Bank and Accessible Fishing

Bank and Wheelchair Accessible Fishing Opportunities in or near Birmingham

Your purchase of a fishing license financially supports the protection and enhancement of Alabama's aquatic resources. Alabama state fishing license requirements applies for all these waters.
Bank fishing is also allowed at Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division Boating Access Areas when fishing activity does not interfere with boating access.

County	Site	Direction from Birmingham	Distance from Birmingham
Bibb	Bibb County Public Fishing Lake (wheelchair accessible) (fee)	Southwest	An hour
Clay	Clay County Public Fishing Lake (wheelchair accessible) (fee)	East	An hour and 30-minutes
Cullman	Sipsey Fork (rainbow trout)	North	45-minutes
Jefferson	Bankhead Reservoir's Boating Access Areas	West	An hour
	Cahaba River at Old Montgomery Hwy. Bridge, US Hwy. 31, in Hoover	South	15-minutes
	East Lake (wheelchair accessible, but a long distance from the parking area)	East Side	In Birmingham
	Flat Top Grocers Access in Adamsville	North	25-minutes
	Fivemile Creek, a tributary to the Locust Fork, at Brookside Greenway	North	20-minutes
	Locust Fork at Birmingport Access off Hwy. 269	West	30-minutes
	Locust Fork at Buckshort Bridge Access off Mt. Olive Road	North	20-minutes
	Locust Fork at County Access near the Gorgas Steam Plant	Northwest	An hour and 10-minutes
	Locust Fork at Warrior Access off Kimberly-Warrior Road	North	35-minutes
	Tannehill Historical State Park on the Jefferson/Tuscaloosa/Bibb county line (entrance and fishing fees)	Southeast	30-minutes
	Turkey Creek	East	15-minutes
	West Jefferson Lake off Flat Top Road in west Jefferson County	West	25-minutes
Shelby	Lake Purdy	Southeast	30-minutes
	Oak Mountain State Park (free after park entrance fee)	South	20-minutes
Talladega	Logan Martin at Logan Landing RV Resort and Campgroud 1-888-Logans-1 (fee)	East	1-hour
Tuscaloosa	Lake Lurleen State Park (wheelchair accessible) (fee)	West	An hour and 15-minutes
Walker	Walker County Public Fishing Lake (wheelchair accessible) (fee)	Northwest	1-hour

Fishing tips are available on this Web site.

Oak Mountain State Park Fishing
Oak Mountain State Park and other Alabama State Parks are great places to learn about nature though fishing and other activities.