Fishing in Franklin County, Alabama
4 lakes on record in Franklin County, drawn from the Atlas lake directory.
Upper Bear Creek Reservoir
A 14-mile TVA flood-control reservoir in the hills of Franklin, Winston, and Marion counties — clean Appalachian-plateau water, smallmouth and largemouth to double-digits, and the put-in for one of Alabama's best paddle trips.
Little Bear Creek Reservoir
A TVA flood-control impoundment on Little Bear Creek, closed in 1976 and sitting entirely in Franklin County — clear, infertile water, a protective slot limit that makes this fishery work, and the Bear Creek system's most cabin-friendly lake.
Big Bear Creek Reservoir
A TVA flood-control impoundment on Bear Creek in Franklin and Marion counties, closed in 1969, thirty miles southwest of Muscle Shoals — the third of four Bear Creek Lakes, fed by the 26-mile floatway from Upper Bear Dam, and home to two BCDA campgrounds.
Cedar Creek Reservoir
A TVA flood-control impoundment on Cedar Creek in Franklin County — ninety-six-foot earthen dam completed in 1979, nine miles of rock-cut shoreline, and the scenic big-water pool of the Bear Creek system anchored by Slickrock Campground. Not to be confused with the much larger Texas reservoir of the same name.