Lake Catoma
Lake Catoma is a 536-acre City of Cullman water-supply reservoir on Eightmile Creek in Cullman County, impounded 1966, 25-HP motor limit by city ordinance, with one public boat ramp at 1815 3rd St NE, Cullman.

City Ramp / 3rd Street NE Launch
City of Cullman public boat ramp at 1815 3rd St NE — the only published public access on the lake, on the northeast side of the pool where Eightmile Creek feeds the main reservoir. Paved ramp, shoreline timber, and immediate access to the creek arm and the main-pool edge. · Wacky-rigged Senko on the timber banks; spinnerbait along the shoreline brush; shaky head on the transition into the main pool. Bream and small catfish bite off the ramp bank all summer. · Spring + Fall

Eightmile Creek Inflow / Upper End
Main creek arm feeding the reservoir on the upper end — stained water after rain, creek-channel edges, and the shallower timber-and-gravel flats where largemouth and crappie stage in the spring. · Square-bill crankbait on the clear-to-stained seam after rain; 1/16 oz crappie jig long-lined through timber; beetle spin on the creek-mouth gravel; Texas-rigged worm in the laydowns. · Spring

Dam Area / Main Pool
Deepest water in the reservoir near the 1966 earthen dam on the south end — steep bank transitions and the main-pool edge. Holds bass and catfish through summer when the upper creek arm warms up and muddies. · Drop-shot a finesse worm on the steeper banks; shaky head on the rock and clay transition; cut bait for channel and flathead catfish on the bottom after dark. · Summer + Winter

Mid-Lake Shoreline Timber
Standing timber and laydown-heavy shoreline pockets through the mid-pool — a small reservoir with largely undeveloped bank thanks to the water-supply status, so cover is clean and continuous through the middle of the lake. · Flip a jig to the biggest laydowns; pitch a Texas-rigged worm; long-line a crappie jig through timber tops; small spinnerbait on the shade edges. · Spring + Fall

Main-Pool Shoreline Bream Beds
Shallow shoreline gravel and clay pockets on the main pool where bluegill and longear sunfish bed through late spring — a small-boat or bank pattern made easier by the 25-HP motor cap that keeps wake traffic off the banks. · Cricket or red wiggler under a small bobber; a small popper or fly on the bed in late May and June; beetle spin for mixed bream and small bass. · Spring + Summer

Lake Catoma — Lake Center