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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

Fish — And Shoot — The Flood Tide

The calendar shifts to early fall, and many outdoorsmen across the whitetail’s range are thinking about deer season and the rut. However, for those of us lucky enough to live near the coast, fall brings an opportunity that can’t be passed up: Nor’easters and the accompanying flood tides. Flood tides are a natural occurring phenomenon…

Lake Lanier Spotted Bass Awesome Autumn Numbers

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Lake Hartwell Paradise Found

“Lake Hartwell is a paradise.” Those were the words that kept running through my head in October 2002 as I stared out the window of my new work home at the Clemson office of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR). I had spent the previous 12 years working for SCDNR in Columbia on…

111-Pound Blue Catfish Shatters Georgia State Record

The Georgia state-record blue catfish mark has been shattered by 18 pounds. The new record is a Lake Eufaula monster that weighed 111 pounds and was caught by Tim Trone, of Havana, Fla., this past Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020 during a tournament. “I am beside myself right now,” said Tim. Tim was fishing a daytime…

44-lb. Blue Catfish Sets Allatoona Record

A fishing trip on Lake Allatoona for striped bass and hybrids yielded a big-fish surprise—and a spot in the records for angler Arturo Medina. Arturo, who lives in Acworth, was fishing with guide Steve Mark of First Bite Guide Service on Sunday morning when their first bite was from a fish hit that caused mayhem…

Record Fish Lake Worth Upstream To Blackshear Dam

White Crappie2-lbs., 0-ozs.Angelo Feros01/14/2013
Shoal Bass8-lbs., 5-ozs.Clark Wheeler04/16/2022