Coosa River Records
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Lake Weiss
Weiss Lake is located mostly in northeastern Alabama and is owned and operated by the Alabama Power Co. The lake consists of 30,200 acres and is fed from the Coosa River, Chattooga River (Alabama–Georgia) and Little River, offering over 447 miles of shoreline and fishing cover that ranges from shallow flats to deep channel ledges.
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Weiss: Level: 0.2 feet below 564. Temp: 78-80 degrees. Clarity: Light stain. Multiple Species: Guide Mark Collins reports, “Bass fishing is good, and some have started moving shallow in the bays on secondary points. Creek and river channel ledges are still producing using Carolina rigs and crankbaits. Crappie fishing is fair, and they are on the creek and river channel ledges and deeper brush. They can be caught spider rigging with live minnows over deep brush. Shooting docks with jigs is also producing some fish, Look for the crappie to really start biting as the water cools down. Striper fishing is good, and they are being caught in Little River and the Chattooga River on live shad downlined and freelined. Catfish are biting good in the bays and creeks in 8 to 15 feet of water. Cutbait is working best.” For more on fishing with Mark, go to www.markcollinsguideservice.com/home.html. Lake…
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The bait-clicker on one of Mark Collins’ rods began to click in a slow steady rythym — “click, click, click” as something in the lake took the bait. But as the line began to spin off the baitcaster, the clicks merged into a ripping whir. I grabbed my camera as Mark pulled the rod from…
October 10, the coldest morning Georgia had seen this fall, and here I was going bass fishing. Terrific. In the dawn light, as I headed west through Floyd County toward Lake Weiss, I could see frost on the grass in the pastures. A great morning to be sitting in a deer stand, I thought, but…
“I’ve fished all over the United States and in Mexico, but Lake Weiss is the best bass lake that I know of.” Aaron Otting of Cartersville ought to know a good bass lake when he fishes one. During the 36 years that he was in the sporting goods business and the owner of Sportsman’s Supply…
Beginning March 20, any crappie you catch from the Alabama side of Lake Weiss must measure 10 inches long from nose to tail or it has to go back in the lake. Alabama is imposing the new minimum size limit in an effort to increase the size of Weiss crappie. According to Alabama Fisheries Biologist…
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Coosa River Record Fish
| Striped Bass | 36-lbs. | Andrew Coombs | 04/24/2005 |
| Channel Catfish | 19-lbs., 8-ozs. | Ty Adams | 05/30/1998 |
| Blue Catfish | 61-lbs., 4.8-ozs. | John Jones | 04/10/04 |
| Flathead Catfish | 46-lbs., 6.4-ozs. | Aaron Churchwell | 09/16/2015 |
| Longnose Gar | 31-lbs., 2-ozs. | Rachel Harrison | 03/19/2022 |
| Freshwater Drum | 10-lbs., 13.6-ozs. | Jenna Thomas | 05/16/19 |
| Black Crappie | 3-lbs., 11-ozs. | James King | 03/19/2023 |
| Walleye | 7-lbs., 4-ozs. | Samuel Luster | 02/05/1989 |
| White Crappie | 3-lbs., 3.5-ozs. | Rita Ware | 02/02/2019 |
| White Bass | 2-lbs., 7-ozs. | Rachel Harrison | 03/24/24 |