Lake Neely Henry

SUMMER ON NEELY HENRY LAKE
By Reed Montgomery
Reeds Guide Service (205) 787-5133
Website: www.FISHINGALABAMA.com

Impounded 1966
Lake Level: Full Pool
Water Temperature: Mid-70's
Water Clarity: Main lake Clear / Lake Headwaters and Major Feeder Creeks-lightly stained
This Week's Predicted Weather: Lows near 45 Daytime Highs low 70's / Partly cloudy to sunny all week (no rain all week, on into the first week of October)

SEVEN LAKES IN TWO WEEKS - NEELY HENRY LAKE FOR BIG BASS!

Although my early fall season travels took me to the lower Coosa River Lake's Jordan Lake, Mitchell Lake and Lay lake, enjoying the topwater bites with out of town clients of Reeds Guide Service (tackling those vicious Coosa River spotted bass), just recently I have guided on upper Coosa River lake's in north Alabama like Weiss Lake, Neely Henry Lake and Logan Martin Lake.

This includes trips to north Alabama's Tennessee River impoundment's Wheeler lake, Wilson Lake and Pickwick lakes (the latter two lakes produced two smallmouth bass over 5 pounds!). Including a trip to Bankhead lake located on the Warrior River System near Birmingham, with two very energetic and young teenage boys (one's birthday gift!) fooling spotted bass, largemouth bass and striped bass!

* Look for more info on these lakes and other Alabama lakes I fish often, take guided trips with clients of Reeds Guide Service to, and when I just enjoy some friendly competition in some of Alabama's tournament trails like www.airportmarinetrails.com on a year round basis. You can see seasonal fishing info, fishing articles, pictures and my lake reports posted weekly on my website www.fishingalabama.com or see more about Alabama's lakes on the many websites I write for, all found on the Internet links seen on my website!

A RECENT GUIDED FISHING TRIP TO NEELY HENRY LAKE WITH REEDS GUIDE SERVICE
A Neely Henry Lake resident named Kyle called me and wanted to learn how to fish the lower lake where he lives. We met at 6 a.m. (dawn) at Hwy. 77 bridge boat launch and then I headed the boat down the lake...1/4 mile away. Right below the Hwy. 77 bridge are some great places featuring stump flats located right along the old river channel. Good for spotted bass at dawn with topwaters, spinnerbaits and rattle traps. There are also some weed lined pockets and small islands here.

We both hooked up immediately on our first stop! Two spotted bass, looking to be identical in size, about 2 pounds, and both bass hit on our first casts! Kyle was using an old, Excaliber Spittin' Image topwater lure. I was fishing the zara super spook in shad color. Right down the flat more action, schoolies! We caught and released about 10 nice spotted bass as they schooled busting shad for about 30 minutes and one very good largemouth Kyle caught on a rattletrap, looking to be close to 4 pounds.

Then we made a move down the lake when he lived right across from Canoe Creek. Unbelievably, he had lived here for about 2 years and had never been up in the back of Canoe Creek, so off we went.

We found several nice bass while fishing out in front of piers in brush, around piers, and up under piers and even along the stumpy, weedy banks we caught some largemouth bass using weightless lures like Gary Yamamoto's Senkos and Zoom's trick worms. Clouds came out at mid day and fishing further down the lake, we boated several spotted bass, one striper and a couple more largemouth bass mostly concentrating on main lake points and creek mouths.

Suspending jerkbaits, shallow diving Shad Rap crank baits, a small finesse worm and creature baits worked very good fishing along rock bluffs and boulder-strewn banks during the evening. In all, a good day on Neely Henry Lake fishing for bass with Reeds Guide Service!

* REEDS GUIDE SERVICE
For over 40 years Reed Montgomery owner of Reeds Guide Service has taken anglers to all of Alabama's lakes. Catering to the professional angler, the novice, parent and child fishing teams, corporate guided fishing trips or family fishing outings, with several boats and guides available year round! Call today (205) 663-1504 or E-mail alabassgyd@aol.com to book your fall and early winter fishing trips! See my website www.fishingalabama.com for more info.

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Practice catch and release year-round especially this Spring. You won't regret it!

Reed Montgomery / Outdoor Writer
"Alabama Radio Show Host and Television Host For Over 10 Years"
Owner / Reeds Guide Service (205) 787-5133
Birmingham, Alabama
Email: alabassgyd@aol.com
Website: www.fishingalabama.com
"Over 40 Years Fishing, Guiding and Exploring Every Lake in Alabama for Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass and Some Huge, Striped Bass."