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Chattahoochee River
The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers and emptying from Florida into Apalachicola Bay in the Gulf of Mexico. The Chattahoochee River is about 430 miles long. The Chattahoochee, Flint, and Apalachicola rivers together make up the Apalachicola–Chattahoochee–Flint River Basin (ACF River Basin). The Chattahoochee makes up the largest part of the ACF's drainage basin.
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The Fisheries Section of Georgia DNR’s Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) is in the beginning stages of working with the Chattahoochee River National Park (CRNP) to potentially change a fishing regulation that would allow live bait to be used in the Chattahoochee River between Morgan Falls Dam in Roswell and Peachtree Creek. Currently, the use of live…
Editor’s Note: Chad Doughty was in September 2023 convicted and sentenced to life in prison for molesting a family member. https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/man-given-3-life-sentences-plus-30-years-prison-after-molesting-young-family-member-da-says/3I7OVPBYTVHHVJFNLC7HZQ3G4M/ The DNR press release below was written in 2014 when the fish was caught. Catching a big fish is awesome, how about if the first fish you catch that day is a new state…
Robert Lee caught this 29-lb., 1-oz. record striped bass on the Chattahoochee on May 13, 2014.
Anne Bailie Girod caught this 5-lb., 9-oz. record largemouth on the Chattahoochee on May 12, 2013.
Surprisingly, GON has never had a record largemouth bass for the Chattahoochee River between the stretch of river between Morgan Falls and Franklin. Today that changes. Jason Whitehead, of Douglasville, finally set the bar April 7 when he caught the below 5-lb., 0.3-oz. bucketmouth on a lipless crankbait. He was fishing with buddies south…
Chattahoochee River Records (Above Hwy 52 Bridge in Hall County)
Chattahoochee River Records (Between Buford Dam and Bull Sluice)
Chattahoochee River Records (Between Morgan Falls and Frankin)
| Striped Bass | 35-lbs., 3.04-ozs. | Mike Coombs | 05/15/00 |
| Flathead Catfish | 48-lbs., 0-ozs. | David Arrington | 05/30/11 |
| Largemouth Bass | 7-lbs., 0.3-ozs. | Kristian Pereira | 06/25/22 |
| Rainbow Trout | 18-lbs., 2-ozs. | Stan Crigger | 02/15/93 |