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Fishing regulations at Sloss Lake, AL
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Below you will see fishing regulations for catching Largemouth bass as of May 2nd, 2026. To view regulations for a different fish species, please click on your preferred species in the drop-down.
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Daily Creel Limit = 10 Largemouth Bass as part of the 10 Black Bass aggregate limit, which includes combinations of largemouth, smallmouth, spotted, Alabama, shoal and those species formerly known as "redeye" bass, which are now known separately as Coosa, Warrior, Cahaba, Tallapoosa and Chattahoochee bass, based on their respective drainages. The Alabama bass was formerly known as spotted bass in the Mobile drainage.
Guntersville Reservoir and Its Tributary of Town Creek: It is illegal to possess any largemouth or smallmouth bass less than 15 inches in total length.
Harris Reservoir: It is illegal to possess any largemouth bass between 13 inches and 16 inches in total length.
Lake Jackson at Florala: Creel limit of five black bass greater than 12 inches in total length. Only one of the five can be over 22 inches in total length.
Lewis Smith Reservoir: It is illegal to possess any black bass between 13 inches and 15 inches in total length.
Little Bear Creek Reservoir of the B.C.D.A. Lakes: It is illegal to possess largemouth bass between 13 inches and 16 inches in total length.
Pickwick Reservoir: It is illegal to possess any smallmouth bass or largemouth bass less than 15 inches in total length.
Walter F. George Reservoir (Lake Eufaula) and its Tributaries: It is illegal to possess any largemouth bass less than 14 inches in total length.
West Point Reservoir and its Tributaries: It is illegal to possess any largemouth bass less than 14 inches in total length.
Wilson Reservoir and Its Tributaries of Big Nance and Town Creeks: It is illegal to possess any smallmouth bass less than 15 inches in total length.
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- Largemouth bass - 25 members reported to have caught this fish
- White crappie - 3 members reported to have caught this fish
- Yellow bass - 3 members reported to have caught this fish
- @nichols.jonah reported a nice Largemouth bass.
- @nichols.jonah reported a nice Largemouth bass.
- @nichols.jonah reported a nice Largemouth bass.
- @nichols.jonah reported a nice Largemouth bass.
- @nichols.jonah reported a nice Largemouth bass.
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