Thread: USS ALABAMA area fishing spots

I will be staying near here at the RSA hotel. I have Friday morning to fish somewhere. Cant get started until after my wife goes to work at 8 am-ish and have to be done by 1 pm so I can shower and pick her up to head back home.

Where should I go? Only looking for catch and release, unless someone else shows up and wants some fish. Pier is an hour both directions, so saving that as a last option.

Any help guys/gals.

You can try Meaher State Park...they have a small fishing pier on site. I think it's a couple of $ to enter the park. Other than that, as you drive down the causeway, you'll see people fishing at several places along the side of the road.

https://wwv.alapark.com/parks/meaher-state-park
https://wwv.alapark.com/parks/meaher-state-park/fishing

I believe the gate at Meaher Park doesn't open til like 7 am.
And I have always done better with LIVE shrimp there, than anything else.

A good bet is to bounce jigs (1/4 to 3/8 oz leadhead with a grub, Gulp shrimp or Swimming mullet) along the seawall under the bridge north of the battleship park for redfish and flounder.
LOTS of snags and rocks under the bridge though. The east side doesn't have as many snags, but more grass some years.
Tidal current, wind and water clarity are biggest factors determining success there...