Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-2-.34 - Game Fish Designated
The following shall be named and designated as game fish:
All members of the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) to include:
Black Bass - largemouth, smallmouth, spotted, Alabama, shoal, and those species formerly known as "redeye" bass, which are now known separately as Coosa, Warrior, Cahaba, Tallapoosa, and Chattahoochee bass, based on their respective drainages. The Alabama bass was formerly known as spotted bass in the Mobile drainage.
Bream - rock bass, flier, shadow bass, warmouth, redbreast, bluegill, longear, and redear (shellcracker).
Crappie - black and white crappie.
All members of the temperate bass family (Moronidae) to include:
Temperate Bass - saltwater striped, white, and yellow bass and any hybrids thereof.
All members of the pike family (Esocidae) to include:
Pickerel - chain, redfin, and grass pickerel.
The following members of the perch family (Percidae):
Perch - sauger (jack), walleye, and yellow perch.
The following members of the trout family (Salmonidae):
Trout - rainbow trout.
Notes
Author: N. Gunter Guy, Jr.
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, ยงยง 9-2-7, 9-2-8, 9-2-12.
PENALTY: As provided by law.
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