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re: Tips for fishing the Cahaba River in Alabama - UPDATE IN OP
Posted on 7/10/25 at 12:01 pm to The Last Coco
Posted on 7/10/25 at 12:01 pm to The Last Coco
I’ll add that we’ve never had an issue at any of the put ins. Also, we average a little better than one mile per hour in the summer fishing. The Blueway map distances are accurate. Plan accordingly. There’s nothing out there until you get to Centerville. Not a fun place to be in the dark.
This post was edited on 7/10/25 at 12:58 pm
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Posted on 7/10/25 at 4:43 pm to The Last Coco
Caught above Centerville last year on a buzzbait.
Bluffs above Centerville
Bluffs above Centerville
Posted on 7/11/25 at 12:18 am to The Last Coco
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[/url][/img]Posted on 7/12/25 at 12:46 am to RentToOwn
[/url][/img] And wish I coulda found this guy a long time ago before the squirrels got the antlers. Looks like a monster. Found it 100 yards from the cahaba
Posted on 7/12/25 at 2:16 am to Aubie Spr96
Need to get you on Hatchet Creek
Posted on 7/12/25 at 1:55 pm to RentToOwn
Great pics! I'm on the Cahaba a lot but well south of you in Perry/Dallas county. It's extremely rare to see anyone on this stretch. You literally have the place to yourself. Occasionally run across someone checking lines but that's few and far between. The Cahaba is a gem.
And yes, there are huge deer up and down that river.
And yes, there are huge deer up and down that river.
Posted on 7/12/25 at 8:40 pm to tigahfromtheham
Caught one over 5 this year on Hatchett. Cahaba is better.
This post was edited on 7/12/25 at 8:48 pm
Posted on 7/12/25 at 8:56 pm to Aubie Spr96
Thats a beautiful fish.
Whats your average fish on cahaba?
If you catch 50 fish between you and the mrs on a trip, whats the length breakdown?
10" and under fish
11-12"
13-14"
15-16"
17" and over
Whats your average fish on cahaba?
If you catch 50 fish between you and the mrs on a trip, whats the length breakdown?
10" and under fish
11-12"
13-14"
15-16"
17" and over
Posted on 7/20/25 at 5:19 pm to The Last Coco
I’d have to think about that. Depends on the day really.
Bump to see how these guys did. Weather and water should have been perfect.
Caught this dude today in Hoover.
Bump to see how these guys did. Weather and water should have been perfect.
Caught this dude today in Hoover.
This post was edited on 7/20/25 at 5:34 pm
Posted on 7/20/25 at 11:32 pm to Aubie Spr96
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Aubie Spr96
We are trying to dial in our trips for this coming weekend.
We have 3 time slots:
1. Friday afternoon evening we should be in the water by 2pm. Planning the Pratt's Ferry to our cabin which looks to be right at 6 miles. Can we do that in 6hrs (2-8pm)?
2. Saturday all day. We should have 14 hours of daylight and we would love to spend it all on the river. I am trying to piece together a float of a reasonable length to tackle. I can go from Tate's Landing/ Living River down to Pratt's Ferry and that looks to be about 14.5 miles.
Is this a reasonable ask while fishing or are we biting off too much here? Have you ever dealt with Living River for access? Is launching at sunrise an option and what about truck retrieval?
3. Sunday, we will probably fish down from our cabin to the Centreville takeout, about 2 miles.
Posted on 7/20/25 at 11:33 pm to Aubie Spr96
quote:
Bump to see how these guys did.
1 week early! We are arriving on Friday
Posted on 7/21/25 at 11:44 am to Aubie Spr96
I worked in Tuscaloosa and Centerville for a year right out of college. I saw the Twix and Tween closed down. How long ago did that happen ?
Posted on 7/21/25 at 3:41 pm to The Last Coco
quote:
1. Friday afternoon evening we should be in the water by 2pm. Planning the Pratt's Ferry to our cabin which looks to be right at 6 miles. Can we do that in 6hrs (2-8pm)?
I plan on 1hr/mile when fishing. That assumes a stop for lunch. There aren’t any true shoals until you get to Centerville (we did this two weeks ago and crushed em). I’d say you’ll be fine as long as y’all aren’t stopping and are on the water by 2PM.
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2. Saturday all day. We should have 14 hours of daylight and we would love to spend it all on the river. I am trying to piece together a float of a reasonable length to tackle. I can go from Tate's Landing/ Living River down to Pratt's Ferry and that looks to be about 14.5 miles.
Living River is a church camp of some sort. It’s hard, by design, to get in there. I’d recommend going up river the Slab. It only adds another 3 miles. That’s 13 total to the refuge.
We went around Bham this weekend. Water should be perfect.
Posted on 7/21/25 at 3:45 pm to Aubie Spr96
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Aubie Spr96
Thanks again for all the awesome intel. I will 100% post a follow-up next week when we get back.
I spoke to Jenny with Living River and she is AWESOME. The Lebron Canoe Launch is on LR property but accessible to everyone with prior consent. She sent me a parking tag for my truck and had all sorts of cool tidbits of info about the river. She really sounds like a wonderful person.
Our plan for Saturday is to launch at the Lebron Canoe Launch and float to the boat launch on the NWR, right around 11 miles. I know our fishing style and figure we will slow down at points to pick things apart so having a little slop time built in should help us out.
We are hoping to eat a "shore lunch" of alabama bass at some point on Saturday - am I reading it right that there is no size limit on black bass in most Alabama waters?
Thanks again for your help and patience!
Posted on 7/21/25 at 4:02 pm to The Last Coco
Glad to see you secured a spot. I have her cell number, but wasn’t giving it out here.
12” black bass as a general rule is a keeper most anywhere. Y’all will have no trouble catching 12” spots.
If the wife isn’t working Sat, I want to do a 13 mile trip. I really want to do below Centerville to get away from the shoals, but that’s my wife’s favorite part.
12” black bass as a general rule is a keeper most anywhere. Y’all will have no trouble catching 12” spots.
If the wife isn’t working Sat, I want to do a 13 mile trip. I really want to do below Centerville to get away from the shoals, but that’s my wife’s favorite part.
Posted on 7/21/25 at 4:32 pm to Aubie Spr96
We considered that stretch down to Harrisburg bridge but we fish that kind of water often around here so wanted to stick to shoals.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 8:06 am to The Last Coco
Great trip and a cool river.
We fished 6 miles Friday, 11 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday. Caught some fish but it was pretty slow overall. The fish never really turned on throughout the weekend.
2 of us caught 24 on Friday in 5hrs.
3 of us caught 38 on Saturday in 11hrs.
3 of us caught 30 on Sunday in 3.5hrs.
We had 3 really nice fish - two 3lb and a 4lb alabama bass. 2 of those came on a shower blows 105, the other on a spinnerbait.
For the weekend we caught them on all kinds of stuff - spinnerbait, buzzbait, plastics, jig, topwater, crankbait, karashi, and fluke.
We fished 6 miles Friday, 11 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday. Caught some fish but it was pretty slow overall. The fish never really turned on throughout the weekend.
2 of us caught 24 on Friday in 5hrs.
3 of us caught 38 on Saturday in 11hrs.
3 of us caught 30 on Sunday in 3.5hrs.
We had 3 really nice fish - two 3lb and a 4lb alabama bass. 2 of those came on a shower blows 105, the other on a spinnerbait.
For the weekend we caught them on all kinds of stuff - spinnerbait, buzzbait, plastics, jig, topwater, crankbait, karashi, and fluke.
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