“As part of the Alabama Bass Trail, we offer annual opportunities for communities and others to get involved with improving our public waterways.” Anglers can learn more about the Alabama Bass Trail online at www.alabamabasstrail.org. The website contains fishing reports, tips from local guides, weather forecasts and other information. Anglers planning to fish these waters can read about all 11 lakes and rivers in the system and view maps that indicate launching spots and even point out some hot fishing honey holes. The website also gives information on hiring guides, fish species present, lodging or campground information and any-
thing else anyone needs to know about fishing these waters. “Alabamabasstrail.org is an angler’s one-stop shop for booking an Alabama fishing vacation,” Donaldson says. “Anglers can purchase fishing licenses, determine the driving distance between lakes and check the water levels provided by the power companies – all from the comfort of their homes. The alabamabasstrail.org website will be the vehicle for raising awareness and interest in bass fishing throughout Alabama.” For more information, call Donaldson at 1-855-934-7425 or send an email to kay@alabamabasstrail.org. A
Learn more about the Alabama Bass Trail at www.alabamabasstrail.org, or call 1-855-934-7425.
Follow Alabama Living contributor David Haynes and his ‘goldies’ on the Alabama Scenic River Trail By David Haynes
This is an open invitation for anyone with access to the Internet to follow my golden retrievers, Roscoe and Bailey, and me on our 631-mile trip from the mountains to the sea along the Alabama Scenic River Trail (ASRT) during May and June. The ASRT is the longest river trail of its kind within a single state and begins in the hills of northeast Alabama near Cedar Bluff where the Coosa River enters the state from Georgia. From there it follows the Coosa into the Alabama River, then traverses the Tensaw Delta and terminates at Fort Morgan in Mobile Bay.
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During the six-plus weeks it will take to paddle the trail in a cedar strip canoe, I’ll be posting frequent updates, photographs and videos of our experiences along the way on a website set up by the University of Alabama Press, who will publish a book next year about the trip. The website is located at http:// paddlinginfo.ua.edu. In addition to following our progress online, I’d also like to invite any paddlers to join us for any portion of the trip they may be able to do. We’ll appreciate the company! A
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