Central Alabama Fishing Lakes
22 lakes in Central Alabama, drawn from the Atlas lake directory.
Lake Martin
44,000 acres of deep Tallapoosa River water — the South's oldest hydro reservoir and Alabama's most tournament-tested spotted bass fishery.
Gainesville Lake
USACE Mobile District 6,400-acre Tombigbee River impoundment between Aliceville Lake above and Demopolis Lake below — completed 1978, quiet catfish + largemouth water on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.
Aliceville Lake
USACE Mobile District 8,300-acre Tombigbee River impoundment upstream of Gainesville Lake — completed 1979 on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, quiet big-catfish and cypress-cover largemouth water.
Coffeeville Lake
USACE Mobile District 8,500-acre Tombigbee River impoundment between Demopolis Lake upstream and the Mobile-Tensaw Delta below — Coffeeville Lock & Dam operational 1960, completed 1965, navigation-first reservoir with a quiet big-catfish fishery.
Robert E Bob Woodruff Lake
USACE Robert F Henry Lock & Dam impoundment — 12,800 acres (20 square miles) stretching 80 miles up the Alabama River from Jones Bluff past Prattville and Wetumpka. Completed 1975.
Claiborne Lake
US Army Corps of Engineers Claiborne Lock & Dam built 1971 at Alabama River mile 72.5 — the southernmost Alabama River impoundment, 2,310 acres, quiet, remote, and productive for catfish and bass.
Dannelly Reservoir
US Army Corps of Engineers Millers Ferry Lock and Dam impoundment — 17,280 acres (27 square miles), the largest of the three Alabama River reservoirs. Completed 1974, home of Roland Cooper State Park.
Bibb County Public Fishing Lake
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources stocked lake — approximately 7.5 miles north of Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama. Largemouth, bream, redear, channel cat, crappie on a managed pool.
Chambers County Public Fishing Lake
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources stocked lake — County Road 83 Lafayette, Chambers County, Alabama. Largemouth, bream, redear, channel cat, crappie on a managed pool.
Clay County Public Fishing Lake
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources stocked lake — 1 mile west of Delta, Clay County, Alabama (three lakes of 13, 23, and 38 acres). Largemouth, bream, redear, channel cat, crappie on a managed pool.
Dallas County Public Fishing Lake
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources stocked lake — 11 miles south of Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. Largemouth, bream, redear, channel cat, crappie on a managed pool.
Lee County Public Fishing Lake
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources stocked lake — approximately 12 miles southeast of Auburn, Lee County, Alabama. Largemouth, bream, redear, channel cat, crappie on a managed pool.
Logan Martin Lake
15,263 acres of Coosa River water between Neely Henry and Logan Martin Dam — east Alabama's shallow, current-fed spotted bass and largemouth tournament stage.
Lake Wedowee
10,660 acres of Alabama Power reservoir on the Tallapoosa — a fertile clear-water lake where a 20-pound bag wins most weekend tournaments.
Lay Lake
The Coosa River impoundment that put Alabama on the Bassmaster Classic map four times — spotted bass country from Childersburg down to the dam.
Lake Jordan
The lower-Coosa Alabama Power impoundment between Mitchell Dam and Walter Bouldin — Alabama Bass Trail tournament water, Coosa-strain spots, and creek-arm crappie.
Lake Mitchell
The middle link in the Coosa River chain — spotted bass country tucked between Lay Dam upstream and Jordan Dam down below, deep and clear once you clear Verbena.
Walter Bouldin Lake
Alabama Power's last and largest Coosa-chain hydro project — a bypass-fed reservoir tied to Jordan Lake by a free-flowing canal, worked hard for largemouth, spots, crappie, and stripers.
Yates Lake
A compact 2,000-acre Alabama Power pool impounded in 1928 — lightly pressured spotted bass and largemouth water on the lower Tallapoosa.
Thurlow Lake
Alabama Power's run-of-river Thurlow Dam closed December 31, 1930 — the 574-acre pool just downstream of Yates Dam in Tallassee is prime shoal bass and spotted bass water on the lower Tallapoosa.
Holt Reservoir
Winding 18-mile Black Warrior impoundment between Oliver Lock & Dam and Bankhead Lake — USACE Mobile District water, known locally for big catfish, spotted bass, and an overlooked crappie bite.
Demopolis Lake
10,000 acres of West-Alabama river reservoir at the Tombigbee–Black Warrior confluence — 101 miles of stumps, cypress, weed mats and tailwaters where Bassmaster Opens have weighed in and big catfish roam.