Logan Martin Lake

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Logan Martin Lake is located in east central Alabama on the Coosa River approximately 30 miles east of Birmingham, Alabama. The lake borders St. Clair and Talladega counties. The reservoir extends 48.5 miles from Logan Martin Dam upstream to Neely Henry Dam, and it contains 15,263 acres. Logan Martin has roughly 273 miles of shoreline. Logan Martin is little more than the original river from the Neely Henry Dam downriver to the area around the Old Lock #4. From Lock #4 to the I-20 Bridge, the river expands, but is still closer to a large river than a full fledged reservoir. From the I-20 Bridge in the Riverside area to the Logan Martin Dam (approximately 23 miles), the lake expands to a true reservoir, with large areas of open water and many medium to large sized sloughs and creeks. Logan Martin is one of the busiest lakes in Alabama. Its proximity to Birmingham leads to a lake that is full of bass boats, jet skis, ski boats, and other pleasure boats during the summer. The vast majority of the traffic is from I-20 down, with the traffic increasing as you move downriver into the more open areas towards the Logan Martin Dam. The fishing on Logan Martin is typically considered among the best in the state. Large numbers of both largemouth and spotted bass inhabit the lake, as well as striped bass, white bass, hybrid bass, crappie, catfish (mostly of the channel variety), bream, drum, carp, and gar. There are also large numbers of non-game fish on the lake.