threads.













Caught more numbers at nicol than size. Did "guide" a fellow who stayed at the hampton I worked at one day and he got a hawg. Heres a pic.

[bingham]

Originally Posted by WTL

What, did you think I spent 7 years in tuscaloosa going to class! Haha, not me. Orientation weekend at Bama for me was spent at lake nicol.

Actually judging from the pics, you might outfish me. I never did that well at the place we are talking about. Did that well on the river below the dam though. Stripers too. I'll see if I can find some pics from old threads.

haha i know what ya mean!!!sharpe hooked up with one stripe got it on its side right at the boat, and since we still had NO NET when i started to reach for it, it made the most subtle movement and the bait hit him in the arm.. probably about an 8 or 10 lb one too it was nice,we were actually right by the top of the dam, same lake.. did you ever do any good at nichol?

[rogator74]

nice fish all around

[Culln5]

Nice catch!

[bamabassman]

dang it you 2!!! hahaha great catches guys. one of these days................

[bingham]

Originally Posted by WTL

Caught more numbers at nicol than size. Did "guide" a fellow who stayed at the hampton I worked at one day and he got a hawg. Heres a pic.

hey man those are all nice fish... i see you can catch some hawg stripers too!
one question though where is this pic from?

Originally Posted by WTL

[WTL]

The ramp we were talking about right by those apartments, looking towards Mcfarland Bridge over the warrior.

[bingham]

haha i see now!!! u ever go down the large slough to the left on the way to the dam?

[WTL]

You mean north river?

Wait, which dam? Holt or the spillway at Oliver. Either way, the answer is yes. I've pretty much covered that small stretch of river.

[bingham]

yeah its the one on the main river when you put in at riverview and head to the right... the slu that goes to lake tuscaloosa im guessin thats northriver...

[WTL]

It is. Never done that much good in there, which is odd considering I used to do real well at the tailwaters of lake nicol on harris lake.

But lake Tuscaloosa is so deep at the dam, I think over 100' if I recall, that the water coming out is cooler and clearer than the norm for that part of the river. I did hear that somebody once upon a time caught a trout right there, who knows how it got in there.