J L Crenshaw Lake Number One in Lowndes County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Look for J L Crenshaw Lake Number One in Lowndes County, Alabama. It sits at 289 feet above sea level. It covers about 11 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. For supplies, Fort Deposit is 13 miles out. After that come Taylor at 18 miles and Montgomery at 19 miles. A county boundary sits nearby, which can matter for local access rules.

• Where to Fish on J L Crenshaw Lake Number One

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Fish reported in the area, according to open records, include black bullhead, bluegill, goldstripe darter, green sunfish and warmouth. Take it as evidence of what swims here, not a promise for one session. Read J L Crenshaw Lake Number One for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 81°F and January about 47°F. The awkward stretch is midsummer, not midwinter. Late winter and spring fish steadiest here. Late winter often fishes better here than midsummer does. That is the shape of the year on J L Crenshaw Lake Number One. The first warm days of the year bring fish shallow quickly.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. For the catfish, fish bottom baits into the deeper holes and let them sit. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Crenshaw Ponds sits 0.7 miles off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for J L Crenshaw Lake Number One in what we hold.