Welcome to Lake Burton Trout Hatchery

ACTIVITIES AVAILABLE AT LAKE BURTON HATCHERY
Hatchery Tour - Selfguided tours always available. Also available are guided tours and aquatic education programs for school groups and other spedalized groups. Please call to schedule.
Fishing - Lake Burton is open for legal fishing year-round. Moccasin Creek (section next to hatchery) is open during trout season for persons with an honorary license and children 11 and under. The four fishing piers on Lake Burton and one fIShing pier on Moccasin Creek are accessible for disabled persons. For locations and special regulations for other area trout streams, obtain a copy of current trout regulations at the hatchery office. The hatchery staff is available to answer questions about fishing opportunities in the area.
Kid!! FishingPonds, open during summer months, offer children 11 and younger a chance to practice their fishing skills.
Boating A public boat ramp is available at the hatchery. Power boats, except houseboats, are allowed on Lake Burton.
Nature Trail - A scenic one-mile walking nature trail and a I.S-mile hiking trail up Moccasin Creek, featuring Hemlock Falls, begins across the road.
Camping - Moccasin Creek State Park is adjacent to Burton Hatchery. The park offers 54 campsites, kids playground, and picnic facilities.
Picnic Facilities are available at the hatchery and the park.
We hope you enjoy your visit. If you have any questions about our programs or about fishing opportunities in this area, please 1l!lk our staff.

LOCATION
Lake Burton Hatchery is located on magnificent Lake Burton - in northeast Georgia 20 miles north of Clarkesville on Highway 197 in Rabun County.

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Leke Burton Hatchery 3695 Hwy 197 North Clerkesvllle, Georgie 30523
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OUR PURPOSE IS TO RAISE TROUT TO HARVESTABLE SIZE (9 INCHES) FOR STOCKING INTO THE COLDWATER STREAMS
OF NORTH GEORGlA.
Approximately 425,000 trout are raised each year with less than a 10% mortality rale.
The trout are kept in concrete raceways and fed a
diel of vitamin and mineral enriched sO)'bean pellets. You can observe their feeding behaviors during feeding times. usually early in the morning.
After about 15 months of TLC in the hatchery.
trout average 910 inches and are ready for S1ocking.
Trout are stocked from mid-March through Labor Day. They arc loaded onto trucks outfined ,,,ith
special))' equipped h.1uling tanks. Morning is usually the best time 10 watch the fisheries
technicians carefully loading the stocking trucks for the day's transport to designated streams.
During the six-month Slocking season, our trucks travel regularly to thirteen north Georgia counties
to stock trout in some well-known streamsIriyers. such as. Tallulah, Chattahoochee, and Wildcat. and to many other unheard~f-streams.
Notice the "cry large trout in one section of a raceway. These are examples of the different species of trout: rainbow, brook, and brown. Rainbows have a red streak down the center of their body. Brook trout have long white patches on their lower fins, and brown trout have red dots on their sides. Can you tell them apart? Due to the low natural fertility of the mountain streams, you will probably 110t sec many trout this large in the wild.
Water necessmy for hatchery operations flows from Moccasin Creek. It is gravity-red through the raceways at about 7000 gpm during spring and winter and about 2000 gpm during periods of low
rainfall, with watcr temperatures ranging from 33
to 70F.

A MANAGEMENT/RESEARCH STATION FOR
STREAMS AND RESERVOIRS IS ALSO HOUSED AT LAKE BURTON HATCHERY.

Two fisheries biologists and two fisheries technicians are responsible for conducting fisheries management projects and fish population sun'eys on northeast Georgia's trout streams and reservoirs.

Federal money, obtained from sales of tackle and
supplies and boats and boating supplies, suppons this important effort to maintain and
improve our state's fishery resources. ~~

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equipment such as boats and nets

outside the garage doors.

TROUT FISHING OPPORTUNITIES IN GEORGIA WOULD BE VRY LlMITD
WITHOUT THE STATE TROUT HATCHERY AND STOCKING PROGRAM
Lake Burton Hatchel')' 3695 H\\y 197, North Clarkesville, Georgia 30523
706 947-3112
Buford Hatchery 3204 Trout Place Cumming, Georgia 30041
770 781-6888
Summen'lIIe Hatchel')' 231 Fish Hatchery Road Summerville, Georgia 30747
706 857-3394
Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatcher~' ~730 Rock Creek Road Suches, Georgia 30572 706 838-4723

AQUATIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Aquatic Education Programs me U\'uiluble lor school groups, scouts, and other specialized organizations.
Our special programs are designed to help our visitors develop an awareness, as well as knowledge, about responsible bcha\'ior concerning wildlife and the environment.
SOME PROGRAMS OFFERED
Hatchery Tour Fish Life~'de Stream Ecology Pond Ecol~' "Fashion. fish" - Adaptation Activity "Oh, trout" Habitat Activity What Is A Fish? Let's Look Inside A Fhb
Protect Our Streams and Wildlife
Call for more infomllltion on these programs; or to schedule a visit, please calltw<I or more weeks in advance.
To purchase fishinglhunting licenses. renew boat regilftrations,
or obtain Wildlife Resource, information ON THE INTERNET ~ www.pcrmit.com
~ www.georghnvildlifc.com
ON THE PHONE 1-888-748-6887
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