Wheeler Lake, Alabama, US

Wheeler Lake, Alabama, US - Fishing

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WHEELER LAKE FISHING TOURNAMENTS
3/13/2010	Tournament - Southern Anglers Challenge-N Alabama
3/27/2010	Tournament - FOM AL-NW
4/2/2010	Tournament - Team Trails-N AL Guntersville (Couples)
4/2/2010	Tournament - Southern Collegiate Series
4/10/2010	Tournament - ABA Couples - Alabama North
4/10/2010	Tournament - ABA AL North- Div 29
4/11/2010	Tournament - ABA AL Florence- Div 117
4/11/2010	Tournament - Tennessee Bass Trail
4/17/2010	Tournament - Bassmasters Weekend Series Alabama N
4/18/2010	Tournament - ABA American 150 Series AL N
4/24/2010	Tournament - BAIT Alabama VII
4/24/2010	Tournament - NBT Alabama North
5/1/2010	Tournament - BAIT Alabama III
5/8/2010	Tournament - FOM AL-NW Legacy
5/23/2010	Tracker - Nitro Tournament - Wheeler Lake
6/3/2010	Tournament - Alabama Bass Federation Trail
6/5/2010	Tournament - BAIT Alabama VII
6/12/2010	Tournament - BAIT Alabama III
6/19/2010	Tournament - ABA AL North- Div 29
6/19/2010	Tournament - FOM AL-NW
6/20/2010	Tournament - ABA AL Florence- Div 117
6/26/2010	Tournament - Southern Angler Challenge AL North
6/26/2010	Tournament - ABA Couples - Alabama North
6/26/2010	Tournament - Southern Anglers Challenge-N Alabama
7/10/2010	Tournament - NBT Alabama North
7/17/2010	Tournament - Southern Anglers Challenge-N Alabama
8/7/2010	Tournament - ABA AL North- Div 29
9/18/2010	Tournament - NBT Alabama North
11/4/2010	Tournament - FLW American Fishing Series

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Bass fishing is the most popular fishery in Wheeler Reservoir. Largemouth bass are the primary species, but smallmouth bass are common from Decatur to the west end, especially from Elk River down. The northern subspecies of spotted bass are also common, and spots are found primarily near the main channel.

This reservoir is home to quality fishing for a variety of fish. Catfish fishing is excellent; and William McKinley caught the previous world record blue catfish, 111 pounds, from Wheeler Reservoir on July 5, 1996. Bream (bluegill, redear sunfish, and longear sunfish) fishing is excellent, also. Crappie grow exceptionally fast here. Sauger run upstream during the winter and early spring, and are caught below Guntersville Dam. Striped bass, hybrids and white bass make spring runs, and can be caught schooling during the summer.

Common baits for bass include crankbaits, Carolina rigs, plastic worms, spinner baits and shaky-head rigged finesse worms. If you are fishing the Decatur flats, you better try throwing a frog/rat type lure in the milfoil. Dark jigs cast on points and along bluff walls at night are good for smallmouth bass in the lower reservoir. Bream are found in shallow-gravelly areas during the spawn. Look for bream along the bluffs and banks during the occasional willow fly hatches during the summer.