Fishing at Lake Mary, Perry County, Alabama

• Overview

  You will find Lake Mary in Perry County, Alabama. This is open plain ground. This is a pocket water of some 9 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. You are 3.7 miles from Marion. The nearest city of size is Tuscaloosa, 44 miles away. Nearby alternatives: Lake Lou (0.2 miles), Lake Miriam some 0.2 miles off, Lake Heart (0.4 miles), Lake Betty some 0.4 miles off and Lake Eva (0.6 miles). The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lake Mary

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. A reservoir gives you a hard edge, a shelf, and not much else. Documented catches and surveys in the area cover backwater darter, blackbanded darter, bluegill and green sunfish. It is a record of sightings and surveys, so use it as a guide. Lake Mary gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 80°F at the top of summer and 44°F at the bottom of winter. Temperatures stay workable through the cold season. The first and last hours carry the summer; the middle is slow. June to September is hot work, so the first and last hours are what count. On Lake Mary that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. For the panfish, a small hook, a float and a piece of worm outfish everything fancy. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Should this one be busy, Lake Lou is 0.2 miles off. For Lake Mary, the notice at the access point is the final word.