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Spotted Bass Caught in Alabama

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Spotted Bass over 4 pounds or 19 inches may qualify for a Master Angler Certificate.
Spotted Bass over 6 pounds or 21 inches may qualify for a Trophy Angler Certificate.

Spotted bass in the Mobile basin are a sub-species known as the Alabama spotted bass. Typically the Alabama spotted bass achieve a larger size than the northern spotted bass.

SSG Sidney Johnson relaxed in Thurlow to catch these spotted bass. He is stationed in Iraq.	This classic Alabama spotted bass was caught by Jon Hornsby from Yates Lake (Middle Pond).
Spotted bass are active during the winter in Alabama. If they are not shallow, try vertical jigging.	This spotted bass was caught by Andy Guy in OIiver Reservoir in 2008
Yates Lake can produce some hard fighting spotted bass, especially when the water is running.	A pair of Alabama spotted bass taken on lures. Lou Schefano caught this spotted bass on a fly rod in Five-Mile Creek near Birmingham, Alabama.
This spotted bass caught from Yates is typical of the coloration of those caught from clear Alabama waters. This is a typical Alabama spotted bass from Lake Thurlow.	Spotted bass fishing can be excellent in the lower Coosa River below Jordan Dam.
Damon Abernethy caught this 5.3 pound spotted bass from Jordan Lake on December 4, 2005.	Spotted bass can be caught day and night in Alabama.
Lee Knowles	Frank Wojchiechowski from Washington D.C. caught this large northern spotted bass on Pickwick Lake with the help of Steve Hacker.

6 pound 10 ounce spotted bass from Lake Oliver
A six pound, ten ounce spotted bass from Lake Oliver caught from the wing wall below Bankhead Dam during April of 2006

Matthew Williamson with a big spotted bass.
Matthew Williamson shows that, though Lake Martin may be known for large numbers of spotted bass, Lake Martin can produce big spots like this one over six pounds. It was caught in late March of 2006 on a 4-inch green pumpkin dead ringer Zoom worm with the tail dipped in chartreuse garlic lure coloring.