Alabama Big Catfish Photo Contest Coming Soon

Folks at the Alabama Black Belt Adventures Association are launching the first-ever big catfish photo contest, a slight twist on the annual best fish contest. The contest begins May 27 and runs through July 12.

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Alabama has plenty of great spots for catfishing, and it doesn’t really matter how you catch them in this contest. You can reel them in or haul them up from jugs or wrestle them in by hand while noodling. All ages are welcome to enter the competition and try to win the grand prize.

The contest winner will be chosen exclusively through online voting and will receive a two-person half-day guided trip with Bama Noodling in 2027, where they will experience the thrill of catching catfish by hand while taking part in a unique southern outdoor tradition.

You can submit your favorite catfish photos online HERE.

Visitors to the website may vote once per day

Snap your best big catfish photo, rally your friends and family to vote, and celebrate the incredible fishing traditions of Alabama’s Black Belt!

The Black Belt includes the following 23 counties: Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Russell, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, and Wilcox.

Whether you reel in a catfish with a rod and reel, haul them up from jugs, or wrestle them in by hand while noodling, anglers of all ages are invited to enter their best catfish photos for the inaugural Big Catfish Photo Contest.