Walker County Public Fishing Lake
Walker County Public Fishing Lake is a 163-acre ADCNR State Public Fishing Lake three miles southeast of Jasper off U.S. 78, stocked with bass, bream, catfish, crappie, hybrid striped bass, and winter rainbow trout.

ADA Fishing Piers
Two ADCNR-built ADA-compliant fishing piers on the developed shoreline near the concessions building and pavilion — the headline bank-fishing structure on the 163-acre lake, with clear casts into the deeper pool and accessible approaches for anglers with mobility needs · Crickets, red wigglers, and waxworms for bluegill and redear off the piers; chicken liver or nightcrawler on a slip-sinker rig for channel catfish at dusk; live shad or shiners suspended under a balloon or Carolina-rigged for hybrid striped bass on summer evenings; PowerBait on a small hook under a bobber for stocked rainbow trout during trout season (late November into early January) · Spring + Summer + Winter (trout)

Boat Ramp + Concessions 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 a rental jon boat ($10 Boat Rental Permit) or personal boat (fishing permit + launch permit required); cover the cove edges with a wacky-rigged Senko for largemouth at first light, a small jig and minnow for crappie on the ramp pilings in spring, and a bobber-and-cricket for bream off the concessions-side shoreline · Year-round

Main Pool / Open Water
Open-water main pool of the 163-acre impoundment — the deepest, clearest water on the lake, the winter trout-stocking zone, and the summer holding water for hybrid striped bass schooling on shad · Live shiners or cut shad on a Carolina rig for hybrid striped bass working schooling shad in the main pool at dawn and dusk through summer; PowerBait, corn, or a small inline spinner slow-rolled for rainbow trout from Thanksgiving into early January; drop-shot or Carolina-rigged worm on deeper edges in summer for largemouth holding off the bank; vertical-jigged crappie on suspended brush and timber in late winter · Summer (hybrid stripers) + Winter (trout)

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 / Tributary Inflow
Shallow upper end of the impoundment where small tributaries feed the lake — stained water after rain, shallower spawning flats, and the first zone to warm each spring when bass and bream push up · 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; a white or chartreuse bucktail fished on the creek-channel seam will pick off a schooling hybrid striper in the spring shad run · Spring

Walker County Public Fishing Lake — Lake Center