Alabama Fish Species
67 Alabama fish with 2026-27 ADCNR limits, red snapper and other Gulf seasons, state records and the waters where each is listed.
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- Alabama Bassfreshwater
- Alligator Garfreshwater
- Atlantic Sharpnose Sharksaltwater
B
- Banded Rudderfishsaltwater
- Bigeye Tunasaltwater
- Black Crappiefreshwater
- Black Groupersaltwater
- Blue Catfishfreshwater
- Bluegillfreshwater
- Bonnetheadsaltwater
- Bull Sharksaltwater
C
- Channel Catfishfreshwater
- Cobiasaltwater
F
- Flathead Catfishfreshwater
- Flierfreshwater
- Florida Pompanosaltwater
- Floundersaltwater
G
- Gag Groupersaltwater
- Gray Snappersaltwater
- Gray Triggerfishsaltwater
- Great Hammerheadsaltwater
- Greater Amberjacksaltwater
- Green Sunfishfreshwater
H
- Hybrid Striped Bassfreshwater
K
- King Mackerelsaltwater
L
- Lane Snappersaltwater
- Largemouth Bassfreshwater
- Lemon Sharksaltwater
- Lesser Amberjacksaltwater
- Longear Sunfishfreshwater
M
- Mulletsaltwater
R
- Rainbow Troutfreshwater
- Red Drumsaltwater
- Red Groupersaltwater
- Red Snappersaltwater
- Redbreast Sunfishfreshwater
- Redear Sunfishfreshwater
- Redeye Bassfreshwater
- Roughtail Stingraysaltwater
S
- Saugerfreshwater
- Scalloped Hammerheadsaltwater
- Scampsaltwater
- Sheepsheadsaltwater
- Shoal Bassfreshwater
- Skipjack Herringfreshwater
- Smallmouth Bassfreshwater
- Smooth Dogfishsaltwater
- Smooth Hammerheadsaltwater
- Snooksaltwater
- Southern Stingraysaltwater
- Spanish Mackerelsaltwater
- Spotted Bassfreshwater
- Spotted Seatroutsaltwater
- Striped Bassboth
T
- Tarponsaltwater
- Tiger Sharksaltwater
- Tripletailsaltwater
V
- Vermilion Snappersaltwater
W
- Walleyefreshwater
- Warmouthfreshwater
- White Bassfreshwater
- White Catfishfreshwater
- White Crappiefreshwater
Y
- Yellow Bassfreshwater
- Yellow Perchfreshwater
- Yellowfin Groupersaltwater
- Yellowfin Tunasaltwater
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Alabama species pages: what readers ask
How many Alabama fish have a page?
67, plus one page for the fish anglers must release or may not keep.
Where do the freshwater limits come from?
The Official 2026-2027 Alabama Hunting and Fishing Digest as ADCNR publishes it on eRegulations.
Where do the saltwater limits come from?
The ADCNR Marine Resources Division limits page for Alabama state waters.
Who keeps Alabama state records?
ADCNR: the Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division for freshwater and the MRD State Record Fish Committee for saltwater.
Why do largemouth, spotted and Alabama bass share a limit?
The digest sets one Black Bass creel of 10 for all of them together; each species page repeats that row.
Are Gulf reef fish covered?
Yes; red snapper, triggerfish, amberjack and groupers have pages with their MRD limits and 2026 seasons.
Are crabs and shrimp covered?
No; shellfish rules stay on the license and regulations pages.
Why is a fish I caught missing?
Only fish with a 2026-27 limit, season or group creel get a page; record-only fish are on the state records page.
Rules, records and directories that go with the Alabama species list
- All Alabama waters A to Zreservoirs, Gulf water, rivers, counties, towns and fish together
- Alabama license and limitsprices for 2026-27, exemptions, the freshwater rows
- Alabama saltwater limitsMRD sizes and creels for state waters
- Red snapper seasonthe 2026 private and for-hire seasons
- Water exceptionsthe 26 digest entries that change a limit
- Border watersGeorgia, Mississippi and Tennessee agreements
- Free Fishing Daythe June Saturday with no license
- Alabama state recordsfreshwater and saltwater record fish
- Hatchery stockingwhat the three WFF hatcheries raise
- Lake and river levelsUSGS gauges and NOAA Gulf stations
- Gulf Coast of AlabamaMobile Bay, the sound, Perdido and the passes
- Artificial reef zonesthe ADCNR permit zones and the 2025 master list
- State Public Fishing Lakesthe county lakes ADCNR runs
- Boat rampsADCNR WFF and coastal launches by county
- Shore fishingADCNR piers and bank-access sites
- Tackle shopsbait stores and marinas by fisheries district
- Guides and charterscharter boats and lake guides
- Tournamentstrail calendars and posted winners
- Protected fishsturgeon, paddlefish and the no-take saltwater list