Last Updated July 23, 2010

Wheeler Lake

Decatur Bait and Tackle (256-353-6491) is the spot to find all of the newest and hottest lures for all types of freshwater game fish. They told us the fishing has been pretty slow due to the heat. They have daytime temperatures in the upper 90s with a heat index of 110 degrees. This is nothing new to you the reader here in the Mid-South. The crappie fishing is slow and should pick back up in September along with bass and striper fishing. The one mainstay right now is the catfish. Catfish, particularly big blues and channel cats, can be caught all over the river from one dam to the next from creek to creek. Big shad are the key. Dead or alive the big cats love them. Fish below the dam in the tail water, in the eddies, off the chunk rocks or along the deep water channels. Bass fishing should produce with cranks, spinnerbaits, soft plastics such as big Zoom worms, or even Spooks early in the morning hours. The mouths of creeks and main lake points are good places to start fishing. Slow trolling minnows or crankbaits should land a few crappie when pulled over deep brush piles. Bream fishing will be a little different when these temperatures push fish from the banks. Look for any shade around 3-5 feet of water from over hanging trees, boat docks, etc. Fish red worms or crickets under a small cork directly in that shade. The best spots will have grass in them or close by. Stripers will hit big live shad or spooks early in the morning hours in the boils or eddies under the dam or off the chunk rocks. August fishing will be much of the same as July methods. If its too hot for you, use this time in the A/C to clean up and repair your gear, stock your tackle boxes and clean up your boat for September fishing.



 

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