Alabama Fish Species

22 species tracked across every lake in the Atlas, ranked by how many public waters carry them. Largemouth bass has a full dedicated guide; the rest link out to the lakes that hold them while their own pages get built.

Largemouth Bass

Found in 57 lakes

Lake Guntersville, Weiss Lake, Lake Martin +54 more

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Crappie

Found in 50 lakes

Lake Guntersville, Weiss Lake, Lake Martin +47 more

Catfish

Found in 37 lakes

Lake Guntersville, Weiss Lake, Lake Martin +34 more

Bluegill

Found in 37 lakes

Lake Guntersville, Weiss Lake, Neely Henry Lake +34 more

Spotted Bass

Found in 29 lakes

Lake Guntersville, Weiss Lake, Lake Martin +26 more

Striped Bass

Found in 20 lakes

Lake Guntersville, Weiss Lake, Lake Martin +17 more

Channel Catfish

Found in 14 lakes

Gantt Lake, Point A Lake, Big Creek Lake +11 more

Redear Sunfish

Found in 12 lakes

Gantt Lake, Bibb County Public Fishing Lake, Chambers County Public Fishing Lake +9 more

Smallmouth Bass

Found in 11 lakes

Lake Guntersville, Pickwick Lake, Wheeler Lake +8 more

White Bass

Found in 10 lakes

Weiss Lake, Wheeler Lake, Neely Henry Lake +7 more

Sauger

Found in 6 lakes

Pickwick Lake, Wheeler Lake, Wilson Lake +3 more

Hybrid Striped Bass

Found in 6 lakes

Bankhead Lake, Lamar County Public Fishing Lake, Gainesville Lake +3 more

Blue Catfish

Found in 6 lakes

Gainesville Lake, Aliceville Lake, Coffeeville Lake +3 more

Bream

Found in 5 lakes

Lake Martin, Lake Eufaula, Claiborne Lake +2 more

Flathead Catfish

Found in 5 lakes

Gainesville Lake, Aliceville Lake, Coffeeville Lake +2 more

Redear

Found in 4 lakes

Lake Guntersville, Lake Wedowee, Lay Lake +1 more

Walleye

Found in 2 lakes

Pickwick Lake, Wilson Dam Tailrace

Rainbow Trout

Found in 2 lakes

Bankhead Lake, Sipsey Fork Trout Tailwater

Hybrid Bass

Found in 1 lake

Neely Henry Lake

Skipjack Herring

Found in 1 lake

Guntersville Dam Tailrace

White Crappie

Found in 1 lake

Point A Lake

Shoal Bass

Found in 1 lake

Thurlow Lake