Fishing Lloyds Lake in Walker County, Georgia

• Overview

  This water sits in Walker County, Georgia. The bank gives way to open plain. It measures about 44 acres, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Size puts it in the front rank of our Walker County list. Trenton lies 7.6 miles from the water. For a city, Chattanooga is 20 miles off. A border sits close enough to be relevant to the paperwork.

• Where to Fish on Lloyds Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. The arms fish better than the open middle whenever the water is up. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Across Walker County, recorded fish include redbreast sunfish, green sunfish, bluegill, snubnose darter and redline darter. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Lloyds Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 75°F at the top of summer and 37°F at the bottom of winter. Cooler months are the productive ones on most of this water. Late winter and spring fish steadiest here. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. On Lloyds Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, 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. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Failing this one, try Harris Lake, 2.4 miles away. None of that is settled for Lloyds Lake in what we hold.