Thread: Kayak Trip Report, New Area

Good luck.im sure you will wear them out.

Good luck DB!

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Looking forward to the report.

Do you fish for gills and shellcracker solely with artificial?


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Interesting day, I drove to Moulton, AL. They have a couple of lakes that are the city water supply, both about a 100 acres and about a mile apart. I tried what's called the "new" city lake today. I was a bit concerned when I arrived at day light, the lake was about 20 to 25 feet low! I decided to give it a try anyway and paddled over to the water intake quickly finding water 65 feet deep! I started jigging around it and caught 11 Crappie on a white Marabou jig about 30 feet deep. All were around 15 inches and returned for another day. I then moved on jigging isolated brush when I found it and working a 1" slider on the bottom on likely gill and shellcracker areas. I kept a limit of shellcrackers and gills, continuing to catch and release fish all day. This lake is very, very deep and the water drops off quickly. It's also very clear with visibility of about 6 to 8 feet. It's a little strange to watch a gill pick up your jig off the bottom in 8 feet of water. That said the action was nonstop all day, this lake is loaded with fish, especially small 12" or 14" bass. I'm about to go clean fish and will post a pic when I'm done.

Sound like an awesome day Ditch. I work with a few guys that say the bass fishing is also great there. I've never been on either of the lakes, but been by them hundreds of times

I kept a limit of 50, 21 of those were Shellcrackers. The gills were 9 to 10 inches, shellcrackers were 10" to 12". I had a limit by 9AM and spent the rest of the day tossing back keepers. Usually I'm struggling to catch a few shellcrackers, today I must have tossed back two dozen that were over 10" after I limited out.



Prater4586, I'm sure I caught over 50 small bass, most about a pound. I saw several in the 4 to 5 pound range. This lake is fun just to look around with the clear water. I'll try the "old" city lake next. FYI, both are kayak and john boat heaven, no outboard motors are allowed

Awesome eating ! Congrats on a great day on the water!