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Smaller Lakes

Fishing Opportunities in Small Lakes of West Central Alabama

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Bibb Bibb County Public Fishing Lake (fee)
Dallas Dallas County Public Fishing Lake (fee)
  Paul Grist State Park (fee)
Greene Greene County Ponds off County Road 89
Hale Payne Lake off Hwy. 25 (phase II enhancement by the US Forest Service scheduled to be completed in October of 2005)
Jefferson East Lake City Lake in Birmingham)
  Lake Purdy (fishing tips) (fee for pier and boat fishing, bank fishing free)
  West Jefferson Lake (Flat Top Rd. in west Jefferson Co.)
Perry Perry Lakes behind the Marion Fish Hatchery
Shelby Brantleyville Lake in Alabaster off County Road 260 (fee)
  Brent Lake in Pelham off Hwy. 11 (fee)
  Montevallo Lakes at the University of Montevallo (fee unless you possess a valid student or faculty identification card; permit available from the Montevallo Police Department)
  Oak Mountain State Park (3 lakes near Pelham) (fee)
Sumter Lake Louise in York
  Lake LU at the University of West Alabama (fee)
Tuscaloosa Lake Lurleen State Park in Northport (fee)
  Lake Nichol northeast of Northport
Alabama state fishing license requirements apply for all these waters. For more information about fishing small lakes in west central Alabama, contact the District III Fisheries Supervisor, Jerry Moss.

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