United StatesSmith Lake
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Location:
Jasper, AL
United States
United StatesCoordinates:
34.0413, -87.1257
Depth (max):
515 Feet
Distance:
21, 200 Acres
Description:
Like a diamond that is deep, clear and blue, Lewis Smith Lake is one of Alabamas treasures. Located in Walker, Winston and Cullman counties, this 21,200-acre lake is different than most other Alabama reservoirs. If you typically fish a shallow, stained body of water, then your first trip onto Smith Lake can be intimidating. Watching your depth finder jump to 200 plus feet can leave you feeling lost. However, like most lakes, the majority of bass, bream and crappie fishing is done by casting to the numerous large rocks and fallen trees along the shoreline. With 500 plus miles of shoreline, it isnt that difficult to find fish. An hour north of Birmingham or south of Huntsville and just off I-65, the lake is not difficult to find, either.The overall population of largemouth bass and spotted bass in the lake is good. Smith Lake also produces monster striped bass.
Smith Lake Park is owned by Cullman County, www.cullmancountyparks.com/smithlake.htm. The boat launch at Smith Lake Park has a new ADA compliant dock with a 40-foot walkway and a floating 16'X24' platform. This walkway is possible through Sport Fish Restoration funds, State Sen. Zeb Little, Cullman County Parks and Recreation Board, the Tennessee Valley Resource Conservation and Development Council, and the Cullman County Parks Foundation Board. Smith lake Park has a rod and reel loaner program; they lend spincast fishing rods and reels to anglers. Lakeside cabins are available as well as picnic pavilions, camping hook-ups, tent campsites, swimming pool and water slide, carpet golf, boat launching and fishing.
Cover/Structure:
Numerous large rocks and fallen trees.
Tips/Tactics:
Live shad, available locally, are the preferred bait for striped bass.
Spot Access:
Boat Ramp, Parking (car/truck), Parking (boat/trailer), Picnic Area, Power Boats Allowed, Swimming Area, Pier, Shore fishing access, Beach, Fly Fishing, Wading, Floating, Bait shop on site, Marina
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Fishing Reports
Bream, Bass, And Bars
Smith Lake
May 1st, 2012
With a three day tournament on the lake for military veterans, the lakes been pretty active with boats over the past two days. I fished around Ryan Creek Marina on Monday and put together a real nice bag of bass right by the launch. I am getting ready for this weekend otherwise. It's prime time for bream on Smith Lake. While bream have been on the bed since last month, they'll be in full swing on the full moon. I spent Tuesday morning with a client pi...
Stripers
Smith Lake
April 18th, 2012
This week has been a roller coaster of ups and downs. One good thing is the lights are picking back up. With everyday that passes the bite gets better. Hopefully we will have a couple stabile days of weather before the weekend. I have trips from Thursday - Saturday and will be fishing morning, afternoon, and nights. So I'll give you a detail report on Sunday. I have added a new page on my website, where you'll be able to see one video every month of...
colder day stripers
Smith Lake
April 11th, 2012
Ever since this cold front pushed in, things have changed. I knew we needed to be on the water for the afternoon to evening bite. After not have much lucky on the lights the past couple nights. On Wednesday we launched out of Ryan Creek and started checkout a couple areas. I had a couple guys from the Cullman area that wanted to chase down some stripers. So we ran by a couple spots, till we found them. But once we did, we never left until sun down. We caugh...
night fishing for striped bass
Smith Lake
March 21st, 2012
I had a trip wednesday morning at 8am - 12pm, but before I picked them up. I fished the lights from 11pm on tuesday night till 4:30am Wednesday morning. I fished three lights all night and only used one lure. I filmed a couple of the catches and will have a video up on Thursday after lunch. A 3/4oz. bucktail jig with a 4" swimbait seemed to do the trick. Unlike the past couple night trips, last night had mostly average fish swimming through. With the a...
crappie and stripers
Smith Lake
March 18th, 2012
Where do I start, after a slow day striper fishing Saturday. On Sunday we came out swinging and to top it off, plenty of crappie to go with them. We hit the water middle afternoon and went straight to a crappie spot. After we boated a few, we then moved on to our second spot where we slaughtered them. We used live bait till we run out and then turned to jigs. It didn't matter what we threw, they were eating anything. We caught most of our crappie in tre...
