Woods Lake near Piedmont: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  This water sits in Cherokee County, Alabama. It stands 669 feet above sea level. At roughly 11 acres, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Piedmont is the closest town at 5.5 miles. The big place round here is South Fulton, 62 miles distant. Also within reach: Terrapin Creek Lake Number 8 (3.7 miles), La Garde Lake 5.2 miles, Lake Weisner (5.4 miles), Lake Watson 5.8 miles and Norton Lake (6.6 miles). A county boundary sits nearby, which can matter for local access rules.

• Where to Fish on Woods Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Fish reported in the area, according to open records, include bronze darter, redeye bass, shadow bass, greenbreast darter and coosa darter. Records show what people reported, so treat the list as a guide to what lives in the area. Woods Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 79°F for July and 41°F for January. Fishing runs all year, with summer the awkward season. March through May is the strongest run, with autumn a second stretch. Autumn steadies things again once the heat lets go. The season on Woods Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. The nearest alternative is Terrapin Creek Lake Number 8, 3.7 miles out. Nothing here settles the position at Woods Lake for certain.