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Oostanaula River
The Oostanaula River is a primary tributary of the Coosa River and flows for about 49 miles after being formed by the confluence of the Conasauga and Coosawattee rivers in northwest Georgia in Gordon County. In the city or Rome, the Oostanaula joins the Etowah River to form the Coosa River, which then flows into Lake Weiss.
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Phillip Lanier, of Calhoun, broke the Oostanaula River striped bass record on April 3, 2016. Like many lake and river records that are set these days, Phillip weighed the fish alive on certified scales and released the fish. Phillip returned to the Oostanaula River, and the 36-lb., 3-oz. fish swam away with no problem. The…
Alan W. Short caught the 13-lb., 15.2-oz. river-record longnose gar while fishing the Oostanaula River on May 17, 2010.
Jason Harrison, of Calhoun, was on the Oostanaula River March 11, 2007 with his brother David, who already held three river records prior to the trip. Jason was fishing cut bait and caught his own record fish, a 37-lb., 3-oz. flathead catfish. This fish was weighed, identified, and then returned to the river near where…
Some Georgia anglers are fortunate enough to get in on one of the annual fishing rites of passage, the spring white-bass run. During this wonderful season, hard-fighting white bass are plentiful and easy to catch. Okay, take that fishing experience and multiply it by 100, and you have what northwest Georgia anglers have. Not only…
The Oostanaula River is new to the GON record-fish list in 2003, and David Harrison, of Calhoun, set the blue-cat record twice. On August 6, 2003 David set the river record with a 24-lb., 6-oz. blue cat. Then on August 14, David topped his own record with a 40-lb., 8-oz. blue catfish.
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Oostanaula River Record Fish
| Striped Bass | 36-lbs., 3-ozs. | Phillip Lanier | 04/03/2016 |
| Flathead | 40-lbs., 13-ozs. | Rachel Harrison | 05/06/23 |
| Blue Catfish | 40-lbs., 8-ozs. | David Harrison | 8/14/2003 |
| Longnose Gar | 22-lbs., 6.88-ozs. | Dalton Perry | 04/23/22 |
| Largemouth | 7-lbs., 5-ozs. | Kyle Flanagan | 04/27/2019 |
| Spotted Bass | 4-lbs. | Justin Worthing | 06/03/23 |
| Freshwater Drum | 5-lbs., 5-ozs. | Rachel Harrison | 06/10/23 |