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Lake Burton
Lake Burton is a 2,775-acre Georgia Power Co. reservoir located in the northeast corner of Georgia in Rabun County. Burton offers very good bass fishing, and it also has a unique fishery for reservoir trout. The lake is lined with exclusive homes. It is the first lake in a six-lake series of small reservoirs on the Tallulah River. The chain begins with Lake Burton as the northernmost lake followed by Seed, Rabun, Tallulah Falls, Tugalo and Yonah.
Lake Burton Resources
Burton: Level: 1.8 feet below 1866.66. Temp: 53 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Wes Carlton reports, “The bass bite has been great the last few days. We have caught fish in almost every pocket/cove around the lake. A lot of the fish are spawning right now. We have had good success with a weighted Zoom Fluke (pearl or silver). Be sure to use lighter line or fluorocarbon when fishing shallow. Using 8-lb. test makes a difference. A Ned rig has also been working well with a green-pumpkin finesse worm. Fish any structure around these coves, and the fish will be there. This bite should continue for the next couple of weeks and continue to get better.” Lake Burton Page: Archived Articles, Fishing Reports & Lake Records Trout: Guide Wes Carlton reports, “We have been catching some nice brown trout the last couple of weeks. Trolling Rapala DT20s (big shad color)…
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It’s always cold on a mountain reservoir in January. But, those who are willing to brave the occasional ice on the deck of the boat or in the eyes of their rods will be in for some prime fishing at Lake Burton. One of the reasons the fishing tends to pick up in Burton this…
Tod Hickman caught a 3-lb., 2-oz. white bass on Lake Burton on May 2, 2012 that set a benchmark for this species on Burton.
After the leaves have hit the ground across northeast Georgia, things on Lake Burton start to get hot. Add in the fact that most of the pleasure boats and jet skis are long gone until next summer, and you can find yourself in a great spot for an excellent day of fishing. Lake Burton is…
Each year, beneath the light of summer’s first full moon, huge honeycombs of saucer-shaped depressions appear in Lake Burton’s sandy shallows. These are the storied bluegill breeding grounds, and each bed is fiercely guarded by huge purple-browed papa bream that will attack anything that gets near their nests. Burton’s bream spawn lasts from May through…
Six months after the first smallmouth bass ever documented in Lake Burton was caught, that lake record has been broken twice by some impressive bronzebacks. On July 7, 2008, David Roane, of Atlanta, was fishing at Burton with a blue-and-chrome colored Krocodile spoon. At about 11 a.m. a hefty fish hit — an unusual fish.…
Burton Lake Records
| Largemouth Bass | 14-lbs. | Carl Lovell Jr. | 05/28/93 |
| Spotted Bass | 8-lbs., 2-ozs. | Wayne Holland | 02/23/05 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 4-lbs. | Jeff Blair | 10/15/08 |
| Striped Bass | 47-lbs. | Robin Vaughn | 12/02/88 |
| Hybrid Bass | 12-lbs., 12-ozs. | Richard Sokolowski | 05/03/15 |
| White Bass | 3-lbs., 2-ozs. | Tod Hickman | 05/02/12 |
| Walleye | 11-lbs. | Steven Kenny | 04/13/63 |
| Yellow Perch | 2-lbs., 9-ozs.* | Emerson Mulhall | 02/18/24 |
| Black Crappie | 2-lbs., 11-ozs. | Tom Cook | 03/07/94 |
| Brown Trout | 12-lbs., 4-ozs. | Tom Fox | 05/30/22 |
| Rainbow Trout | 6-lbs. | Lila Kilby | 10/21/22 |
| Shellcracker | 3-lbs. | Greg Taylor | 05/21/75 |
| Bluegill | 1-lb., 15,5-ozs. | J. Gary Simmons | 07/03/76 |
| Channel Catfish | 18-lbs., 12-ozs. | Bland Burroughs | 10/14/94 |
| White Catfish | 4-lbs., 4-ozs. | Bill Papineau | 10/02/93 |
| Chain Pickerel | 2-lbs., 12-ozs. | Shelby Cathey | 7/17/24 |