Streams

Fishable Creeks and Rivers in Northeast Alabama.

Your purchase of a fishing license financially supports the protection and enhancement of Alabama's aquatic resources. Alabama state fishing license requirement 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	Stream
Calhoun	Choccolocco Creek, Terrapin Creek
Cherokee	Chattooga River, Little River, Spring Creek, Terrapin Creek
Clay	Crooked Creek, East Fork of Hatchet Creek, Enitachopco Creek, Hatchet Creek, Hillabee Creek, Horse Creek, Hubbard Creek, Little Hillabee Creek, Talladega Creek, West Fork of Hatchet Creek
Cleburne	Cheaha Creek, Hillabee Creek, Little Shoal Creek, Little Tallapoosa River, Shoal Creek, upper Tallapoosa River, Terrapin Creek
DeKalb	Big Wills Creek, Little River including DeSoto State Park, Town Creek
Etowah	Big Wills Creek, Black Creek, Coosa River
Jackson	Coon Creek, Hurricane Creek (Walls of Jericho), Paint Rock River
Marshall	North Sauty Creek, Short Creek, South Sauty Creek, Tennessee River
Randolph	Little Tallapoosa River, Tallapoosa River
St. Clair	Canoe Creek, Coosa River, Little Canoe Creek
Talladega	Cheaha Creek, Emauhee Creek, Salt Creek, Talladega Creek, Tallasseehatchie Creek
Tallapoosa	Elkahatchee Creek, Emuckfaw Creek, Enitachopco Creek, Hillabee Creek, Sandy Creek, Sougahatchee Creek, Tallapoosa River, Wind Creek

For more information about streams in northeast Alabama, contact the District II Fisheries Supervisor, Dan Catchings. This Web site also has tips for float fishing.

Charles Darr fishes the Little River at Canyon Mouth Park
Bank fishing is available at the Canyon Mouth Park on the Little River (fee).

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