Third in Alabama’s Tennessee River Valley (TVA) lake chain, Pickwick spreads across 30,175 acres — 47,500 acres at full summer pool — stretching about 46 miles from Muscle Shoals to Pickwick Dam in Tennessee.
In the coldest of weather, an armada of boats loaded with anglers dressed like Nanook of the North float together and bounce sauger jigs off the bottom trying to catch a Sauger.