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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
On April 9, 1990, Lonnie Bradley, of Statesboro, grabbed his Zebco 404, bought some crickets and headed for Lotts Creek in Bulloch County to catch a mess of bream. He did just that… and more. Lonnie came home with a new state record and a line class world record for a 1-lb., 7.36-oz. redbreast sunfish.…
As soon as the jig ‘n pig hit the water, all three of us in the boat saw the massive swirl as a fish turned and swam toward the bait. A huge wake emerged, cutting a path through the shallow water. We all held our breath as the wake sped toward the spot where the…
Gary Brannon, of Columbus, broke the lake record at Goat Rock Reservoir with a monster 14-lb., 3-oz. largemouth. On March 13, Gary and Johnny Reed, also from Columbus, fished Goat Rock, located south of Bartlett’s Ferry on the Chattahoochee River, for 1 1/2 hours and caught 10 fish over 4 pounds, all in one spot!…
A few weeks ago, lure manufacturer and avid angler Jimmy Edge landed a huge 13-lb., 2-oz. largemouth bass at Lake Sinclair. It was the biggest bass Jimmy had ever caught, but he didn’t think it was a lake record. That’s because most Sinclair fishermen knew that a man had caught a monster fish from the…
As far as GON knows, this is the only photo there has ever been of the lake record largemouth for Lake Seminole. The fortunate angler was Charles Tyson, and his record-setting bucketmouth weighed 16-lbs., 4-ozs. and was caught May 23, 1961. If anyone knows the Tyson family or has access to additional photos, we’d like…
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 |