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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 Chattahoochee River is crawling with bugs. For the millions of Georgians in the Atlanta area who depend on the river for drinking water, that might be a cause for concern. Worry not. You’re not going to find a creepy-crawly surprise in the bathtub, no stonefly or caddis hatches in the toilet. Few of the…
The fly rod made a soft whoosh as it cut the crisp morning air. A graceful arc of line followed its path and unfurled to drop a fly softly on the surface of the fast-moving water. The fine mist, floating above the cool surface, was so thick that the strike indicator was barely visible as…
Mike Hewell, of Gillsville, established a new record for the upper Chattahoochee River above the highway 52 bridge in Hall County. Mike’s shoal bass weighed 5.18-lb. shoal bass, and he caught it in Habersham County. Mike was using a watermelon seed Zoom Finesse worm on 6-lb. test.
Catching trout within sight of his truck just doesn’t appeal to Dale Thomas. Dale, a trout angler who lives in Clarkesville, prefers to fish streams that do not have a road running beside them, and he doesn’t mind having to hike to get to them. On May 11, Dale led GON-TV cameraman James Guthrie, my…
Mike Coombs caught this 35-lb., 3.04-oz. record striper on the Chattahoochee on May 15, 2000.
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 |