General Pictures

Pictures from Pickwick Lake and the Wilson Tailwaters


Jerry Foster won 3rd place for Outdorr recreation in the Outdoor Alabama photo contest for 2011.
 
 
Colbert Steam Plant pulls water here and releases the water in a downstream creek.


Coal Barges on the Tennessee River


Colbert Steam Plant from Downstream

 
When fishing Pickwick, one never knows what is going to bite: smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, spotted bass, freshwater drum, striped bass, channel catfish or even a buffalo.


In Pickwick, if you are fishing the bank, you are missing a lot of action.


Fishing current breaks is an important concept in Pickwick Lake.

 
These anglers are seeking smallmouth bass with various lures.


Charles Darr fishes Pickwick Lake during spring break.

 
White bass are a favorite fish during the spring.

 Alabama Fishing Licenses


The area below Wilson dam is one of the world's best smallmouth bass fisheries in the spring.

For pictures of anglers' fish, see the anglers' page.