Madison County Public Fishing Lake
Madison County Public Fishing Lake is a 105-acre ADCNR State Public Fishing Lake at 2501 County Lake Road in Gurley — 11 miles east of Huntsville, stocked with bass, bream, catfish, and winter rainbow trout.

ADA Fishing Pier
ADCNR-built ADA-compliant fishing pier on the developed shoreline near the concessions building — the primary bank-fishing structure on the lake, with a clear cast into the deeper pool and easy access for anglers with mobility needs · Crickets, red wigglers, and waxworms for bluegill and redear off the pier; chicken liver or nightcrawlers on a slip-sinker rig for channel catfish; PowerBait on a small hook under a bobber or drop-shot for stocked rainbow trout during trout season (late November through early January) · Spring + Summer + Winter (trout)

Concessions / Boat Ramp Cove
Developed-shoreline cove anchoring the boat ramp, rental-boat dock, and concessions building — the first water most anglers see, with rental jon boats launching here, bait and tackle sold on site, and daily permits checked by the lake managers · Launch jon boat rental ($10 Boat Rental Permit) or personal boat (fishing permit + launch permit required); cover the cove edges with a wacky-rigged Senko for largemouth, a small jig and minnow for crappie on the ramp pilings in spring, and a bobber-and-cricket for bream off the concessions-bank shore · Year-round

Main Pool / Open Water
Open-water main pool of the 105-acre impoundment — the deepest, clearest water on the lake and the winter trout-stocking zone where ADCNR releases the annual 3,000 pounds of 1-to-2-pound rainbow trout · PowerBait, corn, or small inline spinners for rainbow trout from Thanksgiving through early January; drop-shot or Carolina-rigged worm on the deeper mid-pool in summer for largemouth holding off the bank; vertical-jigged crappie on suspended timber and brush piles in late winter · Winter (trout) + Summer (deep-water bass)

Shoreline Timber + Brush Piles
Shoreline timber edges and sunken brush piles along the less-developed banks — natural cover for bluegill, redear, crappie, and bedding largemouth; ADCNR maintains and refreshes lake habitat as part of the intensive-management PFL program · Flip a small jig to shoreline wood for largemouth in April; long-line a 1/16-ounce crappie jig through visible timber in March; cricket under a slip-bobber on the shallow brush-edge for bream bedding in May · Spring + Fall

Upper End / Inflow
Shallow upper end of the impoundment where the creek tributary feeds the lake — stained water after rain, shallower flats, and the warm-water-first zone in early spring when bass and bream push up to spawn · Square-bill crankbait or ChatterBait on the clear-to-stained seam after spring rain; wacky-rigged stick worm on the spawning flats; small spinner for bluegill staging in 3-5 feet · Spring

Madison County Public Fishing Lake — Lake Center