Video - Striped Bass AT Night
Fishing for striped bass on smith lake, Alabama with mike walker. The stripes were all over the lights. So I made a couple clips.
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NIGHT FISHING
Smith Lake
February 28th, 2012
I hit the water just after midnight on Tuesday. I had a trip at 6:30 a.m., so I figured i'd do a little night fishing before hand. Last night was the best night fishing trip this year, by far. The first four lights I went to had 30-40 stripers swimming through the light. I rotated between those lights till 3:00 a.m., when I decided i'd caught enough and needed a little sleep before the morning. I caught every fish on one bait, but you could...
Tripled Up On Smith Lake, Alabama with Fishing 24-7
Smith Lake
February 23rd, 2012
I hit the water around 4:30 a.m. and started by hitting up some lights. I took some video of the day on the water, which highlights some of the days events. The Striped Bass bite continues to be hot, while most fish caught are in the 6-10 pound range. The number of fish caught continues to be high, with all our fish being caught on several different kinds of umbrella rigs. I had another triple up on my custom tied umbrella rig toda...
SMITH LAKE / Reed Montgomery / Reeds Guide Service 2/22/12
SMITH LAKE ...
Mr. T Tribute on Smith lake striped bass fishing
Smith Lake
February 18th, 2011
After starting this week with a bang, I figured I owed the fish a little sacrifice. I've been growing my beard and hair to stay warmer in the winter. With winter coming to an end, I figured I'd make my girlfriend happy on clean up. But before I shaved it off, I had a little fun with it. So yesterday the "Mohawk Maniac" hit the water. I took a couple pictures from the days fishing that will be on my website this evenin...
Striped Bass Guide On Smith Lake, Alabama- Hitting Stripers Hard
Today was one of the best morning fishing for stripers in a while. With cloud coverage all morning, the bite stayed steady. Even though it was cool this morning the stripes didn't seem to mind. We started out with umbrella rigs and a couple different lures on the downrigger. It didn't seem to matter what lure we used, as long as you put it in front of them. We caught fish in depths ranging from 15-40 feet deep. Their arms where a little tired by 9am, so we took a minute and ate a sn...
more food for the table from smith lake
Smith Lake
February 8th, 2012
After spending yesterday back on Smith lake, I am pretty beat. I've been getting up at three in the morning for over a week and mentally hit a wall yesterday. While out on the water, I ran into a couple guys that had fish with me a couple months ago. My brain was like swiss cheese, it took a minute for my brain to recall them. I felt like a mental patient on thorazine. Sorry Mike for being so slow, I remember you. You caught your biggest fish la...
Bass Are Going Crazy
Smith Lake
February 3rd, 2012
I hit the water around 10 a.m. on Thursday, pretty late start considering the stripe bite is best in the early morning. After hitting a couple spots and having no luck, I picked up a jerkbait and chucked it toward a shallow point. Right away I picked up a fish, it was a dink. But that put me in full bass mode, I fished four rigs the rest of the day and caught fish all day. I used a lucky craft staysee 90, shakey...
Fishing 24-7 Guide Service on Smith Lake, Alabama
Smith Lake
January 1st, 2012
Hope everybody had a great New Years, here's Friday and Saturdays fishing report. I have pictures from Friday and Saturday on my website.
Friday - December 30, 2011
On Friday the day started out tough, after falling in the water and busting my butt. I had about 5 minutes to get things figured out and man up to go fishing. Friday the fish were more spread out. Most were still in depths of 25-40 feet, but we didn't find any big groups of fish...
December 19th, 2011
I changed up my launch point this morning and left out of Misty Harbor. It's was my first time since summer being there. The ramp is still in good shape, but the dock that's a different story. I almost busted a couple time walking down the dock. It a combination of a "slip in slide" and a suspended bridge, not a good mix. After making it to the boat, I felt like the hard part of the day was behind me. I started off chasing convicts on the left side of Mil...
December 16th, 2011
This past week has been real good stripe fishing. I am off the water today, my son has a christmas event. I spent most of last week in two places, Goat Island and Miller's Flat. I fished in water ranging from 40-80 feet mostly. Areas where the drop goes from 40 to 65 through 75 feet were the most productive ranges. We caught them on umbrella rigs(both swimbait and bucktail), spoons and live bait. We did see a little topwater action on Thursday but were busy catching fi...
