You’ll find the City of Bay Minette nestled in the pine forests of North Baldwin County in south Alabama. It’s an excellent place to experience freshwater and saltwater fishing in its rich rivers and the Gulf Coast. It has an advantageous location because it is surrounded by urban areas that lend their fun and exciting vibe to the charming southern city.
Bay Minette is a place of history and nature. You are promised a great time when you explore all that it has to offer. You can visit an alleged haunted site, take time to relax at many of the local parks, or explore historic Downtown Bay Minette and learn about its history and heritage.
Book your next fishing trip to Bay Minette, where the local waters are brimming with diverse marine life, and the Gulf Coast is just a few miles away.
Classic Alabama inshore fishing and deep sea fishing can be experienced in Bay Minette because anglers can target freshwater and saltwater fish from the local waterways.
The Mobile-Tensaw River Delta is where you’ll have the chance to fish in a space named one of the state’s ‘10 Natural Wonders’ and is a National Landmark. You’ll find plenty of diverse fish species in both rivers, including largemouth bass, spotted bass, bluegill, black crappie, blue catfish, channel catfish, flathead catfish, warmouth, redbreast sunfish, and redear sunfish in the freshwater sections and redfish, black drum, speckled trout, summer flounder, sheepshead, gafftopsail sea catfish, and hardhead sea catfish in the brackish and saltwater areas. Most anglers go fly fishing for red drum and light tackle fishing for most of the fish found in their waters. The best way to navigate and fish the river is using a bass boat, canoe, or kayak, but you can fish inshore from docks and bridges.
Mobile Bay offers you the opportunity to fish on the Gulf Coast and in the vast Gulf of Mexico. You’ll find plenty of Mobile Bay fishing guides that can help you find and catch some of the most targeted fish in the area, like redfish, black drum, speckled trout, sheepshead, flounder, tarpon, king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, cobia, gag grouper, scamp grouper, red grouper, red snapper, lane snapper, tripletail, and yellowtail amberjack.
Book a local fishing charter like Water Walker Fishing which will take you on an adventure on the Gulf Shores. Reel Fishin’ Charters and Ocean Cat Charters will take you on fishing tours around Orange Beach. Saltwater fishing enthusiasts can go with Wicked Salty Fishing Charters to explore the Gulf’s waters in nearby Florida.
There are plenty of things to see and do in Bay Minette, whether you’re interested in history or spending time in the great outdoors.
The Bay Minette Clock Tower is located at the heart of Downtown, one block off the courthouse square. The Compton Clock is also known as an eight-foot-tall structure with a 24-inch neon clock face. Individual and business donations were funded through the black clock with pewter trim.
The Holly Hills Municipal Golf Course is a nine-hole, 3,000-yard course designed by engineer and architect Earl Stone. It is a scenic area lined with oak, pine, magnolia, and holly bushes. A clubhouse offers food and drink and a small golf shop. The course is open from Tuesdays through Sundays.