Demopolis Lake
Demopolis Lake fishing covers 10,000 acres of USACE reservoir at the confluence of the Tombigbee and Black Warrior rivers in Marengo County, impounded in 1954 by Demopolis Lock & Dam.

Two Rivers Junction (Demopolis City Landing)
Confluence point where Tombigbee and Black Warrior meet; rip-rap, bridge piling at Hwy 43, barge tie-offs · Crankbait the channel edge; swimbait rip-rap; Texas rig laydowns on either arm · Spring + Fall

Rattlesnake Bend (Tombigbee arm)
Barge-dredged canal cutoff above Two Rivers junction; creek mouths of McConnico Creek, Birdeye Creek, Birdine Slough · Flip matted grass with Brush Hog; crankbait the humps on the cut channel · Spring + Summer

Foscue Creek / Lock & Dam Slough
Mouth on Tombigbee arm just upstream of Demopolis L&D; cypress knees, weed beds, barge tie pilings · Topwater Zara Spook at dawn around cypress; jig-and-pig in laydowns; crankbait the mouth · Year-round

Logjam Slough / Spidle Lake Slough / Belmont Landing Slough
String of cypress-and-weed backwaters on the upper Tombigbee arm toward Gainesville · Flipping heavy cover; weedless frog over mats; spinnerbait on weed edges · Spring + Fall

Culpepper Slough (upper Tombigbee arm)
Cypress-lined slough with stumps and flooded timber; typical upper-Tombigbee habitat before Gainesville Dam · Pitch jigs to cypress knees; rig 10-inch worms in stained water · Spring + Fall

Dobbs Swamp / Runaway Branch (Black Warrior arm, Hwy 43 bridge)
Weeds, standing timber, stumps, fallen cypress and resident piers just past the Hwy 43 bridge · Buzzbait the banks at first light; flip matted cutgrass; skip worms under piers · Spring + Summer

French Creek (Black Warrior arm, above Citadel Cement)
All-day creek with stump-filled channel, cypress flats and weedy edges; brown-and-green tannin water · Idle the winding channel; Texas-rig worm to stumps; spinnerbait weed edges · Year-round

Powerline Slough & Backbone Creek (Black Warrior arm)
Weed and wood-filled creek and slough just above French Creek on the north side of the Warrior channel · Small 1/16-oz jig under float for bluegill spawn; frog/buzzbait for bass on mat edges · Spring + Fall

Greene County Steam Plant discharge (Black Warrior arm)
Dredged warm-water discharge canal with tall smoke-stack landmark and an island upstream holding the water intake · Jig and live shad in the warm discharge plume; rattletrap the canal edges · Winter

Big Prairie Creek mouth (upper Black Warrior arm)
Huge creek arm the size of an incoming river; shallow silted-in flats, mid-creek islands and resident piers · Idle or troll inside the pier line; spinnerbait and chatterbait on weed edges for pre-spawn largemouth · Spring

Warrior Dam tailwater (upper Black Warrior arm)
Dam tailrace on the upper Black Warrior arm with concrete walls, turbine current and eddy lines · Live shad or cut herring for hybrid striper; heavy-sinker cut bait for blue catfish below turbines · Spring + Summer

Gainesville Dam tailrace (upper Tombigbee arm)
High-use tailrace with bank and boat access on both sides, state-line proximity with Mississippi · Bottom-rig cut bait for catfish and drum; chrome rattletrap for hybrid striper on current seams · Year-round

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