Best lakes in georgia for bass fishing. In fact the size and variety of fish are rivaled only by the varieties of unspoiled environments. Lake allatoona just north of atlanta and crossed by i 75 is full of keeper sized spotted bass. In fact a 22 pound 4 ounce bass hooked in montgomery lake is tied for the current world record.
Typical fish in this lake include channel catfish crappie and bass. It is a good lake to fish for crappie and for largemouth bass. The storied lone star state fishery has never ranked below 26th in the seven years the rankings have been published.
Professionally managed by marine biologists each lake boasts healthy populations of fish. Many of the states biggest fish were hooked in georgia lakes. The quiet lake produced the largest bass ever caught in georgia when david.
Your experienced guides know where the trophies hide and how to preserve the memory. The 2015 bassmaster classic at lake hartwell was won by local favorite casey ashley with a hefty three day total of 50 pounds 1 ounce. Largemouth bass in excess of 10 pounds and bream in excess of 1 pound are common occurrences.
Even further north and west where north carolina and georgia meet lake chatuge serves as an ideal bass fishing spot. Near the city of hartwell georgia the lake is best fished by boat but has good fishing year round. My best catch of bass ever came from lake oconee in a march club tournament 9 bass weighing 37 pounds in two days.
You may not catch a huge bass but the numbers you can catch make up for it. All bass fishing is catch and release from comfortably prepared boats. After three years of hovering in the top 5 of bassmaster magazines 100 best bass lakes rankings texas sam rayburn reservoir finally takes the crown for being the best bass lake in the nation for 2018.
Lake hartwell is a usace reservoir that is 55950 acres. Many bass fishermen equate the bass capital of the world with our own lake walter f. Lake hartwell is a prime bass fishing lake for both georgia and south carolina anglers.
This 19000 acre georgia power lake has pumpback so current flows both ways many days. Hook a monster bass. Fish humps and points with carolina rigged worms and big crankbaits in the summer fall and winter.
The deep clear waters here hold a growing population of both largemouth and spotted bass.