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R.L. Harris Reservoir (Lake Wedowee) Fishing Report

Alabama's youngest big reservoir: clear, deep Tallapoosa water where spotted bass school on rock and largemouth hide in timber-filled creek arms
Alabama~10,660 acresMAX DEPTH 121 FTCLARITY ONE OF THE CLEAREST ALABAMA POWER LAKES: A LOW-FERTILITY RESERVOIR THAT MLF PROS SUMMED UP AS 'CLEAR WATER, SPOTTED BASS, DEEP STRUCTURE', WITH SEVERAL FEET OF VISIBILITY IN THE LOWER LAKE AND THE TIMBERED RIVER ARMS THROUGH SUMMER. THE UPPER LITTLE TALLAPOOSA AND TALLAPOOSA HEADWATERS STAIN AFTER RAIN AND CARRY CURRENT, AND THE WHOLE LAKE GREENS SOMEWHAT IN LATE SUMMER.IMPOUNDED 1983

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

TODAY'S BITE93GREATpeak for today, out of 100modeled from this morning's forecast
WATER TEMP58°FU.S. Geological Survey
POOL LEVEL−4.2 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 R.L. Harris Reservoir (Lake Wedowee) ranks in Alabama today

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R.L. Harris Reservoir (Lake Wedowee) shoreline — open the app for the full depth map

Species

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

On BassHawk

Everything below points at one goal — finding the most, and the biggest, largemouth bass on R.L. Harris Reservoir (Lake Wedowee).

Sunk habitat

5 state-placed brush piles and habitat sites on R.L. Harris Reservoir (Lake Wedowee), marked on the map with the depth each sits in.

TYPESITESDEPTH
Fish Attractor5—

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

Big Fox Creek Boat Ramp
Boat Ramp

Common questions

Is the bite good on R.L. Harris Reservoir (Lake Wedowee) today?

Today's bite outlook for R.L. Harris Reservoir (Lake Wedowee) peaks at 93 out of 100 — great. 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 R.L. Harris Reservoir (Lake Wedowee) right now?

R.L. Harris Reservoir (Lake Wedowee) is reading about 58°F, from U.S. Geological Survey data as of Saturday, October 31, 2026. BassHawk refreshes it every day.

What is the lake level on R.L. Harris Reservoir (Lake Wedowee)?

R.L. Harris Reservoir (Lake Wedowee) is 4.2 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 R.L. Harris Reservoir (Lake Wedowee)?

Largemouth on R.L. Harris Reservoir (Lake Wedowee) 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. R.L. Harris Reservoir (Lake Wedowee) is reading about 58°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 R.L. Harris Reservoir (Lake Wedowee)?

R.L. Harris Reservoir (Lake Wedowee) runs to about 121 ft at its deepest, across ~10,660 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 R.L. Harris Reservoir (Lake Wedowee)?

R.L. Harris Reservoir (Lake Wedowee) has 2 public boat ramps mapped on BassHawk. The ramps are Big Fox Creek Boat Ramp, Boat Ramp. Every trip plan starts from the ramp you pick and routes the day from there.

Are there brush piles or fish attractors on R.L. Harris Reservoir (Lake Wedowee)?

Yes — 5 state-placed brush piles and habitat sites on R.L. Harris Reservoir (Lake Wedowee), 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 R.L. Harris Reservoir (Lake Wedowee)?

largemouth bass, spotted bass, black crappie, white crappie, bluegill, redear sunfish, yellow perch, hybrid striped bass, striped bass, white bass, channel catfish, flathead catfish, blue catfish. BassHawk is built for largemouth bass specifically — every report, plan and layer is pointed at finding the most, and the biggest, largemouth in R.L. Harris Reservoir (Lake Wedowee).

Does BassHawk have a daily fishing report for R.L. Harris Reservoir (Lake Wedowee)?

Yes. R.L. Harris Reservoir (Lake Wedowee) 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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