Crappie fishing is excellent and should continue to be good in the fall of 2006 and during 2007 as the 2004 year-class continues to grow. The best times to crappie fish are generally in early spring and fall. Remember, Logan Martin Lake has a 9-inch minimum length limit on crappie.

Striped, white and hybrid bass make annual spring runs upriver and have created quite a fishery at the headwaters (below Neely Henry dam). Fishing starts to pick up in March and can continue through the summer for stripes and hybrids when the power company generates water. Stripes and hybrids can also be found in spring fed creeks and cold-water springs located throughout the lake during summer months. Some of the better creeks for striper fishing are Ohatchee and Choccolocco Creeks. The striped bass fishery fluctuates depending upon 1) reproduction and migration of striped bass down the Coosa from Weiss Reservoir and 2) stocking success into Logan Martin. Striped bass and hybrid striped bass will continue to be stocked at three to five fish per acre each year.

Logan Martin Lake and Choccolocco Creek have fish consumption advisories due to PCBs. Information on the consumption advisories may be found at the Alabama Department of Public Health Web site, www.adph.org. Consumption advisory information is found in "A-Z Contents" under "Fish Consumption Advisories." To answer questions, contact Dr. Neil Sass at nsass@adph.state.al.us. The use of commercial fishing gear is prohibited in waters for which a consumption advisory has been issued for a commercial or non-game fish species.