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It's the same here in North Alabama - freezing drizzle/snow. Hang in there - next week temps should rise into the mid 60's - lows high 40's. I smell prespawn.

Pitchinkid - yes, I have plans to be there several days. I'm only about 60 miles from Pickwick Lodge so I not sure if I'll stay - hate to miss out on the fun though! I may bring a tent and stay a few days especially Weds. night. Looking forward to seeing some faces from Guntersville & meeting a few more members. Rick

This is an article on smallmouth at Pickwick in this month's Alabama Outdoor News - http://www.aonmag.com/article.php?id=1973&cid=82 - should whet the appetites for the road trip!

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I fish Cedar Creek 6 or 7 times a year. All these lakes are clear water lakes. Upper Bear is an excellent largemouth & spotted bass lake. The spotted bass have become so prevalent that they are requesting that you harvest all smaller spots you catch. Rattletraps, cranks, spinnerbaits and senko's will all produce well in April. Look for warmer water areas. Cedar Creek has a lot of standing timber in 30' & shallower water. Largemouth fishing is good but the crappie fishing is fantastic. Cedar is a deep lake but numerous humps show up in the middle of the lake (the same is true on Upper Bear). Make sure you have a good topo map as some of these humps contain prop busting stumps. You will be in 70' one minute and 5' the next. Checkout the numerous old roadbeds with cranks & spinners. Both of these lakes have produced 10lb+ Florida strain largemouth. Bear Creek lake is not in good shape right now due to the rebuilding of the dam. I believe Little Bear has also been down lately. Good luck!

Alabama's controlled chaos defense should sit McCoy & Co. on their a--. Three or four sacks & two interceptions by Bama. Then, if the McElroy of the Florida game shows up, Bama wins 27-14. If he doesn't, Bama still wins 17-14 on the back of the running game.

I too have caught a couple of yellow perch in & around the Waterloo area of the main river, one, this past fall. Rare, but they are out there.

The signing deadline should be extend to March relieving some of the recruiting pressure and a rule of hands off coaches until after their final bowl game. What if Cinn. had made the National Championship? NCAA should fix this ASAP!

I had the privilege of doing some electrical work for Rodger Hawkins here in Muscle Shoals. Great guy, amazing stories! Unfortunately, for him & the music world, he has developed Tinunitus and can't play the drums any longer.

It would be easier to indentify with the mouth closed. Did the bottom lip stop short or even of the eyes. It would be a rare find in south AL.!

Looks like a smallmouth from the color.

Yes, Alabama.

So I'm better off to purchase a non-resident Ala. license rather than a Tenn. if I'm wanting to fish all portions of the lake? I'm curious if you can answer this. I see a couple ramps in yellow creek that are about 10-15 miles from the lodge in Mississippi. If I launch there I can legally fish with an Alabama non-resident lic? As I read the Tenn. license restrictions, Yellow Creek upstream of Hwy 25 bridge, which is in Mississippi & Bear Creek (AL/MISS) is off limits. The majority of Yellow Creek is legal for Tenn. licensees. None of Bear Creek is nor is anything upriver of Bear Creek. I found no mention of restrictions covering where you decide to launch from. I have never had Marine police or Game wardens check me in the Miss./Tenn area but my experience with Alabama has been that they were more interested in safety and boating license than fishing license. Nonresidents are exempt from the boating license. This link shows http://www.outdooralabama.com/fishing/freshwater/where/reservoirs/pickwick/reciprocal.cfmthe area covered by the Miss. agreement and, with the exclusion of Bear Creek, would also be the Tenn agreement. There is another 25 miles of river past the boundary shown.

As soon as it gets away!!

I failed to mention that a nonresident license from Alabama is good for all of Pickwick also. http://www.outdooralabama.com/fishing/freshwater/where/reservoirs/pickwick/ Scroll down to the Links section. A link to info on obtaining licenses online is also available. The Tenn license does not cover the Bear Creek & Yellow Creek areas. This reservoir stretches 50 miles from Pickwick to Wilson Dam. If you wish to fish the area below Pickwick Dam a Tenn license would be needed.

I'm stoked!!! This will be in my backyard. I'll definitely make the trip. As far as the smallie fishing in May, it can be excellent especially on the old shell mounds and old Indian mound excavation sites. Check the following articles: http://www.alabamagameandfish.com/fishing/bass-fishing/AL_0508_01/index.html http://www.alabamagameandfish.com/fishing/bass-fishing/AL_0206_01/index.html As far as reciprocation goes read the following: http://www.outdooralabama.com/Fishing/freshwater/where/reservoirs/pickwick/reciprocal.cfm Basically if you wish to fish the area upriver of Waterloo or mile marker 224 (approx. 17 miles from Pickwick dam) you will better off with an Alabama license as it is good for the entire Pickwick Lake area. The current is stronger in the area from Waterloo up to Wilson Dam and I find smallmouth fishing, during May, is better from Panther Creek up to Wilson. Lookin forward to seeing everyone from Guntersville again and meeting all who can make it.

Official word is that Tubby resigned and that the athletic director wanted him to stay. Seems strange that he will still get to collect a 5.1 million buyout if he resigned! Lot of new faces in the SEC next year. Should be interesting. Tubby is probably gonna be duck hunting with a fat check in his pocket!! He certainly didn't seem to be interested in coaching this year.

Great story, terrible ending! Hope to see a sequel with a better outcome. Good luck to ya Kent. Rick

I'm an electrical contractor and run a "Save the Mastadons" campaign on the side. We're currently tracking down Glenn & Redliner. Hey, SloMoe, wanna a job!

Yeah, it was great to play net man for my father once again. I spent many an hour on the river with him as a kid but I only recently appreciated all the time he spent teaching me to fish and being patient with a restless kid when he could have been concentrating on catching more fish.

Went out below Pickwick with my Dad today. He wanted to get his boat out and test the motor which crapped out halfway up the river between the dam & the the ramp. We decided to drift back and caught 10 fish. Dad caught the largest of the bunch. I was tickled to see him haul in a good one as he's not up to a lot of fishing the last couple of years. Seemed like old times! 3lb 11oz

Pickwick Lake - 5lb 10oz

Prices are at $2.13 per here but I when I drive 40 miles either direction it drops by .20. :-? Guess its a local issue but fillup before coming to NW Alabama. I love the fact it's coming down but I'm afraid that we are being pacified for now. The push to develop alternatives is losing momentum.

Well, I know I'm in the minority and biased on Bama but I think they get the job done in the SEC Championship. Being the whipping dog in every major game todate and coming out on top says something about their desire to compete. TT loses to Oklahoma and sets up Bama vs OU. The SEC will prevail whether it's the Gators or the Tide. The Big XII haven't got the defense to beat either!

http://web1.ncaa.org/football/exec/rankingSummary?org=235&year=2008&week=11 Ncaa ranking appears to be based on yards per game - Rival is total yards.