Lake Martin The sweetest spot in Alabama may just be this lake, 80 miles southwest of Birmingham. When it was built in the 1920s, Lake Martin was the largest man-made body of water in the world; it ...

Austin Kennedy, fishing guide, said trout bite best from late morning into the afternoon as sunlight warms the water. Try ...

Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.

Pat Mayse Lake is nearly 2.5 feet low, the water is slightly colored and the temperature is near 50 degrees. The steady temps have bass biting well in the right conditions for the day. One day it may ...