Fish Fry, Fishing 24-7 Guide Service's Mike Walker
Smith Lake
December 9th, 2011
This is the first weekend I don't have a trip, my Saturday trip rescheduled. I'll be on the water this weekend, cause I have trips starting back on Monday. The bite was pretty good today, after a slow start to the week. We fished for crappie and bass Friday, we caught most of our crappie in depths ranging from 14-25 feet. The crappie bite has picked up and should continue to over the next couple weeks. We boated several 1 poun...
Smith lake guide service Fishing 24-7 catching striped bass
December 4th,2011
Fishing 24-7 Guide Service
Sunday, rapped up a good week of fishing after the rain cleared out earlier this week. I've spent time fishing everywhere from Rock Creek, Coon Creek, and now Goat Island. I was hoping the wind would lay down some, but it was steady and only got worse as the day went on. We started south of Big Bridge and worked our way north. We caught a couple stripe in Coon Creek, but nothing to talk about and started to move nort...
Two For The Table
December 1st, 2011
Before I get to the fishing, I just wanted to let everybody know I have GIFT CERTIFICATES FOR CHRISTMAS. 4 Hour Trip $200, 6 Hour Trip $240, and 8 Hour Trip for $280. Thats about 10 - 20 percent discount depending on trip selection. Great gift for business clients, friends, family, or even yourself.
Now to the fishing, I hit the lake after lunch today. We got off to a great start today, we caught fish on double bucktail rigs going 1.7 mph with the trolling motor f...
November 29, 2011
I've been off the water Monday and today, but will be back tomorrow morning on the water. Even though it's going to be a little cold. Fishing should be pretty decent this week. Smith lakes water level is at 505.00, just 5 feet under full pool. That's the highest I can remember in along time for this time of year. The rule of thumb for this time of year is 496.00, almost 10 feet lower. Hopefully the dam will start pulling more water this week. As for the f...
All Hooked Up
Smith Lake
November 23rd and November 25th
After spending Wednesday and Friday chasing stripe, it's been a good fishing. While on Wednesday we caught bigger stripes, Friday was all about numbers. We used umbrella rigs and live bite, the bite was steady all morning. Alex, an 8 year old hooked his first stripe and caught a double on Friday. But he also had fun playing with the bait. We caught most of our fish 25-30 deep. While picking up a couple around 40 feet deep on live bait....
COLD MORNING, HOT BITE AFTERNOON
Smith Lake, Al
November 11th, 2011
Cold Morning, Hot Fishing In Afternoon
I headed up to the lake around 10:30 a.m.and stopped by Regal Marine LLC. located right off exit 299 Dodge City. I talked with Heather about some up and coming work I needed done on my boat. After getting that squared away, I hit the road and headed for "big bridge". I had my son with me today, so I had a camera man. I just got a new camera after losing my othe...
Smith Lake, Alabama Fishing Report by Mike Walker
Fishing 24-7 Guide Service
November 10th, 2011
Don't forget November is customer appreciation month, anyone who books a trip this month. Will receive $10 - $30 in Mark's Outdoors gift certificates(one per person, max of three people per trip).
Bass fishing is still hot, we have been catching 5 fish limits weighing 16-18 pounds. On Smith, most people would take that in a heartbeat. We are catching fish all day on a variety of lu...
Rippin Bass Lips With Jerkbaits
I got out on the water about one hour after the sunrise on Sunday morning. We spent most our time fishing stripe, to only come away with a 8 lb.er as our big fish. We did not see any action on topwater all morning and afternoon. On our way back around 2:30pm, I saw one fish bust off a point. I quickly hit the breaks and made a u-turn. I passed out a swimbait, jerk bait, and a prop bait, we all hooked up. It didn't take long to find out that the fish were really feeling the jerk bait. After wat...
Back to stripers
With November here I would like to remind everybody that this is customer appreciation month. If you fish with me in November you will receive $10-$30 in Mark's Outdoors gift certificates(one per person, Max of three people per trip)
After spending the last couple weeks fishing for bass. I spent the last two days fishing stripers. There is still not much action on topwater, but live bait is a different story. Yesterday I fished toward the dam and in rock creek. Most of the...
HAD TO SLOW IT DOWN
Sunday morning was cold and with ice on the deck of my boat I knew the bite mite be a little tuff. Add in the blue bird sky's and high pressure, it set up for all around tuff weather conditions. I fished from big bridge to the dam, I could count the number of fish I saw bust on topwater from 8-11am on one hand. It didn't take long to figure out that I needed to change my mindset for the past week. I have been able to throw just about any moving bait, not Sunday. I caught almost every fish on d...
