Fishing is allowed anywhere along Little River inside the Preserve if you have a valid Alabama or Non-Resident Fishing License. Children under 16 and adults over 65 are exempt from a fishing license.
Seine fishing or fishing with nets is not permitted.
Canyon Mouth Day Use Area is the perfect place to fly fish. The clear water is easily accessible.
Fishes of Little River Canyon National Preserve
Sunfishes
- Shadow Bass
- Bluegill
- Longear Sunfish
- Green Sunfish
- Spotted Sunfish
- Redeye Bass
- Spotted Bass
- Largemouth Bass
- White Crappie
- Black Crappie
Carps & Minnows
- Blue Shiner
- Stoneroller
- Lined Chub
- Blacknose Dace
- Mountain Shiner
- Coosa Shiner
- Blue Shiner
- Mimic Shiner
Suckers
- Alabama Hog Sucker
- Silver Redhorse
- Black Redhorse
- Golden Redhorse
- Blacktail Redhorse
Perches
- Coosa Darter
- Greenbreasted Darter
- Speckled Darter
- Logperch
- Bronze Darter
- Blackbanded Darter
Bullhead Catfishes
- Black Bullhead
- Brown Bullhead
- Channel Catfish
- Black Madtom
- Speckled Madtom
- Flathead Catfish
Sculpins
Gar
The use of motorized boats is not allowed within Little River Canyon National Preserve. This includes trolling motors on boats.
