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Fishable Creeks and Rivers in West Central Alabama

Caught in the Cahaba River
Ashley caught a nice spotted bass from Shades Creek, a tributary to the Cahaba River.

Your purchase of a fishing license financially supports the protection and enhancement of Alabma's aquatic resources. Alabama state fishing license requirements applies for all these waters.

The land on the bottom of a stream and land adjacent to the stream may be privately owned, and permission must be obtained from the landowner prior to crossing or wading these areas. Limited access can be obtained from county road bridge right-of-ways crossing the creek.

County	Location	Public Boat Launch	Bank Fishing	Deck Fishing
Autauga	Alabama River at Cooters Pond Park	X	X
	Autauga Creek at downtown Prattville		X
	Bridge Creek
	Little Mulberry Creek
	Mortar Creek
	Mulberry Creek
	Swift Creek
Bibb	Cahaba River at Cecil Crews Park in Centreville	X	X
	Cahaba River at Pratt's Ferry (Nature Conservancy) on County Road 26	small boats	X
	Cahaba River Wildlife Management Area, Bibb/Shelby County Line		X
	Cahaba River Wildlife Refuge, West Blocton		X
	Little Cahaba River at Bull Dog Bend, County Road 6	X	X
	Shades Creek		X
	Tannehill State Park (entrance fee and fishing fee) Jefferson/Tuscaloosa/Bibb counties		X
Chilton	Chestnut Creek
	Coosa River (Lake Mitchell) at Higgins Ferry Park	X	X	X
	Walnut Creek
Dallas	Alabama River at Bypass Bridge	X	X
	Alabama River at Edmund Pettus Bridge	X	X
	Alabama River at Old Cahaba Park	X	X
	Alabama River at Selma City Marina	X	X	X
	Boque Chitto Creek		X
	Cahaba River at Highway 22	X	X
	Cahaba River at Highway 80	X	X
	Oakmulgee Creek
	Six Mile Creek	X	X
	Valley Creek
Greene	Brush Creek
	Minter Creek
	Tressells Creek
Hale	Brush Creek arm of Warrior Reservoir at Hwy. 60 Bridge near Akron	X	X
	Brush Creek arm of Warrior Reservoir at Hwy. 69 Bridge near Akron	X	X
	Prairie Creek arm of Warrior Reservoir at Hwy. 25	X	X
	Prairie Creek arm of Warrior Reservoir at Hwy. 69	X	X
Jefferson	Birmingham Access	X	X
	Cahaba River at Liberty Park	small boats	X
	Cahaba River at Old Montgomery Hwy. Bridge (Hwy. 31) in Hoover	X
	Fivemile Creek at Brookside Greenway Park	X	X
	Flat Top Grocers Access Adamsville	X	X
	Locust Fork	X	X
	Locust Fork at Buckshort Bridge Access off Mt. Olive Road	small boats
	Locust Fork County Access near Millers Stream Plant	X
	Locust Fork Warrior Access off Kimberly-Warrior Road	X
	Tannehill State Park (fee)Jefferson/Tuscaloosa/Bibb counties		X
Perry	Cahaba River Access Highway 14	X	X
	Cahaba River at Suttle Bridge (Highway 6)		X
	Oakmulgee Creek Hwy. 30 & 64		X
Pickens	Sipsey River Swamp Tract Lower Vienna Road		X
Shelby	Cahaba River Alabama Small Boats Access Helena-Hwy 52	small boats
	Cahaba River at 280 Bridge Access	small boats	X
	Cahaba River at "The Slab" (within Cahaba River Wildlife Management Area) County Road 251	small boats	X
	Cahaba River Buckcreek Access Old Town-Helena off Hwy. 262	small boats	X
	Cahaba River Wildlife Management Area off County Road 10		X
	Coosa River at Yellow Leaf Creek (Lay Lake), Harpersville/Wilsonville		X
	Coosa River at Gorman Park in Vincent (Lay Lake)	X	X	X
Sumter	Sucornoochee River at various highways
	Tombigbee River (Demopolis Lake) at Epes	X	X
	Tombigbee River at Howell Heflin Lock and Dam in Demopolis	X	X	X
Tuscaloosa	Big Sandy Creek near Hulls		X
	Hurricane Creek near Highway 216 (land protected by Tuscaloosa County Park and Recreation Authority (PARA)		X
	Sipsey River west of Northport	X	X
	Sipsey River at the Sipsey Randolph Tract of Forever Wild
	Sipsey River at the Sipsey-Robertson Tract of Forever Wild		X
	Sipsey River at the Sipsey Sullivan Tract of Forever Wild		X
	Tannehill State Park (fee for entrance and fishing) Jefferson/Tuscaloosa/Bibb counties		X

For more information about streams in west central Alabama, contact the District III Fisheries Supervisor, Jay Haffner. For tips on float fishing, read this article.

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