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Lake Tugalo
Lake Tugalo is a 597-acre reservoir with 18 miles of shoreline located in north Georgia in Habersham and Rabun counties, but also lies partially in Oconee County, South Carolina. It is the fifth lake in a six-lake series created by hydroelectric dams operated by Georgia Power on the Tallulah River. The series begins with Lake Burton as the northernmost lake, followed by lakes Seed, Rabun, Tallulah Falls, Tugalo and Yonah. Tugalo and these other northeast Georgia mountain lakes offers some fishing opportunities unique to Georgia, where anglers can catch trophy walleye and yellow perch along with traditional species such as bass, crappie and bream. The western arm of Lake Tugalo is fed by the Tallulah River and the eastern arm is fed by the Chattooga River.
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The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources recently certified a Lake Tugalo walleye that set a new South Carolina state record and also broke the Lake Tugalo lake record. According to SCDNR, Chris Edlund, of Spartanburg, S.C., and Dave Starzek, of Greer, S.C., caught a 10-lb., 1.44-oz. walleye from Lake Tugalo on May 29. Edlund…
We almost had a new state record fish in Georgia already in 2019. On Feb. 16, Lukas Ricci, 15, of Toccoa, caught a yellow perch that weighed 2-lbs., 7-ozs. Lukas beat the old Tugalo lake record by a half pound, and he came very close to setting a new Georgia state record. On the morning…
Gabriella Marie Puma was joining in on celebrating her grandfather Bruce Henderson’s birthday at Lake Tugalo on March 31 when she caught a record-class yellow perch. The family was fishing a bit after 12 noon off the dock of the Stone Place boat ramp on the Georgia side of Lake Tugalo. They had eaten lunch…
Lake Tugalo Record Fish
| Largemouth Bass | 13-lbs., 12-ozs. | William J. Adams | 1983 |
| Bluegill | 2-lbs. | Phil Black | 06/17/21 |
| Walleye | 10-lbs., 1.44-ozs. | Chris Edlund | 05/29/22 |
| Yellow Perch | 2-lbs., 7-ozs. | Lukas Ricci | 02/16/19 |
| Brook Trout | 4-lbs., 10-ozs. | Wes Coker | 12/23/10 |
| Shellcracker | 2-lbs., 2-ozs. | David Shirley | 04/29/21 |
| Channel Catfish | 13-lbs., 4-ozs. | Phil Black | 08/05/24 |