Fishing by Region
Alabama's lakes split into three broad regions. Pick one to see every lake the Atlas covers there.
North Alabama
North Alabama runs along the Tennessee River valley — the TVA chain of reservoirs (Guntersville, Wheeler, Wilson, Pickwick) plus tributary lakes like Smith Lake, built for hydropower and now some of the best inland fishing in the state.
Lake Guntersville, Weiss Lake, Pickwick Lake, Wheeler Lake, Neely Henry Lake, Lewis Smith Lake, Wilson Lake, Bankhead Lake, Inland Lake, Sportsman Lake, Sipsey Fork Trout Tailwater, Wheeler Dam Tailrace, Wilson Dam Tailrace, Guntersville Dam Tailrace, Upper Bear Creek Reservoir, Little Bear Creek Reservoir, Big Bear Creek Reservoir, Cedar Creek Reservoir, Madison County Public Fishing Lake, DeKalb County Public Fishing Lake, Walker County Public Fishing Lake, Fayette County Public Fishing Lake, Marion County Public Fishing Lake, Lamar County Public Fishing Lake, Lake Catoma, Hays Nature Preserve
Central Alabama
Central Alabama is Coosa and Tallapoosa River chain-lake country — a run of Alabama Power reservoirs (Neely Henry, Logan Martin, Lay, Mitchell, Jordan, Lake Martin) stretching from the hill country down toward the Black Belt.
Lake Martin, Gainesville Lake, Aliceville Lake, Coffeeville Lake, Robert E Bob Woodruff Lake, Claiborne Lake, Dannelly Reservoir, Bibb County Public Fishing Lake, Chambers County Public Fishing Lake, Clay County Public Fishing Lake, Dallas County Public Fishing Lake, Lee County Public Fishing Lake, Logan Martin Lake, Lake Wedowee, Lay Lake, Lake Jordan, Lake Mitchell, Walter Bouldin Lake, Yates Lake, Thurlow Lake, Holt Reservoir, Demopolis Lake
South Alabama
South Alabama sits in the Gulf coastal plain, where the Alabama and Tombigbee-Warrior river systems run down toward Mobile Bay through a string of lock-and-dam pools and public fishing lakes.
Lake Eufaula, Gantt Lake, Point A Lake, Big Creek Lake, Coffee County Public Fishing Lake, Dale County Public Fishing Lake, Geneva County Public Fishing Lake, Monroe County Public Fishing Lake, Pike County Public Fishing Lake, Washington County Public Fishing Lake