Lay Lake
Lay Lake is 12,000 acres of Alabama Coosa River water — a four-time Bassmaster Classic host. Check the fishing report for Coosa-strain spots and largemouth.

Beeswax Creek
Only major Lay Lake creek with grass — coontail, shellbed points, feeder creeks with stumps · Lipless crankbait in coontail — ½-oz Strike King Red Eye Shad in gold or Sexy Shad · Winter + Pre-spawn

Beeswax Creek Park Launch Pocket
Shallow coontail pocket near the 2010 Classic launch site, feeder creek channels · Slow-rolled spinnerbait on the outside grass edge; Red Eye Shad on the retrieve · Winter

Yellowleaf Creek Arm
Major tributary above Lay Dam — creek-channel ledges, stumps, docks · Jig-and-craw on dock shade; Texas-rigged worm on creek-channel ledges · Pre-spawn + Spawn

Lay Dam Tailwater Side (Upstream Face)
Deep water stacked against the dam face, current-broken rock, concentrated shad · Heavy football jig vertical on dam face; spoons for schooling stripers on current breaks · Winter

Paint Creek Mouth
Tributary creek mouth with main-river current seam · Shad-pattern lipless crankbait and ChatterBait on the creek-mouth break as shad migrate in · Fall

Waxahatchee Creek
Large creek arm off the main lake with brush piles and laydown timber · Minnows on brush piles for crappie; jig-and-pig on timber for bass · Year-round (crappie) / Spring (bass)

Coosa River Channel Bluffs (Childersburg Stretch)
Main river channel below Logan Martin — bluff walls, rock, current · Drop-shot and football jig on bluff transitions; swimbait when shad school on the bluffs · Summer + Winter

Spring Creek (Lay)
Secondary creek with shallow spawning flat and scattered grass · Wacky-rigged Senko on beds; chatterbait on the flat for post-spawn fish · Spawn (late March-April)

Lay Lake — Lake Center