Fishing Lake Weisner in Cherokee County, Alabama

• Overview

  The Cherokee County end of Alabama holds Lake Weisner. The land about it is open plain. With some 89 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The bank runs about 2.3 miles all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. It ranks high for size among our Cherokee County listings. Centre sits 5.7 miles from the bank. Ballplay is 7.6 miles away, with Leesburg at 9 miles. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Lake Weisner

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The arms fish better than the open middle whenever the water is up. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Fish reported in the area, according to open records, include bluegill, green sunfish, mobile logperch and blackbanded darter. Records show what people reported, not what is stocked. On Lake Weisner the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 79°F for July and 40°F for January. No part of the year shuts this water. Heat pushes fish deep from June onwards, so start early. The hot months push the fishing to dawn and dusk. On Lake Weisner that shapes the whole year. The first frost of the year slows things for a few days.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. For the panfish, a small hook, a float and a piece of worm outfish everything fancy. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Woods Lake, 5.4 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Lake Weisner in what we hold.