Moon Lake in Russell County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Moon Lake is set in Russell County, Alabama. Height above sea level is 410 feet. At 17 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. On our Russell County list it sits near the top for size. The closest town, Phenix City, is 1.9 miles away. It is 3.1 miles to Columbus, the nearest city. Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing.

• Where to Fish on Moon Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Records collected within a few miles name gizzard shad, bluegill, redear sunfish and channel catfish. Reporting is uneven, so absence from the list means little. Read Moon Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 46°F in January and 81°F in July. It fishes twelve months of the year. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer squeezes it into the edges of the day. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. It sets the rhythm of the year at Moon Lake. Warm rain lifts activity; cold rain flattens it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. A parking area is marked roughly half a mile out. A rest area sits about 130 yards from the water. There are toilets 170 yards off. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Lake Oliver is 1.2 miles distant. Check the position on Moon Lake before loading the car.