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Barbour Creek is a public river in Barbour County, Alabama, managed by State of Alabama (public / navigable water). You can fish it on an Alabama licence, but bank access is only at road crossings, parks, ADCNR access sites and other public land; riparian owners control the bank on non-navigable reaches. Public access confirmed via public-trust river.
A warmwater Alabama river or large creek — largemouth and spotted bass, redbreast and bluegill sunfish, channel and flathead catfish, bowfin and gar. Access at bridges, county landings and WMA boat ramps.
It runs roughly 22 miles through the Black Belt & Wiregrass region. Anglers here mostly fish for largemouth bass, spotted bass, redbreast sunfish, bluegill; channel catfish, flathead catfish, bowfin, longnose gar are also on record. Live flow and gauge height come from the Barbour Creek at Barbour Lane nr Eufaula, AL USGS station shown below. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Dowdy Creek and Cheneyhatchee Creek.
Species from ADCNR fishery-management data.
Night fishing: No statewide night-fishing closure in Alabama. Trotlines, limblines, jugs and slat traps are legal on most public fresh water with the right licence and gear tags. ADCNR State Public Fishing Lakes have posted hours and are closed at night; some also close one or two days a week.
Boats: Most Alabama rivers are waded or floated by canoe, kayak and jon boat; the Tennessee, Coosa, Alabama, Black Warrior, Tombigbee and the Mobile-Tensaw Delta take bigger craft.
Bank & bivvy camping: Alabama navigable-water rule: you may fish and float any navigable stream on a state licence; bank access is at ADCNR and county ramps, TVA and Corps landings, bridges and state parks. WMA river reaches also need a WMA licence.
Tackle: Statewide bass daily limit is 10 in aggregate (largemouth, smallmouth, spotted, redeye), only 5 of which may be smallmouth and none under the lake's size limit where one applies; 30 crappie on most reservoirs; catfish have trophy-protection limits on the Alabama River and some others. Guntersville, Eufaula and several Coosa lakes have their own bass size limits — check the current ADCNR regulations for this water.
Boat ramps: 1 mapped — Boat ramp.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Live from USGS gauge 02342997 — Barbour Creek at Barbour Lane nr Eufaula, AL. Full gauge data →
Anyone 16-64 needs an Alabama fishing licence — resident annual freshwater is about $14, non-resident annual about $56, and non-resident 7-day (~$32) and 1-day (~$12) licences are sold. There is no trout stamp — the freshwater licence covers the Sipsey Fork, Alabama's only trout water. A Wildlife Management Area licence is needed to fish WMA lakes and streams. Alabama residents 65+ fish free with a Senior exemption. Buy from Outdoor Alabama. An Alabama fishing licence covers navigable rivers and the whole Alabama side of the Tennessee, Chattahoochee and Tombigbee. WMA river reaches also need a WMA licence.
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