Pickwick Lake

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Pickwick Lake is the reservoir created by Pickwick Landing Dam as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority. The lake stretches from Pickwick Landing Dam to Wilson Dam.

Pickwick Lake has excellent sportfishing areas, including the Wilson Dam tailwater at the upper end of the reservoir, noted for record-size smallmouth bass and catfish. Another favorite spot is the discharge basin at Colbert Fossil Plant west of Sheffield, Alabama, where the warm water discharged from the power plant attracts fish during cold weather.

[edit] See also

• Dams and reservoirs of the Tennessee River

[edit] References

• Pickwick Lake. Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved on 2006-05-02.