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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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This longnose gar weighed 30-lbs., 4-ozs. on certified scales and measured a whopping 56- inches long. It’s working its way through the Wildlife Resource Division’s certification process as a new Georgia state record. Chad Leonard of Nashville was catfishing on Sept. 5 along the banks of the Alapaha River near Willacoochee. He was casting a…
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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 |