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Hatcheries
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Hatcheries in Alabama
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 The Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division manages a wide range of fishery resources throughout the state. Stocking hatchery-produced fish into selected fisheries is beneficial in specific cases for managing the quality and diversity of the fishing opportunities provided to the anglers of Alabama.
Marion strain largemouth bass are stocked in both state-owned public fishing lakes. Florida strain largemouth bass are stocked in some public waters including in multiple purpose public reservoirs in an effort to improve the quality of largemouth bass fisheries in these systems. Striped bass are stocked in public reservoirs only. Channel catfish are stocked into state-owned public fishing lakes on a put-grow-and-take or put-and-take basis as indicated by biological monitoring and lake catch records. Florida largemouth bass, hybrid striped bass, bluegill and redear sunfish are stocked into public lakes or streams following lake renovations, fish kills or when biological monitoring indicates the need for supplemental stockings. Rainbow trout are stocked in the Smith Lake tailwaters from Dale Hollow National Fish Hatchery and in Madison County Public Fishing Lake from private sources.
In a typical year, the Alabama state fish hatcheries will produce about 2,500,000 fish for stocking into public waters. In addition, the state hatcheries produce bass and bream into farm ponds throughout Alabama on a per cost basis. Public water stocking are shown below.
Fish Stocked in Alabama during FY 2006-2007
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Black Crappie
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Body of Water
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Number Stocked
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Size (inches)
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Lewis Smith Lake
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1,185
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3-6
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Logan Martin Lake
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30,065
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3-6
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Weiss Lake
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69,600
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2-4
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Total
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100,850
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Bluegill
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Body of Water
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Number Stocked
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Size (inches)
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Chambers Co. Lake
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232,113
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2-3
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Geneva State Forest Lake
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50,000
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2
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Lake Martin
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218,900
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1-2
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| Lewis Smith Lake |
218,500
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1-2
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Madison Co. Lake
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105,868
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2
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Oak Mountain Lakes
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107,000
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1-2
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Town of Riverside
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1,250
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1-2
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Walker County Lake
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160,456
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1-2
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Total
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1,094,087
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Channel Catfish
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Body of Water
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Number Stocked
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Size (inches)
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Barbour Co. Lake
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1,946
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10-15
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Bibb Co. Lake
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2,421
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9-16
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Chambers Co. Lake
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5,578
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10-17
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| Middle Clay Lake |
2,813
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10-15
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Coffee Co. Lake
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2,767
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9-16
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Crenshaw Co. Lake
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2,110
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10-15
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Dale Co. Lake
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3,773
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10-15
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| Dallas Co. Lake |
4,300
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10-16
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DeKalb Co. Lake
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5,399
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8-17
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| Demopolis Lake |
17,299
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4-6
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Double Oak (Oak Mtn. S.P.)
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1,200
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12-24
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Escambia Co. Lake
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1,951
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10-16
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Fayette Co. Lake
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1,985
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10-16
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Upper Geneva Co. Lake
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3,029
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10-15
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Jones Bluff
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13,838
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4-6
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Lamar Co. Lake
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1,998
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10-16
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Lee Co. Lake
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4,568
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10-17
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Madison Co. Lake
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5,171
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8-17
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Marion Co. Lake
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8,091
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9-16
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Millers Ferry Lake
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20,790
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4-6
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Monroe Co. Lake
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2,033
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10-16
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Pike Co. Lake
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2,004
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10-16
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Walker Co. Lake
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7,184
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10-15
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Washington Co. Lake
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3,201
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10-15
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Total
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125,449
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Florida Largemouth Bass
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Body of Water
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Number Stocked
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Size (inches)
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Logan Martin Lake
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390,543
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1-9
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Lake Martin
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350
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6-8
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Washington Co. Lake
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600
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8
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Total
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391,493
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Gulf Striped Bass
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Body of Water
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Number Stocked
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Size (inches)
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| Bankhead Lake |
18,400
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1-2
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Lake Claiborne
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18,240
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1-2
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Lake Coffeeville
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19,644
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1-2
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Inland Lake
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5,500
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1-2
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Lay Lake
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25,587
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1-2
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Lewis Smith Lake
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38,240
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1-2
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Logan Martin
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76,360
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1-2
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| Lake Martin |
102,155
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1-2
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Millers Ferry Lake
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34,200
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1-2
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Mobile Delta
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70,720
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1-2
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Thurlow Lake
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600
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1-2
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| West Point Lake |
51,703
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1-2
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Yates
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2,100
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1-2
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Total
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463,449
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Hybrid Striped Bass
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Body of Water
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Number Stocked
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Size (inches)
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Demopolis
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21,000
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1-2
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| Eufaula Lake |
58,996
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1-2
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Gainesville Lake
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15,000
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1-2
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Holt Lake
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6,750
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1-2
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Jones Bluff Lake
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50,396
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1-2
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Lake Jordan
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40,320
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1-2
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Lay Lake
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24,000
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1-2
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Logan Martin
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76,315
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1-2
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Mitchell Lake
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35,265
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1-2
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Oliver Pool Lake
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3,000
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1-2
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Warrior Lake
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18,750
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1-2
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Total
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349,792
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Northern Largemouth Bass
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Body of Water
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Number Stocked
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Size (inches)
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Geneva State Forest Lake
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5,000
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1-2
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Logan Martin Lake
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370
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3-4
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Town Reservoir
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125
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1-2
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Tuskegee City Lake
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13,094
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2-4
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Total
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18,589
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Smallmouth Bass
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Body of Water
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Number Stocked
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Size (inches)
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| Nance |
5,500
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1-2
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Pickwick Lake
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5,000
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1-2
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Town Creek
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8,000
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1-2
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Total
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18,500
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Redear Sunfish
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Body of Water
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Number Stocked
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Size (inches)
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Chambers Co. Lake
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60,000
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1
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60,000
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Grand Total
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2,622,209
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For 2006-2007:
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Released Mussels
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Water
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Stage
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Number
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| Southern Toesplitter |
Terrapin Creek, Cleburne County |
Juvenile Mussels on Fish Hosts:
19 banded sculpins
6 blacktail shiners
2 greenbreast darters
13 Coosa darters
31 blackbanded darters |
>5,000 Glochidia |
| Alabama Creekmussel |
Shoal Creek, Cleburne County |
Adult |
3,300 |
| Coosa Creekshell |
Cheaha Creek, Talladega County |
12-27 mm |
187 |
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Released Snail
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Water
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Number
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| Painted Rocksnail |
Choccolocco Creek, Talladega County |
9,500 |
| Sharp-Crest Elimia and Cahaba Elimia |
Cahaba River, Jefferson County |
8,000 |
| Plicate Rocksnail |
Locust Fork of the Black Warrior, Jefferson County |
31,175 |
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