Holt Reservoir
Holt Lake Alabama fishing runs 3,296 narrow USACE-operated acres 6 miles northeast of Tuscaloosa — a winding Black Warrior impoundment between Oliver Lock downstream and Bankhead Lake upstream, worked for big catfish, spotted bass, crappie.

Holt Lock & Dam Tailwater / Lower Pool Face
USACE Holt Lock & Dam — 14 tainter-gate spillway, 64-foot lift chamber, Alabama Power hydro turbines on the north bank, deep rock and current seams on the upstream face · Heavy jig on the chunk rock; drop-shot vertical on the bluff walls; live or cut shad near the hydro discharge for blue catfish · Winter + Summer

Bankhead Dam Tailrace (Upper Pool)
Tailrace below Bankhead Lock & Dam — the upstream boundary of the Holt pool. Concentrated shad, rock, current-broken water, generation-fed seams · Swimbait and blade bait on the current seam; jig on the rock transition; cut shad for blues on the slack-water edge · Year-round

Main Black Warrior Channel Bends
Winding main channel through the narrow 18-mile pool — bluff walls, channel-cut banks, laydown wood pinned against current · Drift cut shad along the channel for blue and flathead catfish; drop-shot on the ledges for deep spotted bass; vertical jig on the bluffs in winter · Summer + Winter

Tributary Creek Pockets (Mid-Pool)
Quiet secondary creek mouths off the main river run — flooded timber, brush piles, shaded banks, soft bottom · Minnows and 1/16-oz jigs on brush for crappie; spinnerbait and wacky Senko for shallow largemouth; small swimbait on laydowns · Spring + Fall

Holt Resource Office Bank / Rip-Rap
Rip-rap and developed shoreline around the USACE Holt Resource Office near the lock road — hard cover, current break on the lower pool · Squarebill crankbait on the rip-rap for spotted bass; shaky head on the slower rock; cut shad for channel cats from the bank · Spring + Fall

Warrior Southern Railway Bridge Pylons
Downstream rail-bridge crossing below Holt Lock & Dam — concrete pylons, rip-rap at the approaches, current break on the lower channel · Shaky head on the pylons for spotted bass; live bait on the pylon base for blue cats; swimbait on the current edge at dusk · Year-round

Holt Reservoir — Lake Center