Wheeler Lake Fishing Reports (May 2026)

Mike Mitchell with SouthernCats Guide Service
Decatur, Alabama
Reported: 2 days ago

This week we had a great family and friends trip on a 2 boat trip we boated over 60 fish with several being large fish which we release after pictures and they also kept around 40 smaller fish for a fish fry!

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Mike Mitchell with SouthernCats Guide Service Decatur, Alabama Reported: 2 days ago

This week we had a great family and friends trip on a 2 boat trip we boated over 60 fish with several being large fish which we release after pictures and they also kept around 40 smaller fish for a fish fry!

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Mike Mitchell with SouthernCats Guide Service
Decatur, Alabama
Reported: 3 weeks ago

Had an awesome time with Jason last week on Guntersville Lake we caught a 75,58,57,42,30 pounder along with some smaller ones dragging cut skipjack in 30-40ft of water. Had a blast with Copeli and her family from KY! Copeli landed a 60 pounder for our efforts and it truly was...

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Mike Mitchell with SouthernCats Guide Service Decatur, Alabama Reported: 3 weeks ago

Had an awesome time with Jason last week on Guntersville Lake we caught a 75,58,57,42,30 pounder along with some smaller ones dragging cut skipjack in 30-40ft of water.

Had a blast with Copeli and her family from KY! Copeli landed a 60 pounder for our efforts and it truly was a blessing to be able to spend the day with her! She is a special girl and a true outdoors enthusiast!

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Mike Mitchell with SouthernCats Guide Service
Decatur, Alabama
Reported: 1 month ago

Bite has been very good catching fish on cut bait in 25-30ft most days....biggest fish of the year so far was caught, weighing 90 pounds! Water temp. 60-65 and fish are fighting like freight trains

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Mike Mitchell with SouthernCats Guide Service Decatur, Alabama Reported: 1 month ago

Bite has been very good catching fish on cut bait in 25-30ft most days....biggest fish of the year so far was caught, weighing 90 pounds!
Water temp. 60-65 and fish are fighting like freight trains

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Mike Mitchell with SouthernCats Guide Service
Decatur, Alabama
Reported: 1 month ago

Here's a recent trip where we caught a 70,58,51,45,35 with Nick from Alabama. Springtime is great most fish are coming from drifting and anchoring in 10-20ft with fresh cut skipjack

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Mike Mitchell with SouthernCats Guide Service Decatur, Alabama Reported: 1 month ago

Here's a recent trip where we caught a 70,58,51,45,35 with Nick from Alabama. Springtime is great most fish are coming from drifting and anchoring in 10-20ft with fresh cut skipjack

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Mike Mitchell with SouthernCats Guide Service
Decatur, Alabama
Reported: 2 months ago

With the warmer weather fishing has been good water temps are climbing and warm rain has really got the bigger fish feeding up

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Mike Mitchell with SouthernCats Guide Service Decatur, Alabama Reported: 2 months ago

With the warmer weather fishing has been good water temps are climbing and warm rain has really got the bigger fish feeding up

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