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Fishing Near Jasper, Alabama

4 lakes nearest Jasper, drawn from the Atlas lake directory.

Lewis Smith Lake

21,200 acres of Alabama's deepest reservoir — Alabama Power's clear-water canyon on the Sipsey Fork, built for spotted bass, trophy stripers, and finesse anglers who can read 60 feet of water.

21,200 acres acresMax depth 264 ft
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Bankhead Lake

9,200 acres of Black Warrior River impoundment — USACE dam, Alabama Power generators, bluff banks, bridge pylons, and a working-river fishery that stays underlooked year-round.

9,200 acres acresMax depth N/A (run-of-river)
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Sipsey Fork Trout Tailwater

Twelve miles of cold tailwater on the Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior, stocked monthly by ADCNR with Dale Hollow rainbows — the state's one and only trout fishery, fished on fly rod and light spinning tackle.

Tailwater reach — not an impoundment (no surface-acreage figure) acresMax depth Pool depths roughly 8-15 ft; wadeable runs 2-5 ft
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Walker County Public Fishing Lake

163 acres on Walker County Lake Road three miles southeast of Jasper off U.S. Highway 78 — ADCNR-managed State Public Fishing Lake stocked with largemouth, bluegill, redear, channel catfish, crappie, hybrid striped bass, and rainbow trout during winter trout season.

163 acres acresMax depth Not published by ADCNR — contour maps available on Outdoor Alabama (PDF and interactive)
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