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Alapaha River
The Alapaha River begins its 202-mile trek in Dooly County and flows generally southeast through or along the boundaries of Crisp, Wilcox, Turner, Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Berrien, Atkinson, Lanier, Lowndes and Echols counties. Once in Hamilton County, Florida, it flows into the Suwannee River.
The Alapaha contains bluegill, redbreast, warmouth, crappie, several species of catfish, pickerel and is home to the Suwannee bass on the lower end.
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Almost every GON fishing story involves a local expert, most often it’s someone with hundreds, if not thousands, of hours spent on the subject body of water. I’ve worked on many such stories through the years with GON, and it amazes me how much you can learn through the experience of others. I’ll go ahead…
For the second time in a week, the Alapaha River redbreast record has been broken. On Aug. 31, Craig James, along with his son Colt, were fishing the river when they managed to connect with a big panfish that was able to edge out the newly set record. “I had never fished the river before,…
On Aug. 24, Jacob Crews decided to make a trip to the Alapaha River after finishing his morning shift at the CSX Rice Yard in Waycross. “I had made a trip over there a week or so before, and that was actually my first time fishing the river. I fished out of my kayak and…
The fish are moving toward their summer patterns, but so are the afternoon thunderstorms. You can usually get a morning half-day trip in before the boomers start, but pay attention to the skies and radar. The bites have been really good this week. The rivers are getting good in some areas, but some are still…
Read MoreAlapaha River Record Fish
| Bowfin | 9-lbs., 0.32-ozs. | Glen Solomon | 07/26/19 |
| Largemouth Bass | 8-lbs., 10.64-ozs. | Garrett Mullis | 08/22/20 |
| Redbreast | 12.52-ozs. | Reese Buckhalter | 04/26/25 |
| Spotted Sunfish | 6.24-ozs. | Craig James | 09/06/24 |
| Warmouth | 9.59-ozs. | Donna Buckhalter | 05/16/25 |
| Channel Catfish | 13-lbs., 14.78-ozs. | Christopher Quiggins | 03/27/25 |
| Black Crappie | 1-lb., 4.99-ozs. | Daniel Pack | 05/17/25 |