Fishing at R L Harris Reservoir, Randolph County, Alabama

• Overview

  R L Harris Reservoir lies within the bounds of Randolph County, Alabama. Land around it is oak and grass. At 7.6 sq miles you are fishing a fraction of it whatever you do. There is roughly 99 miles of bank, and each arm behaves like its own water. By surface area it heads our Randolph County listings. Nearest place of any size is Lineville, 8.6 miles away. The nearest city of size is South Fulton, 58 miles away. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on R L Harris Reservoir

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Open occurrence data for the surrounding area lists black crappie, black redhorse, bronze darter and mobile logperch. It reflects what has been logged, which depends on who was looking. The shape of R L Harris Reservoir decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 78°F and January near 42°F on the long-run figures. Cold never closes this one. The first and last hours carry the summer; the middle is slow. February into May fishes hardest as the water warms. Anyone fishing R L Harris Reservoir regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Boat Ramp sits about 0.9 miles away and carries the launch. Mapping shows a jetty some 0.9 miles off. For crappie, work tiny jigs around any sunken cover, a foot or two down. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Barton Lake, 8.5 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. For R L Harris Reservoir in particular, ask before you travel.