Post on 08-Feb-2021
LAKE LU
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We received 2.9 inches of rain at the lake for the
month of January. Secchi disc readings indicate 48
inches of visibility. Water temperature is 50°F.
I forgot to include the big bass data from 2017. I
will include it in the January 2018 newsletter. We
had 57 big bass caught that ranged in size from 3.5
pounds (smallest) to 11.5 pounds (largest). These
bass collectively weighed a total of 409.50 pounds.
We only had 7 bass removed from the fishery. The
average big bass weight was 7.18 pounds per acre!
That is growing a very nice average trophy class bass
per acre folks!
January through December the following lures were
used to catch the 57 bass. Jerk bait, rattletrap (x 8
times), crawfish rattletrap (x 8 times), buzz bait,
rattletrap, watermelon red curl tail worm, lizard,
swimbait, chatter bait, buzz bait (x2), watermelon
seed worm, crankbait, rooster tail (x2), plastic
worm, plastic crawfish, jerk bait, white lizard,
lizard, white lizard, purple finesse worm, fire tiger
frog, rattletrap, 12-inch watermelon worm, hula
popper, red eye shad, Ned rig, Ned rig, crawfish
rattletrap, white buzz bait, oval head jig and pig,
crank bait, brush hog, swim bait, crank bait, green
worm, accidentally caught on live shell cracker.
Many bass anglers are having great luck with the
rattle trap crankbait this January. The chrome blue
and chrome black are working the best. The Yo-Yo
technique of rattletrap presentation is giving
success to those that know how to work it. The
crawfish crankbait is good as well. Best results are
with the fire red crawfish and not the more muted
color lure. We have had a big bass caught every day
that it was not too cold to keep anglers away from
the lake. One thing is for certain, the extreme cold
set a record of days that no one came out to the lake.
There is another certainty that I have found
following extremely cold winters. The coldness of
the winter is in a direct relationship to how crazy
anglers and visitors will behave once the weather
finally does change and turn nice. It’s like all that
cabin fever is released all at once on the first really
beautiful day.
Darren Mayfield is a first time Lake LU bass angler,
and he caught and kept this nice 8-pound bass.
Darren is a big crankbait angler and must have had
60 or 70 crankbaits in his tackle box. Darren will
catch many big bass at Lake LU.
Glenn Rawson, a UWA student, caught and released
this nice 5.75 pound 20.75-inch bass on 1-24-18.
Damion Welch and Jay Cowan, UWA students and
members of the UWA bass fishing club, caught these
nice 8- pound and 6.75-pound bass. Both fish were
released.
Jeff Shelton, a UWA staff member and assistant
coach of the UWA bass fishing club, caught this nice
6-pound bass last week. Photo by Damion Welch.
We got a new outboard motor to use on the lake! A
sincere thanks to the UWA administration for the
purchase. Now we can pull more big, dead trees out
into the lake to serve as fish attractors.
2018 BASS HARVEST REGULATION As soon as I hear of a regulation change I will inform
the public
Anglers have an unlimited bass harvest at Lake
LU, as long as the bass is less than 14 inches in total
length.
In addition, anglers may also harvest 1 fish
greater than 22 inches in total length, per person,
per day at Lake LU.
Please continue to encourage anglers to harvest
small bass. ~ Jay Haffner
Bluegill harvest REDUCED to 25
bream per person per day
REMINDER: Bream harvest has
changed and anglers may only catch
25 bream per person per day.
I had used the lake tractor and pushed up a big
brush pile back in December that needed burning.
Now this trail section looks neat and clean.
January sunset.
If anyone wants any information regarding fishing,
nature trails or prairie wildflower blooming times,
please give me a call at 205-652-9266 or e-mail me at
lrr@uwa.edu.
Feel free to visit the Lake LU website at
www.lakelu.uwa.edu.
Thank you,
Robby Limerick
Lake Manager
Lake LU
The University of West Alabama
lrr@uwa.edu
1-205-652-9266.
mailto:lrr@uwa.eduhttp://www.lakelu.uwa.edu/mailto:lrr@uwa.edu
All photos by R. Limerick unless otherwise noted.