October 24, 2011
After taking Thursday - Saturday off, to make sure my son had a good birthday. I finally got on the water Sunday, I took a client of mine that fished with me in August, Scott Harris. I need to find out what had changed on the lake, and figured he would enjoy coming with me. We spent almost all day out there and here's what we found. Sunday morning we had fog till almost 8am and saw no topwater action. But when the fog burned off and the sun started to show it self, it started. Bass that is, bu...
Smith lake fishing report by Mike Walker of Fishing 24-7 Guide Service
Hit the water early this morning, fished around rock creek today. There was little, to no top water action this morning. Saw only small spots bust and gar rolling on the top. The sun came up quick and there was no wind all morning. We tried to cover water with crankbaits and rattletraps. No much luck there, so we switched over to shakey head worms and were able to catch some fish. At ever spot we fished i used several different lures, but only had luck with the roboworms. ?We took a clients...
Cooler Nights Will Help Stripe Bite
October 3rd, 2011
I fished most of last week, but took Saturday and Sunday to spend time with my son. As for the fishing, stripes have been real inconsistent, but the bass fishing is hot and getting better everyday. Every bass has a pot belly and is feeding, this weekends cold front should help even more. Last week I still caught most of them on points or in areas toward the front of pockets. With plenty still in 18-24 feet of water. Still not many fish shallow, this weeken...
September 10th, 2011
I've been on the water the the last three days and its been hit and miss. The only thing consistent is the fog on the lake in the morning. Friday you couldn't see 20 feet in front of you and sometimes it was a white out. Today there was less fog, but some heavy areas. The cooler weather has not helped the stripe bite yet, but it has helped the bass bite. As I've boated a lot of bass in the last three days. Most of the fish are still around 25 feet in the morning. No big fish in the last three...
THE 3 AMIGO'S
Smith Lake
September 1, 2011
It's been a pretty good week, even with the hot weather we've boated some good fish this week. That continued this morning. I had three guys on the boat today, all from Alabama. They stated that they did a lot of fishing on the coast, but not much stripe fishing. So we loaded up at Ryan Creek Marina and headed south. We started with 2 different umbrella rigs. Both had bucktail jigs with just a little different color pattern on each. As we got...
Smith Lake, Alabama Striped Bass Fishing
August 21, 2011
I've had a busy week and concluded it with a busy weekend. I had family and friends down at the lake, plus two night trips. That equaled no sleep and one tired guide. Both Friday and Saturday's trips went about the same. We caught a lot of fish each night, with the biggest weighing 22 lbs?on Saturday night.? 90% of our fish were caught between Ryan Creek Marina and the dam.Sunday morning?I fished three spots and boated a stripe over 20lb on two of them. The...
UMBRELLA EXPLOSION
August 9th, 2011
Smith Lake
This report is going to be short and right to the point. We killed it, that's all there is to say. I have been fishing from 5:00a.m to 9:30a.m. for over a week now. The last couple of days have been packed with action all morning. My client called me Monday and asked how the fishing was. I told him that both Sunday and Monday morning we caught big numbers for summer fishing. He replied with I'll see you in the morning. So we met at Big Bridge a...
Smith Lake, Alabama. Striped Bass fishing with Mike Walker of Fishing 24-7 Guide Service
August 5th, 2011
After one of the coolest evenings in a while, I had a client interested in stripers, so we met at Big Bridge and were on the water by 5:00a.m.? We headed to my first spot and made a couple passes around the area. No bites and not what I was looking for on the depth finder, so we moved. We started heading south, toward Coon Creek. We didn't even make it that far before things got hot.? We were trolling umbrella rigs when one pole doubled over and the line st...
All The Way From Iowa
Mike Walker on Smith Lake
July 27, 2011
I have been night fishing for most of the summer. Today I had the pleasure of having Tom and his two boys on the boat. They were from Iowa and passing through on their way to Georgia. We got a late start Tuesday morning and headed out of Ryan Creek Marina around 6:30. They were interested in catching some stripers, so we headed to our first spot. I decided that trolling and live bait would probably work best with a 4 and 7 year old...
