Live pool levels for the great reservoirs of Alabama — the TVA Tennessee River chain up north and the Alabama Power Coosa, Tallapoosa & Warrior lakes — running north to south. Every tube shows the flood / above-normal line, the current pool, the lake's two signature fish (hover for the species, click for 2026 tournaments), and a live bite gauge at left. Scroll down for the Sipsey Fork trout tailwater, the catfish rivers, Delta & Wheeler duck water, and the wild float rivers.
Hover a fish for its species · click a fish to search that lake's 2026 tournaments
Alabama's only year-round trout fishery — the Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior, fed by 50-degree water drawn from deep in Smith Lake and stocked monthly with rainbows. It's all about dam generation: the cylinder shows the live release (cfs) — low = wadeable, high = fast, dangerous water (sirens sound when the turbines spin up). Hover a trout for the species; tap it for a guide.
When generating, the tailwater can rise 12–15 ft in minutes — always check the Smith generation schedule and listen for sirens before wading.
Below the dams it's catfish country — blue, flathead & channel cats in the big warm-water rivers. Live river stage (ft) from NOAA, with the action and flood stages marked. Rising, off-color water after a rain often turns the cats on — watch the action stage. Hover a cat for the species; tap it for a guide.
From the green-timber sloughs of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta to the flooded bottoms of Wheeler NWR. Live river/pool levels (ft) from NOAA & USGS, with WOODS (water spreading into the timber) and HUNT (good duck water) marked on each gauge. Hover a duck for the species; tap it for a guide.
Levels run low through summer and rise into the Nov–Jan season. Delta floods off tide & rain; Wheeler holds water off the Tennessee River pool.
Alabama's free-flowing classics — the Locust & Mulberry forks of the Black Warrior run real Class II–III whitewater in spring, and the Cahaba is the longest free-flowing river in the state. Live USGS gage height (ft); each tube marks FLOAT (minimum floatable), EXPERT (high-water, experienced-only) and FLOOD. Hover a fish for the species; tap it for an outfitter search.
Whitewater forks run best Dec–Apr and after rain; they drop to a trickle in summer. Cahaba floats gently most of the year. Float thresholds: American Whitewater & local outfitters.