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Lake Blue Ridge
Lake Blue Ridge is a 3,300-acre TVA reservoir located in Fannin County, in the northern portion of Georgia. The lake is fed primarily by the Toccoa River. Blue Ridge was created by the completion of Blue Ridge Dam in 1930. The lake level fluctuates by about 20 feet from winter drawdown to full pool in a typical year. The Toccoa tailrace below Blue Ridge offers very good trout fishing, although much of the riverbank is private in this stretch.
Lake Blue Ridge Resources
Blue Ridge: Level: 15.7 feet below 1686. Temp: 59-62 degrees. Clarity: 10 feet. Bass: Eric Welch, of Welch’s Guide Service, reports, “Fishing is getting good. We are almost at a normal winter pool. We’re still seeing a little topwater action throughout the day. I like throwing a Whopper Plopper and a Strike King Sexy Dawg Jr. I’m still using a drop shot with a 6.5-inch Roboworm, but as the water temperature drops, I will switch to a 4.5-inch worm. I also like throwing a 3.5-inch tube and a Strike King 3.25-inch Rage Swimmer swimbait. I will rig the Rage Swimmer on a 1/4-oz. swimbait head and cast it out and let it sink. Then I will slow-roll it back. As the water temp continues to drop, you will see the fish start bunching up around deep points and deep rocky banks. You can use some of the baits that I have mentioned,…
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To the smallmouth, the small red jig darting just off the bottom of a rocky Lake Blue Ridge point must have looked like a crayfish or a yellow perch trying to escape. With a flick of its tail it surged forward and hit the jig. On the other end of the fishing line, sitting in…
Jim Ezell, of Blue Ridge, holds the Blue Ridge lake record for smallmouth bass with a 6-lb., 14-oz. bronzeback caught in on May 15, 1998.
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Blue Ridge Lake Records
| Largemouth Bass | 11-lbs., 10.7-ozs. | Nathan Lewis | 02/01/05 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 6-lbs., 14-ozs. | Jim Ezell | 05/15/98 |
| Spotted Bass | 6-lbs., 4-ozs. | Kevin Hoek | 03/04/17 |
| White Bass | 3-lbs., 6.72-ozs. | Jesse McKeral | 03/22/08 |
| Flathead Catfish | 44-lbs. | Leon Reavis | 07/06/70 |
| Muskellunge | 38-lbs.* | Rube Golden | 06/57 |
| Walleye | 9-lbs., 4-ozs. | Greg Bergman | 01/07/01 |
| Yellow Perch | 1-lb., 14.4-ozs. | Scott Sliter | 02/13/07 |
| Brown Trout | 9-lbs., 4.8-ozs. | Nathan Lewis | 12/07/16 |
| Rainbow Trout | 5-lbs., 2.08-ozs. | Nathan Stuart | 05/03/07 |