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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.
"All the big bass that I catch are released, except for the
two that I mounted," continued Rodney. |
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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
the lake. |
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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. 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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