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Tombigbee River

Type
Freestone river, Alabama (South)
Designation
Agency-named bass water
USGS gauges
4 live
Guides
None listed
Shops
None listed

Today on the Tombigbee River

Reading the gauge…

Regulations & access Guides & shops

The Tombigbee River is a freestone river in Alabama, listed as Agency-named bass water by Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division.

More about the Tombigbee River

4 USGS gauges on the water report flow; Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division lists 2 species, including crappie and largemouth bass.

Updated · Sources: Rivers and Mobile Delta: WFF river fishing pages that feature black bass, Rivers and Mobile Delta: WFF river fishing pages that feature black bass, USGS Water Data

The wide Tombigbee River with a sandy bank and trees on the right
Photo credit

The Tombigbee River at Demopolis, Alabama. Photo: Altairisfar (Jeffrey Reed), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Where it is

Tombigbee River is a freestone river in Alabama.

Flow now at 4 gauges
Reading the gauges…

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Follow Tombigbee River for flow alerts

Pick one of its USGS gauges and hear from us when the flow moves into or out of its usual range for the date, or crosses a flow you set. We check the public USGS reading every 2 hours and email only when it crosses, at most once every 6 hours. Flow alone is not a fishing forecast or a safety call.

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Where to fish

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Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Alabama freshwater boating access

Tombigbee River on the map

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Gauges, shops and guides within 40 miles

Map of Tombigbee River: gauges, shops and guides

RestroomsAccess map

Map of Tombigbee River with 4 USGS gauges.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors · OpenFreeMap · © OpenMapTiles

Restrooms near Tombigbee River

Restrooms near Tombigbee River

Restrooms within 2 miles of Tombigbee River in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

Map of the restroom near Tombigbee River

Skip the map; every place is in the list below

Map of 1 restroom near Tombigbee River, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors · OpenFreeMap · © OpenMapTiles

  1. Restroom

    1.6 mi away in a straight line

    Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.

    Directions
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    • Free?
    • Open to everyone?
    • Step-free?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

More water near Tombigbee River

  • The Cahaba River running over flat rock ledges below a wooded ridgeAgency-named bass water
    Photo credit

    The Cahaba River at Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

    Cahaba River

    Alabama · about 91 mi

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  • The Sipsey Fork glimpsed through yellow autumn leaves in the Bankhead National ForestAgency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Sipsey River
    Photo credit

    The Sipsey Fork west of Route 33, William B. Bankhead National Forest, Alabama (USDA Forest Service). Photo: Forest Service Photography, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Sipsey River.

    Sipsey River

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    Largemouth bass & panfish

  • The Chattahoochee River at Cochran Shoals flowing between green, wooded banksAgency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not North River
    Photo credit

    The Chattahoochee River at Cochran Shoals, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. Photo: Thomson200, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Not North River.

    North River

    Alabama · about 54 mi

    Largemouth bass & panfish

  • The Toccoa River below Blue Ridge Dam, flowing past a gravel path and wooded bankAgency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Little Cahaba River
    Photo credit

    The Toccoa River just north of (downstream of) Blue Ridge Dam, Georgia. Photo: Thomson200, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Little Cahaba River.

    Little Cahaba River

    Alabama · about 71 mi

    Largemouth bass & panfish

  • A small boat dock on the broad lower Hiwassee River at Charleston, with wooded banksAgency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Shades Creek
    Photo credit

    The lower Hiwassee River at Charleston, Tennessee (downstream of the trout tailwater). Photo: NPS National Trails Office, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Shades Creek.

    Shades Creek

    Alabama · about 88 mi

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  • The Caney Fork tailwater below Center Hill Dam, smooth water with bright green aquatic plants and wooded banksAgency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Fivemile Creek
    Photo credit

    The Caney Fork just below Center Hill Dam, from the Buffalo Valley ramp. Photo: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Fivemile Creek.

    Fivemile Creek

    Alabama · about 91 mi

Sources Alabama freshwater boating accessOverture Maps places (guide map points)

Where the map point comes from

Position: the USGS gauge TOMBIGBEE R AT HEFLIN L&D NR GAINESVILLE, AL.

The map shows USGS gauges (tap one for its flow reading), and shops and guides within 40 miles that publish a street address on their own website. Everyone else is in the lists below.

Regulations

About this

Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.

Official designation: Agency-named bass water

Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under bass.

The water on the map

About this

Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.

Length
405.7 mi (276 in AL)
Drains
19,910 sq mi
Drop
283 ft · 0.7 ft/mi
Flows into
Mobile River
Watershed
Middle Tombigbee-Lubbub, Upper Tombigbee, Middle Tombigbee-Chickasaw

Public land along it

About this

Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-05) lists as owned or held in easement and open to the public, crossed by the mapped channel. Boundaries are mapped, not surveyed. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

28.5 of 399.2 mi on public land

  • Canal Section WmaUnknown · 28.5 mi · restricted

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Guides and shops near Tombigbee River

About this

Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

No guide within 40 miles yet.

All Alabama guides

Shops nearby

No shop nearby yet.

All Alabama shops

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Shops: fly shops first. A distance is shown when the shop’s website gives its location (within 60 miles); otherwise the shop is in one of the towns within 25 miles of the water.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species and hatches

About this

The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.

Listed by the state agency

  • Illustration of a largemouth bass: green body with a dark horizontal stripe and a jaw reaching past the eye

    Largemouth bass

    Species guide

    Photo credit

    Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), illustration by Duane Raver for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo: Duane Raver, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

  • An underwater photograph of a sunfish hovering over a rocky bottom, deep-bodied with a dark ear flap

    Panfish

    Species guide

    Photo credit

    A bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus), photographed by Ryan Hagerty for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo: Ryan Hagerty/USFWS, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Plan a trip here

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None of our destination hubs is within 40 miles in a straight line. The trip planner builds a trip around the water itself: the guides and shops listed within 40 miles of it, its gauges and its nearest towns and airports.

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Gear checklist

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A practical checklist for fly fishing small mountain trout streams: a short 3–4 weight rod, light line, a few buoyant dries and simple wet-wading gear, with estimated prices and where to buy.

An angler stands on a boulder at the edge of a fast forest stream and fishes the run

Small mountain streams

7′6″–8′6″ rod, 3–4 weight, floating line · Brook, cutthroat, rainbow and brown trout

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Videos for this water (5)

Watch: reading a trout stream

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Seams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • How I Learned to Read Water (Fly Fishing)Embedded from YouTube · Mad River Outfitters · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • How To Read The Water with Tom RosenbauerEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Reading the Water to Successfully Locate TroutEmbedded from YouTube · Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on reading water

Watch: nymphing basics

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Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • 90° Nymph RigEmbedded from YouTube · Huge Fly Fisherman · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Casting with an Indicator & Better Nymphing TechniquesEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on nymphing

Fish Tales

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Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

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All 15 sources and dates

A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the USGS gauge TOMBIGBEE R AT HEFLIN L&D NR GAINESVILLE, AL. Water type is our own classification.