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We got 1.1 inches of rainfall for the month of September. Thank goodness things are finally drying out! We will see how that holds out with Hurricane Delta making its way to the gulf coast this coming Saturday. Current water temperature is 78° F and Secchi is 20 inches. The water is very green and will remain so until November. I have stopped fertilization for the year hoping that the water will clear up and stimulate the bass strike more. However, warm weather is returning for the moment and if D.O. values mandate, I will add a small amount of fertilizer to the lake to keep oxygen levels plentiful.
I had a few big bass caught in September. The biggest was an 8.5-pound bass, followed by a 7.5 and a 6.25-pounder. Bass are being caught on rattletraps and square bills.
Logan Lane caught this nice 8.5-pound bass on a gold crankbait.
This had to be the strangest crankbait that I had ever seen. I showed the photo to Joe and he said it was called a bait ball crankbait.
The morning that Logan Lane caught his bas, I was driving down to weigh his bass when I saw this young man catch this nice 6.25-pound bass. Here Landon Bedwell poses with his fish that he caught on a DT-10
in shallow water. This fish was Landon’s PB and he and his dad left Lake LU heading to the taxidermist!
This is a 7.5-pound bass caught on 9-30-20 by Gary Shamblin. Photo by Neil Shamblin.
Sunfish (bream) really like it when it is hot! As the weather cooled, so did the bluegill bite. Harvest will
not improve until next spring when the sun’s heat returns. Do not despair! Cool weather results in fewer fish caught, but the shell crackers tend to be HUGE!
The Cai Family enjoying a hike on our nature trails.
We added 20 feet to our security fence near the dam.
The gate valve on the riser got re-painted.
Sugarcane plume grass.
Virgin’s Bower.
Sunset close up from the pier.
September Sunsets.
If anyone wants any information regarding fishing, boating, nature trails or prairie wildflower blooming
times, please give me a call at 205-652-9266 or e-mail me at [email protected].
Feel free to visit the Lake LU website at www.lakelu.uwa.edu. Thank you, Robby Limerick Lake Manager Lake LU The University of West Alabama [email protected] 1-205-652-9266. All photos by R. Limerick unless otherwise noted.
