NoAl Chapter Tournament Schedule for 2009

[AveryF]

As promised, here's the North Alabama Chapter's tournament schedule for the upcoming year:

January 17th
Smith Lake (ramp at the dam)

February 14th
Wilson (Safety Harbor - launch site moved to Fleet Harbor)

March 21st
Upper Bear (Twin Forks)

April 18th
Southern Rally V at Guntersville (Covenant Cove)

May 16th
Weiss (ramp at the canal just off of Riverside Drive in Leesburg)

June 13th
Wheeler (Ingall's Harbor)
This will be a membership drive tournament and everyone is urged to bring a non-member

July 18th
This will be a trailer tournament for any lake on the Tennessee River. Everyone will be required to register that morning at McFarland Park in Florence and then trailer to the launch site of their choosing. Weigh in will be at 1:00 pm at McFarland Park where we'll have an ol' fashioned cookout afterwards. Spouses and children are encouraged to attend!

August 15th
Bankhead (Howton's)

September 19th
Neely Henry (Coosa Landing)

October (? date)
This will be a combined SoAl/NoAl Meet and Greet!!

November 21st
Guntersville (Wyeth Drive)

[joetriton150]

Avery you might need to double check on city park in gadsden i think that launch may be closed they have that new coosa landing across the river and just up from the old city park. We went by the other day and it looked like they dont have that launch anymore not for sure thats just what it looked like.............

[Gitthenet]

The ramp across the river that you are talking about is the ramp we talked about using. It's called the city landing. They've paved the parking lot and built a new building that includes bathrooms, tackle shop and snacks and drinks. Bass/WBT and ABA all use this landing. The City of Gadsden has spent alot of money on this ramp to bring in the larger tournaments. I think you're correct about the old park ramp I don't think it is in use anymore.

[joetriton150]

yep thats the one i thought it was called coosa landing............It sure is a nice place they even have a place to weigh fish in and just slide them down that big pipe once they are weighed in............... Have you seen that............

[AveryF]

You're right - it's actually called Coosa Landing just off of Lake Street. Thanks for the heads up.

[TeamTar]

Avery will your scales go up to 25 or 30 lbs for the march tournament on upper bear? Danny knows where all those big fish stay up here.

[fishcraze]

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I can't wait, upper bear is loaded with toads.

Tommy, you working friday? might be a good day on the bear.

dh

[teamsos]

Fished it Monday in the rain.....no luck. One keeper in 3 hours. May go out in the morning for a few hours before I eat so much that I can't move.

[TeamTar]

as of now I will have to work, if something changes I'll give you a call. I havent been there in about 2 months, would be to get to go.

[fishcraze]

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I understand that, if cloudy rainy I'm fishing, if clear and nice then I'll work :)
Just give me a call, I'll be out of town untill about 7pm thursday night.

Sat, just dont have the time, have to be back in t-town for the iron bowl around noon or so. I might go down to lake lu(MDwhateverboat:)

dh

[Gitthenet]

I've fished out of The State park, water front,and goose pond on G'ville. Where is Covenant Cove located

[CrankinStein]

5-10 minutes south of the State Park in Spring Creek.

[AveryF]

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http://www.mapquest.com/maps?n...37445

[Gitthenet]

appreciate the directions and map been there to just didn't realize it. I tend to do that alot, even more than usual as time goes by

[Agoode]

where is upper bear? I have never heard of it

[AlBasser]

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I have heard it mentioned here during this year . Never figured out where it was either . Maybe some one could post a map-quest to it also .

Would like to find out a little more about it since it's on the shcedule .

Thanks for the info ! That would be a definite 2 day for me . Will have to look at this as it gets closer .

Thanks , Robert Farrar




Modified by AlBasser at 12:47 PM 12/1/2008

[Gitthenet]

It's actually in north Winston County near Haleyville AL. To Franklin County near the Town of Bear Creek. The Twin Forks ramp we usually use is behind Philips High School in the Town of Bear Creek. You have to cross the railroad tracks at the school and it's about a mile and a half to the ramp.

[Agoode]

how bigs the lake? what kind of structures it got?

[Gitthenet]

FromTwin Forks you can be anywhere you want to go (up or down lake) in 15 to 20 min.. It's got a little bit of everything Shallow/deep points. The grass has come along nicely the last couple of years lots of laydowns and rock ledges and bluffs. Several humps and creek channels and stump beds along it's length.

[Agoode]

sounds pretty good may have to check it out is there alot of boat traffic on the lake?