The lake was completed in 1920 as a municipal water supply when Mineral Wells was a popular resort town. In 1975, the city donated the lake and adjoining parkland to the state, and the federal ...

Weiss Lake is known as the Crappie Captal of the World--for good reason. Local guides say winter may be the best time of all to fish the northeast Alabama lake. David Rainer Don't wait till spring ...

“This year we had the money to stock 1,500 black crappie in the lake,” said Dan Distler, chairman of the committee. “Along with the 4- to 6-inch crappie, we also stocked 300 pounds of ...