17 New Georgia Lake And River Record Fish

Steve Phillips, of Douglas, used a swimbait to catch the new Blackshear striped bass record. The lineside weighed 35-lbs., 1.6-ozs.

This rainbow came from Lake Burton and was caught by Darryl Stephens, of Brooks, on July 12. The fish weighed 5 1/2 pounds and tied the existing lake record. The full story is at www.gon.com/news/lake-burton-record-rainbow-trout-caught-trolling.

This 51-lb., 14-oz. record blue cat from Lake Sinclair may just hold for a while. The angler was Jeffery Goodman (left), and his full story is at www.gon.com/news/lake-sinclair-blue-cat-record-broken.

Lake Yonah has a new largemouth record, this 6-lb., 11-oz. fish caught by Trent Thomason. The full story is at www.gon.com/fishing/lake-yonah-largemouth-record.

Joe Frank Harris, Jr., of Cartersville, was spending a late-summer evening on the Etowah River on Aug. 21 when he successfully boated a 33-lb. striper and became the river’s new record holder. The full story is at www.gon.com/fishing/etowah-river-striper-record-33-pounds.

Jeff Payne broke a pair of records in 2018 on Rabun. Here he is with his new spotted bass record. The full story is at www.gon.com/fishing/record-spotted-bass-lake-rabun.

Brittany Raper, of Farner, Tenn., caught this flathead catfish weighing 29-lbs., 8-ozs. while fishing on the Etowah River in Bartow County. She’s the new record holder. The full story is at www.gon.com/fishing/etowah-river-flathead-catfish-record.

Here’s the new Etowah River longnose gar record, which weighed 19-lbs., 4.64-ozs. and was caught by Kyle Williams. The full story is www.gon.com/fishing/record-set-for-longnose-gar-on-etowah-river.

Larry Linker broke his own Satilla flathead record with this 45-lb., 15-oz. cat caught Oct. 10. The full story is at www.gon.com/fishing/satilla-river-flathead-catfish-record.