ALABAMA'S SUMMERTIME LAKES By Reed Montgomery / Reeds Guide Service 7/23/11
Ten Alabama Lakes in Two Weeks With Reeds Guide Service
It takes a lot of time, effort, extensive travel, gas, oil (and getting up very early) to go over 2000 miles in two weeks. I know. I just did. After traveling all over Alabama during this hot, mid-summer, mid-July period and visiting 10 lakes (some twice) while taking out clients of my guide service, Reeds Guide Service, Alabama's Oldest, Freshwater Bass Guide Service, you would think they are all the...
Saturday Night On Smith Lake July 23rd, 2011
Mike Walker on Smith Lake
I had a return client Saturday night. He was running a little late, so we met at Misty Harbor. From there we made the quick run to Ryan Creek. We hooked up on our first two passes with the biggest fish weighing about 10 lb. After catching a few more small ones, we decided to move. All the fish we caught were in 30 to 45 feet of water. Bucktail spinners in white or white/chart. were the best colors. As we pulled up to our last spot with about 20 min...
Big Bridge Bound
Smith Lake
July 18, 2011
Tonight I had a mother and daughter combo interested in reeling in some stripers. So we meet at Ryan Creek Marina alittle before 6:00pm. With four hours to fish, we headed out in search of some stripers. They told me their only fishing experience was deep sea fishing last summer. Our first spot was about 1/4 mile from big bridge. We started out long lining 1oz. bucktail jig and it didn't take long for things to pick up. On our first pass they doub...
COOLER NIGHTS AND ONE BIG STRIPE BASS
Smith Lake
July 15, 2011
With the rain on and off for the next couple days. That should help lower the temperture and make the nights alittle more pleasurable. As that was the case for tonight. We launched out of Big bridge around 7:00. We headed toward the dam with a few stops on the way. On our first stop we hit a school of spots. For about five minutes it was fish after fish, and just like that, it was over. With the biggest weighing 3 1/2 pounds. After that we stopped...
On The Move
Smith Lake
July 9th, 2011
I usually fish the north end of the lake, but this week started my trips to the south end following the stripe. This past week or so, the stripe fishing from Misty Harbor to Mallard Point got worse everyday. It was to the point that gar were thick around the lights and very few stripe were present. About this time of year, the stripe move south around
the dam. So I'll be picking up and moving down there for the next month or so. For the last co...
Different Night, Different Bite
July 1st, 2011
Smith Lake
After one of my toughest nights on the lake in a while, I got a call from a client interested in fishing Friday night at the last minute. So, I loaded up and headed to the lake. On my way I kept thinking how tough Thursday was, and with even more pressure who knew how the bite was going to be. With it being a last minute trip, we met at 7:30pm and got going by 7:50pm. With all the boats on the water, the lake was rocking with almost every bank ha...
SMITH LAKE By Reed Montgomery / Reeds Guide Service
SMITH LAKE
By Reed Montgomery / Reeds Guide Service (205) 663-1504
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" Alabama's Oldest, Professional -- Bass Fishing Only -- Guide Service for Over 40 Years "
Impounded 1961
Lake Level: Full Pool 510.0
Water Temperature: Upper 70's
Water Clarity: Clear (no rain in weeks, possible light stain in some feeder creeks after tonight's predicted heavy rains)
* WEATHER FOR LABOR DAY WEEKEND...
Fish
Bass, Striped (Morone saxatilis)
Crappie, Black (Pomoxis nigromaculatus)
Crappie, White (Pomoxis annularis)
Guides
Bill Vines Striper Guide
WELCOME TO STRIPE FISHING HEADQUARTERS
Bill Vines' guide service strives to create memorable days of fishing on Smith Lake for his clients. The goal is to catch the biggest and the most Stripers...
Morris, AL, United States
Dale Welch Striper Guide Service
Welcome to beautiful Smith Lake in north Alabama, the home of "Trophy Stripers". You have chosen the most experienced and professional striper guide service on Smith Lake. My goal is to provide you...
Crane Hill, AL, United States
Fishing 24-7 Guide Service
Fishing 24-7 Guide Service offers two different fishing trips. Bass fishing trips include all the tackle and equipment you need. I fish only artificials for bass, I specialize in finesse fishing and...
Birmingham, AL, United States
Reeds Guide Service
With over 40 years of experience Fishing Alabama's Lakes and Rivers for Largemouth, Smallmouth, Spotted Bass and Huge Striped Bass, we can put you on the fish.
Alabaster, AL, United States
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