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Bar-D Photo
Album
"Members....send me your fish
photos and I'll post them on our site." TW |
Lake Gayle with casting
lanes carved out by Manager Wilson... topwater fishing at its best (July,
2014).
Greg
and Jessie Holifield worked hard hauling trees to Lake Gayle to sink for bass
structure, July 2014 (next 3 photos)
Jessie Holifield adding
structure to Donavan Lake, July 2014 (above and two photos below).
Jessie Holifield
adding structure beside the Donavan Lake ramp pier (above and below photos),
July 2014
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DR. WILSON,
HERE IS A
7+ FISH I CAUGHT OUT OF THE BAR D (GAYLE, ITHINK, JUST PAST ROY!) 7-12 ON A
SWIM JIG AND 7-08 ON A ZARA SPOOK. MY GUEST ALSO CAUGHT A 6-10 ON A SPOOK. ALL
TOGATHER WE CAUGHT 16 BASS WITH ONLY 2 UNDER 3 LBS ! "WHAT A GREAT PLACE TO
FISH!" JOHN NOLAN
[e-mail, July 08] |
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Rodney and Kathey Smith, Tuscaloosa, have been
fishing Bar-D lakes for three years. They are among the best at catching big
bass from these lakes. Rodney gave me permission to tell part of his and
Kathey's secrets of "Big Bass Fishing."
"Big bass hit big lures. I use
10 inch worms, a no. 5 hook, and 12 lb test line. I fish at daylight, dusk, and
at night during the summer. I catch them in the middle of the day in the
winter," reported Rodney (July, 2004). |
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"I have had bass over 14 lbs up to the boat
on several occasions. I know there is a State record in one of the Bar-D
lakes...and I plan on catching her this winter," remarked Rodney Smith to me,
July of 04.
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 Kathey Smith catches big bass at Bar-D. |
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 Rodney and Kathey Smith caught 25 big bass in one
winter day. Seventeen of these bass weighed over 6 lbs. It was a rainy day of
great fishing at Bar-D. All of these bass were immediately released back into
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 Donnie Burchfield with a 8 1/2 pounder |
 Donnie with another big bass |
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Big bass are caught in every
month of the year at the Bar-D lakes. David Carlisle from Bay Minnette usually
hooks into at least one big bass per trip. "I hung one bass with eyeballs as
big as quaters...could have been 15 pounds. It pulled loose at the boat,"
reported Dave (Aug. 2003).
Russel Lawrence from Tuscaloosa and
his sons catch a lot of big bass from Club lakes (below left). Steve Drexler's
wife and friend, Eddie, both caught big bass from Bar-D (summer 06). |
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| Randal Cowart, Bessemer, AL, caught this 14
lb 1 oz. bass from the pier on Lake Eli in the summer of 2000. This is the
largest bass caught from the Club (that I know about). Randall caught this
monster on 4 lb test line. |
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Jackie Nichols (right) with a nice bass from a Bar-D lake. Jackie
caught a 7 and a 9 pound bass, 16 July, 2014. |
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