Fishing near Auburn, AL
Auburn sits in Lee County on the divide between the Chattahoochee and Tallapoosa River watersheds, putting two major drainage systems within minutes of downtown. Bass dominate the local scene, with anglers running to Lake Martin roughly 40 miles northwest, the Chattahoochee impoundments to the east, and urban water at Chewacla State Park Lake inside city limits.
Top waters to fish near Auburn
Chattahoochee River
Alabama River
Martin Lake
Bartletts Ferry Lake
West Point Lake
Tallapoosa River
Goat Rock Lake
Walter F George Reservoir
Lake Oliver
R E 'Bob' Woodruff Reservoir
Species & education
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Alabama Bass
Micropterus henshalli
Alligator Gar
Atractosteus spatula
American Eel
Anguilla rostrata
Black Crappie
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Blue Catfish
Ictalurus furcatus
Bluegill
Lepomis macrochirus
Bluegill Sunfish
Lepomis macrochirus
Brook Trout
Salvelinus fontinalis
Brown Bullhead
Ameiurus nebulosus
Brown Trout
Chain Pickerel
Esox niger
Channel Catfish
Ictalurus punctatus
Flathead Catfish
Pylodictis olivaris
Green Sunfish
Lepomis cyanellus
Largemouth Bass
Micropterus salmoides
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