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Bank and Wheelchair Accessible Fishing

Bank Fishing and Wheelchair Accessible Fishing Sites in Northeast Alabama

Your purchase of a fishing license financially supports the protection and enhancement of Alabma's aquatic resources.  Bank fishing is also allowed at Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division Boating Access Areas when fishing activity does not interfere with boating access. For more information about fishing from the bank in northeast Alabama, contact the District II Fisheries Supervisor, Dan Catchings.


County

Site

Blount

Locust Fork

Calhoun

Choccolocco Creek

  Hillabee Reservoir (fee - annual permit required from the City of Anniston, 256-236-3429)
  White Plains Reservoir (fee - annual permit required from the City of Anniston, 256-236-3429)

Cherokee

Chattooga River at Hwy 35 in Gaylesville
  Coosa River below Lake Weiss Powerhouse at County Road 20
  Coosa River / Lake Weiss at County Road 7 (at dam)

 

Little River Canyon National Preserve

  Little River Wildlife Management Area
  Weiss Lake at County Road 22 causeway of Cowan Creek, west of Centre
  Weiss Lake at County Road 22 causeway of Mud Creek near Alexis
  Weiss Lake at County Road 22 causeway of Spring Creek
  Weiss Lake at County Road 31 causeway of Tree Mile Creek
  Weiss Lake at County Road 31 causeway of Big Nose Creek and Little Nose Creek in Centre
  Weiss Lake at Godfrey's Island on the County Road 22 causeway near Alexis
  Lake Weiss Lake at the Hwy 9 boat launch and causeway in Cedar Bluff (wheelchair accessible site)
  Weiss Lake at the Hwy 68 boat launch and causeway in Cedar Bluff)
  Weiss Lake at Hwy 273 causeway and Yellow Creek Falls Fish Camp
  Weiss Lake at the Hwy 411 causeway and Leesburg Marina, 2 miles south of Leesburg
  Weiss Lake at JR's Marina off County Road 102 in Cedar Bluff
  Weiss Lake at Leesburg Landing (public boat launch)
  Weiss Lake at Pine Cone Marina off Hwy 411, 2-1/2 miles sought of Leesburg (fee)
  Weiss Lake at the public boat launch off Hwy 68 in Cedar Bluff
  Weiss Lake at Weiss Mart in Cedar Bluff off Hwy 9 and 68

Clay

Cheaha Lake at Cheaha State Park (fee)
  Lake Chinnabee Recreation Area in the Talladega Ranger District of US Forest Service, 256-362-2909

 

Clay County Public Fishing Lake (wheelchair accessible) (fee)

  Crooked Creek Watershed Lakes on Olive Branch Road north of Lineville (permit required from Clay County Water Authority)
 

Talladega Creek

Cleburne

Cheaha Resort State Park
  Coleman Lake in the Shoal Creek Ranger District of the Talladega National Forest, 256-463-2272
  Heflin Watershed Lake off Mountain Street in Heflin (permit required from City Hall - no swimming, no camping and not gasoline motors)
  High Rock Lake in the Shoal Creek Ranger District of the Talladega National Forest, 256-463-2272
  Morgan Lake in the Shoal Creek Ranger District of the Talladega National Forest, 256-463-2272
  Sweetwater Lake in the Shoal Creek Ranger District of the Talladega National, Forest, 256-463-2272

 

Tallapoosa River

DeKalb

Big Wills Creek

  Buck's Pocket State Park
  DeKalb County Public Fishing Lake in Sylvania  (wheelchair accessible) (fee)
  DeSoto State Park
  Little River Canyon National Preserve
  Little River Wildlife Management Area
  Town Creek

Etowah

Coosa River

  Neely Henry Lake at Hokes Bluff Ramp a.k.a. Tillison's Bend (wheelchair accessible)
Jackson Coon Creek at Lake Guntersville
 

Lake Guntersville

  Hurricane Creek including the Walls of Jericho, a Forever Wild tract

 

Paint Rock River

Marshall

Lake Guntersville at Guntersville State Park (fee)
  Lake Guntersville at ADCNR Boat Ramps and Fishing Access
  Monsanto Tract of Forever Wild

Randolph

Crystal Lake off Hwy 431 north of Roanoke (permit required from Roanoke Utilities Office on Hwy 431 - no swimming and no gasoline motors)
  Harris Lake at Flat Rock Park (wheelchair accessible)
  Little Tallapoosa
St. Clair Coosa River
  Lake Neely Henry at Ten Islands Historic Park (wheelchair accessible)
Talladega  Lake Howard, City of Sylacauga (fee)
  Lake Little Wills in the Talladega Ranger District of US Forest Service, 256-362-2909
  Lake Virginia in the Talladega Ranger District of US Forest Service, 256-362-2909
  Logan Martin Lake at Logan Landing RV Resort and Campground 1-888-Logans-1 (fee)

 

Talladega Creek


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