North Georgia fishing offer something for novices and old pros. Our flowing rivers, streams and lakes house rainbow and brown trout; smallmouth, largemouth and spotted bass; giant stripers and white bass; bluegill, crappie and shellcracker, sauger, walleye, and, of course, catfish are all abundant in the area. Georgia has everything you need for a great fishing vacation.
The Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, Nantahala National Forest, and the Cherokee National Forest are all great places to cast a line and find some great fish, with hundreds of lakes and rivers to choose from, surrounded by beautiful forestry and wildlife. Other fishing areas offered by the U.S. Forest Service include Mulky Creek, Rock Creek, Deep Hole, and Coopers Creek. If that's not enough, there's also nearby Toccoa River, Noontootla Creek, Jack's River, Conasauga River, and the Mulky Recreation Area.
Rock Creek Lake offers 13 acres of trout-stocked waters where anglers can fish year-round from 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset. No camping sites, picnic tables, restrooms, boat rentals, or boat ramps are available, but both shore and boat fishing are allowed.
Near Blue Ridge, Georgia, you will find Fightingtown Creek, a stream which flows out of the Cohutta Wilderness Area. Most areas of the stream are wadeable, and much of it is wide enough for fly fishing. Brown and rainbow trout are the most abundant species here. Further west, near Ellijay, the Cartecay River is popular for fly fishermen. It's stocked with rainbow trout and also contains many native species.
Along with amazing white bass, walleye, bream, perch, bluegill, catfish, and crappie fishing, the 3,290-acre Lake Blue Ridge offers a full-service marina, over 90 campsites, numerous boat ramps and boat rentals, and public swimming and picnic areas. Eighty percent of the lake's 100 miles of shoreline are part of the Chattahoochee National Forest. The backdrop of the Blue Ridge Mountains makes it a particularly picturesque setting for a relaxing fishing vacation. The area is open March through October and also offers boating, canoeing, wakeboarding, waterskiing, hiking, rafting, mountain biking, tubing, pontooning, and swimming.
Wherever you decide to set up your rods and reels, make sure you know the rules and regulations. You'll need a Georgia Fishing License (either resident or nonresident) and many areas are only open at certain times of the year or day. Call the Wildlife Resources Division - License and Boat Registration Unit at (770) 414-3333 to order a fishing license, or Fisheries Management at (770) 918-6418 for other questions. Additionally, the U.S. Forest Service's Southern Region Regional Office may be contacted at 404-347-4177.
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