Fishing in Lauderdale County, Alabama
5 lakes on record in Lauderdale 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.
Wheeler Lake
67,100 acres of Tennessee River impoundment — nationally ranked crappie water, big grass flats, and two dam tailraces that fish year-round.
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.
Wheeler Dam Tailrace
Tennessee River tailwater at mile 274.9 below TVA's Wheeler Dam — year-round smallmouth, winter sauger concentrations, and a spring white-bass run fed by 542,000-cfs spillway capacity.
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.