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.
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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Big bass feeding in shallow water this month makes it an excellent time to go fishing. You can catch them on a wide variety of patterns and baits, and they are about as active as they get all year long. Weiss Lake offers one of the best lakes to explore different patterns and catch quality…
No matter how tough the fishing gets, someone always catches bass. September is a tough month for most bass fishermen, but tournament weigh-ins still produce big catches. Weiss Lake is a good example. You can have some great catches this month by learning some of the lake’s secrets. Weiss is like two lakes in one.…
While fishing Weiss Lake typically puts thoughts of slab crappie and big striped bass in most anglers’ minds, there are a lot of big catfish many sport-fishermen overlook. A lot of people have probably caught catfish on accident when fishing this lake nestled just west of the Georgia-Alabama border, but if you target them, there…
Bass and grass. Just the thought of a largemouth slamming a spinnerbait or buzzbait in the grass gets the blood flowing, and Lake Weiss is one of the best lakes to find that kind of excitement right now. Bass stay shallow and feed in the grassbeds during June. Lake Weiss is a 30,200-acre Alabama Power…
Storm clouds were gathering, and across the state line in Alabama a tornado warning was in effect and headed toward Georgia — the makings of what promised to be a stormy, early spring evening. Striper guide Cy Grajcar and I had waited for weeks to take our trip to the Coosa River in search of…
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 |