Alabama
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Fishing in Lawrence County, Alabama

3 lakes on record in Lawrence County, drawn from the Atlas lake directory.

Wheeler Lake

67,100 acres of Tennessee River impoundment — nationally ranked crappie water, big grass flats, and two dam tailraces that fish year-round.

67,100 acres acresMax depth 72 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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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.

Tailwater reach — not an impoundment (no surface-acreage figure) acresMax depth 15-50 ft in the immediate tailrace eddies
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