Contents


Map Legend...................................................................................................................
vi
Overview Map...............................................................................................................
vii
Preface.............................................................................................................................
viii
Introduction...................................................................................................................
1
How to Use this Guide..................................................................................................
19
Georgia's State Fishing Records.................................................................................
21
Georgia's Angler Award Program...............................................................................
25
Fish Species of Georgia ................................................................................................
26


Northwest Georgia
1 George Sparks Reservoir
(Sweetwater Creek State ConservationPark).......................................................
70
2 Coosa River at Mayo's Bar Lock and Dam..........................................................
72
3 Rocky Mountain Recreation and Public Fishing Area......................................
74
4 Lake Marvin.............................................................................................................
77
5 Johns Creek..............................................................................................................
79
6 Stamp Creek..............................................................................................................
81
7 Allatoona Lake.........................................................................................................
83
8 Carters Lake..............................................................................................................
87
9 Holly Creek...............................................................................................................
90
10 Mountaintown Creek..............................................................................................
94
11 Lake Conasauga......................................................................................................
96
12 Mill Creek..................................................................................................................
98
13 Conasauga River.....................................................................................................
99
14 Jacks River................................................................................................................
104
15 Lower Toccoa River-Blue Ridge Dam To State Line.......................................... 106
16 Blue Ridge Lake....................................................................................................... 109
17 Upper Toccoa River................................................................................................ 112
18 Noontootla Creek.................................................................................................... 116
19 Rock Creek (Fannin County)................................................................................. 118


Northeast Georgia
20 Cooper Creek............................................................................................................ 122
21 Lake Nottely............................................................................................................. 124
22 Lake Chatuge........................................................................................................... 128
23 Lake Trahlyta (Vogel State Park)........................................................................... 131
24 Lake Winfield Scott................................................................................................. 133
25 Dockery Lake........................................................................................................... 134
26 Waters Creek............................................................................................................ 137
27 Dicks Creek............................................................................................................... 139
28 Frogtown Creek....................................................................................................... 142
29 Boggs Creek............................................................................................................. 143
30 Dukes Creek (Smithgall Woods-Dukes Creek ConservationArea).................. 144
31 Unicoi Lake / Smith Creek (Unicoi State Park).................................................... 147
32 Chattooga River....................................................................................................... 149
33 Lake Burton.............................................................................................................. 153
34 Lake Seed.................................................................................................................. 155
35 Lake Rabun............................................................................................................... 158
36 Tallulah Lake............................................................................................................ 160
37 Lake Tugalo.............................................................................................................. 161
38 Lake Yonah............................................................................................................... 163
39 Lake Hartwell............................................................................................................ 165
40 Lake Sidney Lanier.................................................................................................. 169


East Central Georgia
41 Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area................................................. 175
42 Bull Sluice Lake........................................................................................................ 182
43 Stone Mountain Park Lakes................................................................................... 184
44 Lakes Rutledge and Brantley (Hard Labor Creek StatePark)............................ 187
45 Lake Varner ............................................................................................................... 189
46 Lake Richard B. Russell.......................................................................................... 192
47 Clarks Hill Lake........................................................................................................ 195
48 McDuffie Public Fishing Area............................................................................... 201
49 Lake Oconee............................................................................................................. 203


West Central Georgia
50 Lake Sinclair............................................................................................................. 209
51 Lake Juliette.............................................................................................................. 211
52 Lake Tobesofkee..................................................................................................... 214
53 Marben Public Fishing Area.................................................................................. 218
54 Lake Jackson............................................................................................................ 221
55 Upper Flint River..................................................................................................... 224
56 Big Lazer Creek Public Fishing Area.................................................................... 228
57 West Point Lake...................................................................................................... 230
58 Bartletts Ferry Lake (Lake Harding)...................................................................... 234
59 Goat Rock Lake........................................................................................................ 238
60 Lake Oliver................................................................................................................ 241


Southwest Georgia
61 Lake Walter F. George............................................................................................ 245
62 Lake George W. Andrews...................................................................................... 249
63 Lake Seminole.......................................................................................................... 251
64 Ochlockonee River-U.S. Highway 84 to State Line............................................ 256
65 Lake Chehaw (Lake Worth)................................................................................... 258
66 Lake Blackshear....................................................................................................... 260
67 Reed Bingham State Park....................................................................................... 263


Southeast Georgia
68 Paradise Public Fishing Area................................................................................. 267
69 Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge................................................................... 269
70 Okefenokee Swamp................................................................................................. 272
71 Saint Marys River at Folkston............................................................................... 276
72 Satilla River............................................................................................................... 278
73 Upper Altamaha River............................................................................................ 280
74 Montgomery Lake (Lower Ocmulgee River)....................................................... 283
75 Dodge County Public Fishing Area..................................................................... 286
76 Treutlen County Public Fishing Area.................................................................. 289
77 Watson Mill Pond (George L. Smith State Park)................................................. 291
78 Evans County Public Fishing Area...................................................................... 294


Coastal Georgia
79 Savannah River at Houlihan Park......................................................................... 298
80 Wilmington River at Thunderbolt Park................................................................ 300
81 Wilmington River at F.W. Spencer Community Park......................................... 301
82 Lazaretto Creek........................................................................................................ 302
83 Tybee Island............................................................................................................ 303
84 Skidaway River Narrows........................................................................................ 306
85 Moon River at Downing Piers............................................................................... 307
86 Little Ogeechee River at Bell's Landing.............................................................. 307
87 Salt Creek.................................................................................................................. 308
88 Ogeechee River at Kings Ferry............................................................................ 309
89 Fort Stewart Military Reservation....................................................................... 311
90 Middle Altamaha River.......................................................................................... 316
91 Lower Altamaha River............................................................................................ 318
92 Darien River at Darien............................................................................................ 322
93 Champney River at Darien..................................................................................... 324
94 Brunswick-Overlook Park...................................................................................... 326
95 Back River at Saint Simons.................................................................................... 327
96 Little River at Saint Simons.................................................................................... 328
97 Mackay River at Saint Simons............................................................................... 328
98 Saint Simons Island Pier......................................................................................... 330
99 Jekyll Island.............................................................................................................. 332
100 Crooked River State Park....................................................................................... 334
101 Cumberland Island National Seashore................................................................ 336
102 Offshore Atlantic Ocean....................................................................................... 338


Appendix........................................................................................................................ 344
Map Sources.................................................................................................................. 350
Index................................................................................................................................ 351
About the Author......................................................................................................... 358

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