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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

Lake Blue Ridge Fishing Report – April 2025

By GON Staff | March 26, 2025

Blue Ridge: Level: 8.6 feet below 1686. Temp: 48-56 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Eric Welch, of Welch’s Guide Service, reports, “Fishing has been good. It’s that time of year when spring is in the air, and the days are getting longer, which means water levels are coming up and the water temperature is on the rise. In the next couple of weeks, you will start to see bass moving up and start feeding before the spawn. Spotted bass will be staging off long, rocky points, pebble banks and clay banks with some rocks. Largemouth will be moving up in pockets, around brush, and around the backs of docks looking for spawning areas. This time of year you can throw all kinds of baits in these areas: Ned rigs, tubes, shaky heads and drop shots. It’s also a great time to throw a fluke and a glide bait. For those groups of fish…

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Lake Blue Ridge Fishing Articles

To Catch Blue Ridge Smallmouths

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…

Lake Blue Ridge Record Smallmouth

  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.

Blue Ridge Lake Records

Largemouth Bass11-lbs., 10.7-ozs.Nathan Lewis02/01/05
Smallmouth Bass6-lbs., 14-ozs.Jim Ezell05/15/98
Spotted Bass6-lbs., 4-ozs.Kevin Hoek03/04/17
White Bass3-lbs., 6.72-ozs.Jesse McKeral03/22/08
Flathead Catfish44-lbs.Leon Reavis07/06/70
Muskellunge38-lbs.*Rube Golden06/57
Walleye9-lbs., 4-ozs.Greg Bergman01/07/01
Yellow Perch1-lb., 14.4-ozs.Scott Sliter02/13/07
Brown Trout9-lbs., 4.8-ozs.Nathan Lewis12/07/16
Rainbow Trout5-lbs., 2.08-ozs.Nathan Stuart05/03/07