Clean your boat trailers! Giant Salvinia is a highly invasive floating aquatic plant that is present in this lake. Please remove all vegetation from your boat trailer before leaving the launch areas.
*Aliceville Lake is part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway and is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE). The MDWFP Fisheries Bureau manages the lake's fisheries resources and provides weekly fishing reports.
The second largest of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway lakes, Aliceville Lake is approximately 8,300 acres and 28 miles in length and extends from the Columbus Lock and Dam (Stennis Lock and Dam) tailrace to Aliceville Lock and Dam (Tom Bevill Lock and Dam).
Fishing Report
| Species | Detail | |
|---|---|---|
| Bass | Anglers are targeting the backwaters where shad are present. Try flukes, frogs, walking baits, and buzzbaits where active fish are feeding. Spinnerbaits, Texas-rigged plastics, and shallow crankbaits should get you some bites if the fish aren’t actively feeding. Creeks like James, Kincaid, and the Luxapallila are popular. The lower end of the lake is also getting some attention around the Big Coalfire area. You will want to target shallow vegetation and woody cover in that area. Anglers are using buzzbaits, flukes, swim jigs, Texas-rigs, and spinnerbaits for the most part. Look for the shad pattern to continue through the remainder of the calendar year. | |
| Crappie | What crappie anglers are out there are fishing similar areas to bass anglers. Standing timber and deeper drop-offs on the old river run in the Pratt’s, Chism and Swedenburg’s slough areas will likely be your best bets. Try both minnows and jigs to see which the fish prefer as it changes frequently. | |
| Catfish | Catfish anglers are having some success and the bite is fair. Most anglers are hitting the old river runs and around the navigation channel with trotlines and jugs. Tight lining cut/whole shad can produce bites, as well as stink bait and nightcrawlers. |
Giant salvinia is a highly invasive aquatic plant found throughout the Tenn-Tom Waterway. It is critical that anglers visiting the lake clean their boats and boat trailers to reduce the possibility of transferring this plant to other water bodies. Giant salvinia is extremely difficult to eradicate once it becomes established.
Aliceville Lake Special Regulations
Aliceville Lake Special Regulations
Creel and Size Limits
| Species | Lengths to Release | Daily Creel Limits |
|---|---|---|
| Crappie (combined white and black) | 9 inches and under | 30 per angler |
| Catfish | No Length Limit | 1 over 34 inches per angler, no creel limit under 34 inches |
Statewide creel and size limits apply to all other fish species
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