The Tennessee Valley Authority

The Tennessee Valley Authority in Sheffield, AL offers some of the best year-round fishing opportunities in the nation, with well-known Pickwick and Wilson Lakes. These lakes were formed in the 1930s when the Tennessee Valley Authority constructed a series of massive dams along the Tennessee River in North Alabama, creating a unique combination of nature-made deep channels and man-made reservoirs that provide excellent habitats for a variety of game fish.

Pickwick Lake, spanning Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee, is recognized as one of the top bass lakes in the Southeast, offering a variety of habitats for fish including swift water, grassy flats, deep offshore ledges, rock bluffs, and gravel-covered points. Anglers can catch trophy-sized largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass, as well as monster-sized blue catfish, giant striped bass, big crappie, and bream. Wilson Lake, although smaller in size, also produces big fish such as largemouth and smallmouth bass, blue catfish, crappie, bream, sauger, and striped bass, with numerous shallow sloughs and diverse habitats to explore.

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