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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.
Lake Weiss Reources
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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It’s too hot to go fishing in July, and the bass are sluggish and don’t bite anyway, right? Wrong! If you sit home under an air conditioner rather than going bass fishing, you will miss out on some good catches, especially if you go to Weiss Lake. Weiss is a very pretty 30,200-acre Alabama Power…
Crappie fishermen know they are headed to the right lake when they get near Weiss and start seeing signs proclaiming it is the “Crappie Fishing Capital of the World.” Those signs on the roads leading to Centre, Alabama give you an idea of the importance of crappie fishing in the area. Weiss is on the…
All I want for Christmas is two big bass! And if they are magnum spots, that is even better. Weiss is not always the first lake to come to mind for anglers who desire big spots, but there are a lot of 3- and 4-pounders feeding shallow during December at Weiss. Coosa spotted bass are…
The reputation of Lake Weiss as one of the country’s most consistent crappie producers is well deserved. Slab after slab, year after year, the 30,000-acre lake in northwest Georgia and northeast Alabama at the head of the Coosa River chain reinforces its reputation and its nickname of Crappie Capital of the World. April is perhaps…
In my experiences with guide Lee Pitts, he is one of the most optimistic members of the fishing community around Lake Weiss. So when he welcomed me with the “It’s tough” warning on a trip to Lake Weiss in late July, I knew the fishing must indeed be slow. Despite ideal mid-summer fishing conditions—air temperatures…
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 |