Your Coastal Alabama Angler Website



For about a decade, we have endeavored to provide some form of information and entertainment here on the Badonsky Buccaneers website. And we are grateful to those who have taken advantage of it and hope you found it useful and entertaining. As we shared on our Facebook page a few days ago, we will be shutting it down as of the end of our current term. We tried to "Step-up" with more articles and "pro's tips".- more current information and weather. However, we have been unable to secure the writers or sponsors and endorsements we had hoped for, and the extremely modest traffic on the site has forced us to make this difficult decision.



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Interactive Informational Map





You can also view this map in a new "tab" in full screen for easier viewing and exploring the area- by clicking on the "box" over the upper right hand corner of the map. This map not only includes boat launches, but also "NO WAKE" Idle Speed and "NO MOTOR" zones in the Orange Beach area, as well as good kayak / canoe parks, beach access points, some bait and tackle shops, gas stations which offer marine grade fuel, and a few inshore and offshore fishing reefs. This is an interactive map, and a work in progress.

Please contact me at mike@badonskybuccaneers.com with any comments, or with information concerning discrepancies.





Weather For Our Area









Wind Map





Thanks for visiting-





For about a decade, we have endeavored to provide some form of information and entertainment here on the Badonsky Buccaneers website. And we are grateful to those who have taken advantage of it and hope you found it useful and entertaining. As we shared on our Facebook page a few days ago, we will be shutting it down as of the end of our current term. One of the goals when the website was reformatted was to "Step-up" with more articles and "pro's tips".- more current information and weather. Well, we have been unable to secure the writers or sponsors and endorsements we had hoped for, and the modest traffic on the site has forced us to make this difficult decision.
I will continue to operate the FaceBook page and maintain the Youtube channel- and hope you will keep up with me there.
Thanks!



More Information and Articles





Bait and Tackle Shop Locations
South Baldwin County



There are at least 6 local stores that regularly sell live bait. But call ahead, because availability might vary. These bait and tackle shops are also on our interactive map (above). Here is a listing of local tackle shops in Baldwin County.


- J&M Tackle, 25150 Canal Rd, Orange Beach, AL, (251) 981-5460, typically open 5AM- 5PM. Large variety of live and frozen baits


- Lost Bay Tackle, 25405 Perdido Beach Blvd, Orange Beach, AL, (251) 981-3811 Winter Hrs- Open 6:00AM- 6:00PM 7 days a week.


- Hooked Up Bait & Tackle, 100 E 20th Street, Gulf Shores, AL (251) 955-5550 Open 6:00AM- 7:00PM 7 days a week


- Sam's Stop and Shop, 27122 Canal Rd, Orange Beach, AL (251) 981-4245 5:00AM- 9:00PM - NO LIVE BAIT, but quite an assortment of frozen baits and lots of tackle


-Capt Fraiser's *Members Only Live Bait Kiosk- 24 hrs a day. 19905 Co Rd 10, Foley, AL- behind the Shell gas station.


-Lillian Bait & Tackle, 34463 US Hwy 98 Lillian, AL 36549, (251) 961-0806, Open Mon - Thu: 5:00AM - 6:00PM, Fri - Sun: 5:00AM - 8:00PM



Bait and Tackle Shop Locations
South mobile County



Here is a listing of local tackle shops for southern Mobile County.


-Wendy's Bait & Tackle, out on the dock next to the Dauphin Island Marina, Lemoyne Dr, Dauphin Island, AL 36528.

(251) 767-2117. Hours may vary, 5AM to 6PM. Bait may include croakers, shrimp, and bull minnows.


- Jemison's Bait - N - Tackle, 16871 Dauphin Island Pkwy, Coden, AL 36523. Complete tackle shop and bait store. Live bait may include croakers, bull minnows, and shrimp. Call ahead for availability. (251) 873-4695 4AM to 8PM- hours may vary. Bait may include croakers, shrimp, and bull minnows.


-Dockside Bait Shop, 114 Bienville Blvd, Dauphin Island, AL 36528, (251) 583-4077 Hours may vary, 5Am to6PM. Seasonal Business- call ahead.


- Ship & Shore Supplies Inc, fishing tackle, frozen bait, hardware, convenience store. 401 Lemoyne Dr, Dauphin Island, AL 36528, 1 251-861-2262. 5:00AM to 11:00PM.


- Southern Bama Bait & Tackle, 4012 Dauphin Island Pkwy, Mobile, AL 36605, 6:00AM to 8:00PM. Live bait. 251 471-4939. Live and frozen bait- as well as complete tackle shop.


- Deer River Bait & Tackle, 7560 Deer River Rd, Theodore, AL. Live Bait, Fishing Tackle, Boat Launch. 251 366-7629.



Fishing & Hunting License



A Saltwater Fishing License is required for all persons fishing or possessing fish in saltwater areas of Alabama, inshore and offshore. All licenses expire on August 31 of each year.

Residents and nonresidents under the age of 16 are exempt from needing a license.

Residents age 65 and over are also exempt.

Annual and seven-day trip licenses are available for residents and non-residents

This license is also required for cast netting, flounder gigging and recreational crab traps Residency Requirements Saltwater Angler Registration is required for all residents 16 and over who are not required to purchase an annual saltwater license such as those 65 or older, have a lifetime saltwater license, or fish exclusively on a pier that has purchased a pier fishing license. Registration is free.

For more information and license fees, go to www.OutdoorAlabama.com



About





We are primarily an Alabama Gulf Coast Angler information center, utilizing this website and various social media to help local gulf coast anglers with useful and even entertaining information.

Our love of the ocean is endless, and we have experienced it personally by scuba diving and snorkeling, boating and fishing, kayaking, and everything in between. We strongly support conservation, and preservation of this precious resource.



Contact





mike@BadonskyBuccaneers.com

251 284-1223



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