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Fish Caught by Anglers from Thurlow Lake

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We are still looking to certify lake record largemouth bass (8-pound minimum), smallmouth bass (5-pound minimum), spotted bass (4-pound minimum), and redeye bass (12-ounce minimum). We also have an angler recognition program for other sport fish.

Large striped bass caught below the Yates Dam in April of 2008
An angler holds a large striped bass caught below the Yates Dam April 6, 2008.

Zeke holding a yellow perch on Thurlow
January 3, 2007, Zeke holding a yellow perch caught in Graveyard Creek, Thurlow Reservoir.


Joni with yellow perch
Thurlow yellow perch

Smallmouth bass have been stocked into Thurlow.
Smallmouth bass were stocked in Thurlow Lake.


 

Good spotted bass hooked using light spinning gear.
Ernest Pattillo knows the key to success in Thurlow Reservoir is light line.  Yates Dam is in the background.

Daniel Fickle fishes Thulow wearing a t-shirt in January.
 Daniel Finkle, Auburn University student, with a spotted bass from Thurlow Lake during January of 2007.


 


Zeke reeling in a spotted bass.
Zeke pulls in a spotted bass from Thurlow Lake on the Tallapoosa River.

Billy Curlee
 On June 12, 2006, Billy Curlee caught this one-pound, ten-ounce shellcracker on Thurlow Reservoir.

 

 

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