Cedar Creek Reservoir
Cedar Creek Reservoir is a 4,200-acre TVA flood-control pool in Franklin County, Alabama — largest of the four Bear Creek Lakes, closed 1979, anchored by Slickrock Campground north of Russellville. This is the Alabama Cedar Creek, not the Texas reservoir.

Cedar Creek Dam Area
TVA earthen embankment dam (96 ft high, 3,160 ft long, no hydro) on the lower end of the pool — main-channel depth against the rock, spillway, and flood-control release gates. No hydroelectric generation. · Drop-shot and shaky head off the dam face; small swimbait parallel to the rock; suspending jerkbait on mild winter afternoons above 48°F; live bait for crappie and channel cats on the deeper water · Summer + Winter

Slickrock Campground Access and Cove
BCDA public ramp, fishing pier, and private campers' swim area on the east shoreline of Cedar Creek — rock-cut bluff banks, shaded cove fingers, and a secondary-point complex just off the ramp. Pavilion and public swim area anchor a larger cove inside the campground footprint. · Wacky Senko along the cove laydowns; a 3/8-oz shaky head on the adjacent rock points; crappie on jigs suspended over the old creek channel; flip a Texas-rigged craw to the shoreline rock; live minnows off the camp pier for crappie and bluegill · Spring + Fall

Main-Lake Creek Channel (Old Cedar Creek Bed)
Old Cedar Creek channel running through the middle of the 4,200-acre pool — channel swings, submerged timber, and main-lake ledges. The rock-cut bluff walls on the main channel hold bait and bass through summer per BCDA's characterization of the reservoir as a scenic rock-cut fishery. · Drop-shot and shaky head on the channel ledges; crappie on jigs or minnows suspended over brush tops in 15-20 feet; small swimbait parallel to the main-channel rock during fall shad push; Ned rig on the chunk-rock transitions for smallmouth and spotted bass · Year-round

Upper-Pool Tributary Arms
Upper-end tributary arms feeding the 9-mile impoundment — shallow flats, stained water on rain events, standing timber, and creek-mouth cover. Spring staging and fall shad push both key on the upper arms. · Spinnerbait on the wood cover; lipless crankbait across the flats during fall shad push; topwater at first light in the back pockets; flip a Texas-rigged worm to the laydowns; a 1/16-oz jig tipped with a minnow for crappie on the timber · Spring + Fall

Main-Lake Rocky Points (Mid-Reservoir)
Rock-cut main-lake points between Slickrock and the dam — chunk-rock banks, secondary points, and the transition from the cove-and-tributary water on the east shore to the main-channel depth on the west. BCDA's own characterization of Cedar Creek emphasizes the rock-cut design of the shoreline. · Drop-shot with a 4-inch finesse worm for smallmouth and spotted bass; small tube on a 1/4-oz head on the chunk rock; Ned rig on the transitions; shaky head worked down the rock slope; a small swimbait parallel to the bank during fall shad push · Summer + Fall

Cedar Creek Reservoir — Lake Center