Claiborne Lake
Claiborne Lake Alabama fishing covers 2,310 Alabama River acres in Monroe and Clarke counties — the southernmost and smallest of the three Alabama River impoundments, built 1971 at a 33-foot-high dam, worked for blue catfish, largemouth bass, and bream.

Claiborne Lock and Dam Forebay
Concrete dam face, lock approach walls, rip-rap, 33-foot-deep water at the dam · Drift cut shad on the bottom for big blue catfish; vertical jig on the dam rock in winter; Alabama rig on the deepest ledge transitions · Winter + Summer

Claiborne East Bank Fishing Access (Below Dam)
Free-flowing Alabama River below the Claiborne Dam — rock, current-fed structure, catfish concentration on generation · Cut shad and chicken liver for blue catfish from the bank; inline spinner on eddies for river bass · Year-round

Main Alabama River Channel Bends
Winding main channel through the narrow 2,310-acre pool — bluff banks, channel-cut banks, laydown wood pinned against current · Drift cut shad along the channel for blues and flatheads; drop-shot on the ledges for spotted bass and largemouth · Summer + Winter

Tributary Creek Arms (Monroe County Side)
Quiet Monroe County tributary arms off the main river — cypress-lined, flooded timber, brush piles · Minnows and small jigs for crappie on brush; spinnerbait on laydowns for largemouth; crickets on bream beds in May · Spring

Clarke County West-Side Backwaters
Clarke County shoreline backwater pockets and sloughs — duck cover, timber, quiet water off the main channel · Frog on mats; spinnerbait on timber edges; lipless crankbait on backwater mouths in fall · Fall

Claiborne Lake — Lake Center