Fishing in Colbert County, Alabama
3 lakes on record in Colbert County, drawn from the Atlas lake directory.
Pickwick Lake
43,100 acres of Tennessee River reservoir where smallmouth bass run big, walleye stack below Wilson Dam, and the state line crosses mid-channel.
43,100 acres acresMax depth 59 ft
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Wilson Lake
15,500 acres of current-fed Tennessee River water held between Wheeler Dam and the oldest dam in the TVA system — the nation's hottest smallmouth pool.
15,500 acres acresMax depth 90 ft
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Wilson Dam Tailrace
Tennessee River tailwater at mile 259.4 below the oldest TVA-administered dam — national-class smallmouth, wintering sauger and walleye, and the spring tournament water that Bassmaster's own anglers name out loud.
Tailwater reach — not an impoundment (no surface-acreage figure) acresMax depth 20-60 ft in the immediate tailrace eddies and scour hole
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