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Neely Henry Lake Fishing Report

Gadsden's 77-mile Coosa River run where Wes Logan won the 2021 Bassmaster Elite on shallow jigs and the spotted bass rank among Alabama's best
Alabama~11,235 acresMAX DEPTH 53 FTCLARITY STAINED TO SLIGHTLY DIRTY MOST OF THE YEAR (SUMMER SECCHI ABOUT 1.1 M, ROUGHLY 3-4 FT); THE NARROW RIVER ABOVE GADSDEN AND THE MAIN CHANNEL GO TO MUD AFTER RAIN WHILE DEAD-END SLOUGHS AND CREEK BACKS (CANOE CREEK, HURSHBURG, THE GOLF-COURSE SLOUGH) STAY NOTICEABLY CLEANER, AND THE WIDE LOWER LAKE TOWARD THE DAM RUNS CLEAREST.IMPOUNDED 1966

Today's fishing report for Neely Henry Lake, Alabama: live water temperature, pool level, and a bite score for today — refreshed every morning. Neely Henry Lake gets a fresh BassHawk guide report every day — areas, baits, and an hour-by-hour game plan.

TODAY'S BITE97PRIMEpeak for today, out of 100modeled from this morning's forecast
WATER TEMP61°FU.S. Geological Survey
POOL LEVEL−0.9 ftbelow normal pool · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Measured Saturday, October 31, 2026 · refreshed daily · where our data comes from · bite score modeled from today's forecast — the hour it peaks, and the week ahead, are in the app · the guide report reads these for you

How the bite score is built · Where Neely Henry Lake ranks in Alabama today

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Neely Henry Lake shoreline — open the app for the full depth map

Species

largemouth bass · spotted bass · striped bass · hybrid striped bass · white bass · white crappie · black crappie · channel catfish · flathead catfish · blue catfish · bluegill · redear sunfish · longear sunfish

On BassHawk

Everything below points at one goal — finding the most, and the biggest, largemouth bass on Neely Henry Lake.

Sunk habitat

25 state-placed brush piles and habitat sites on Neely Henry Lake, marked on the map with the depth each sits in.

TYPESITESDEPTH
Artificial2112 ft
Fish Attractor4—

Exact coordinates for every site are in the app.

Mapped on BassHawk

Traced from pre-dam survey sheets — the roads, foundations and creek beds that were there before the water. Creek channels marked USGS NHD come from the national stream map, not our tracing.

Getting on the water

Boat Ramp
Canoe Creek Boat Launch
Lakeshore Marina (marina)

Common questions

Is the bite good on Neely Henry Lake today?

Today's bite outlook for Neely Henry Lake peaks at 97 out of 100 — prime. That score weighs water temperature, barometric pressure and its trend, wind, cloud cover, solunar windows and the pool trend against bass-behavior research. The hour it peaks, how the rest of the day scores, and the seven-day outlook with the best window flagged are in the BassHawk app.

What is the water temperature on Neely Henry Lake right now?

Neely Henry Lake is reading about 61°F, from U.S. Geological Survey data as of Saturday, October 31, 2026. BassHawk refreshes it every day.

What is the lake level on Neely Henry Lake?

Neely Henry Lake is 0.9 ft below normal pool. Falling water pulls bass off the flats and onto the first drop; rising water pushes them into flooded cover. The daily guide report factors the trend into where it sends you.

When do bass spawn on Neely Henry Lake?

Largemouth on Neely Henry Lake spawn by water temperature, not the calendar: they stage around 50–58°F, move up between 58 and 62°F, and bed through roughly 62–70°F, with the north banks and pockets warming first. Neely Henry Lake is reading about 61°F today, and BassHawk tracks it daily with its two-week trend. The full temperature-by-phase table is in BassHawk's guide to bass spawning water temperature.

How deep is Neely Henry Lake?

Neely Henry Lake runs to about 53 ft at its deepest, across ~11,235 acres. BassHawk maps the shoreline, the structure and the access, and depth work on this lake is in progress.

Where can you launch a boat on Neely Henry Lake?

Neely Henry Lake has 2 public boat ramps mapped on BassHawk plus 1 marina. The ramps are Boat Ramp, Canoe Creek Boat Launch. Every trip plan starts from the ramp you pick and routes the day from there.

Are there brush piles or fish attractors on Neely Henry Lake?

Yes — 25 state-placed brush piles and habitat sites on Neely Henry Lake, each one marked on the BassHawk map with the depth it sits in. The counts and depth bands are on this page; the exact coordinates are in the app.

What fish are in Neely Henry Lake?

largemouth bass, spotted bass, striped bass, hybrid striped bass, white bass, white crappie, black crappie, channel catfish, flathead catfish, blue catfish, bluegill, redear sunfish, longear sunfish. BassHawk is built for largemouth bass specifically — every report, plan and layer is pointed at finding the most, and the biggest, largemouth in Neely Henry Lake.

Does BassHawk have a daily fishing report for Neely Henry Lake?

Yes. Neely Henry Lake gets a fresh BassHawk guide report every day: a headline read on the lake, an hour-by-hour game plan, the areas to run with the depth and structure to look for, what to throw, and how to work it. Today's is in the app, free to start.

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