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Lake Worth
Lake Worth, also known as Lake Chehaw, is a small reservoir at the confluence of the Flint River, Kinchafoonee Creek and Muckalee Creek. The concrete Flint River Dam was built in 1908 for hydroelectric generation and is owned by Georgia Power today. Lake Chehaw is very riverine and shallow with average depths of 17 feet. In winter, the lake is drawn down nearly 10 feet in anticipation of flooding spring rains. In the Flood of 1994, the lake overflowed its banks and the dam itself was underwater at one point.
Lake Worth/Chehaw Resources
Georgia Fishing Articles
Over the last few years, Lake Hartwell anglers have expressed concern about the declining numbers of striped bass in the lake. “We attribute the decline in the striped bass population to low levels of dissolved oxygen found down deep where striped bass live during the summertime,” said WRD fisheries biologist Anthony Rabern. “Droughts and floods…
A new record for flathead catfish on the lower Chattahoochee River was set on Saturday, March 9, 2019 by Tiff Thompson, of Americus. Tiff was fishing an M&J Catfish War Tournament Trail event when he caught his record flathead. The next day, when Tiff got the fish weighed on certified scales at Stripling’s General Store…
On March 8, Mike Bradford, of Douglasville, caught a West Point striper certified at 36.17 pounds, breaking the old record by more than a half pound. At 6:30 in the morning, Mike and his friend Jamie Townsend arrived at the lake. Mike said he’s been fishing West Point for 30 years. “My friend Jamie and…
As I am starting to type this story, I can’t help but notice the thermometer that hangs just outside my kitchen window that is reading 20 degrees higher than this time a month ago. Patches of green are appearing here and there in the yard, birds are chirping, and the sun is shining. Thank the…
Anyone can buy a ready-to-fish fly rod outfit complete with a reel, line and maybe even a few flies at any sporting retail store for less than $100, but many people want something different. A good custom fly rod might cost several thousand dollars and could take months to arrive. However, Bill Oyster, owner of…
Record Fish Lake Worth Upstream To Blackshear Dam
| White Crappie | 2-lbs., 0-ozs. | Angelo Feros | 01/14/2013 |
| Shoal Bass | 8-lbs., 5-ozs. | Clark Wheeler | 04/16/2022 |