Guidelines for eating fish from Georgia waters, 2017

Guidelines For Eating Fish From
Georgia Waters 2017
Georgia Department of Natural Resources 2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, S.E., Suite 1252
Atlanta, Georgia 30334-9000
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For more information on fish consumption in Georgia, contact the
Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
Environmental Protection Division Watershed Protection Branch
2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, S.E., Suite 1152 Atlanta, GA 30334-9000 (404) 463-1511
Wildlife Resources Division 2070 U.S. Hwy. 278, S.E. Social Circle, GA 30025 (770) 918-6406
Coastal Resources Division One Conservation Way Brunswick, Ga. 31520 (912) 264-7218
Check the DNR Web Site at: http://www.gadnr.org For this booklet: Go to Environmental Protection Division at www.gaepd.org,
choose publications, then fish consumption guidelines. For the current Georgia 2015 Freshwater Sport Fishing Regulations, Click on Wild-
life Resources Division. Click on Fishing. Choose Fishing Regulations. Or, go to http://www.gofishgeorgia.com For more information on Coastal Fisheries and 2015 Regulations, Click on Coastal Resources Division, or go to http://CoastalGaDNR.org For information on Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) source reduction, reuse options, proper disposal or recycling, go to Georgia Department of Community Affairs at http://www.dca.state.ga.us.
Call the DNR Toll Free Tip Line at 1-800-241-4113 to report fish kills, spills, sewer overflows, dumping or poaching (24 hours a day, seven days a week). Also, report Poaching, via e-mail using Turninpoachers@dnr.state.ga.us
Check USEPA and USFDA for Federal Guidance on Fish Consumption USEPA: http://www.epa.gov/ost/fishadvice USFDA: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/seafood.1html
Image Credits:Covers: Duane Raver Art Collection, courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) on Front Cover. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Line Drawings by Robert Savannah (courtesy of the USFWS): Snowy Egret (p. 4); Raccoon (p. 8). Diagram of Fish Fat Areas (p. 9): Redrawn by Georgia EPD from other sources.
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

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ARE GEORGIA'S FISH SAFE TO EAT?

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HOW DO FISH BECOME CONTAMINATED?

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BENEFITS OF EATING FISH

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RISKS OF CONTAMINATED FISH

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SPECIAL NOTICE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN, NURSING MOTHERS &

CHILDREN

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WAYS TO REDUCE RISK

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USING THESE GUIDELINES

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RIVER BASINS OF GEORGIA

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FISH CONSUMPTION GUIDELINES:

GEORGIA PUBLIC LAKES 500 ACRES OR LARGER

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GEORGIA PUBLIC LAKES AND PONDS LESS THAN 500 ACRES

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GEORGIA FRESHWATER RIVERS AND CREEKS

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GEORGIA ESTUARINE SYSTEMS

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SPECIAL LISTINGS

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SPECIAL MERCURY GUIDANCE ON KING MACKEREL

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INDEX

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Introduction
Fishing is a popular pastime in Georgia. Whether you go alone to relax and enjoy nature, with your friends to enjoy camaraderie and "fish tales" or with your family to pass on a sport you learned as a child, fishing is a fun and rewarding sport enjoyed by many people.
Not only does fishing give people an excuse to get away from the hustle and bustle of daily life, but it can also put a healthy, satisfying meal on the table. Fish are low in saturated fat, high in protein, and can have substantial health benefits when eaten in place of other high-fat foods. The quality of sport fish caught in Georgia is very good; however, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), mercury, chlordane, DDT residues (DDT/DDE/DDD), toxaphene (and related compounds), and dieldrin have been found in some fish. In most cases, the levels of these chemicals are low. However, to help ensure the good health of Georgians, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has developed guidelines for how often certain species of fish can be safely eaten. These guidelines are based on the best scientific information and procedures available. As more advanced procedures are developed, these guidelines may change.
It is important to keep in mind that the consumption recommendations are based on health-risk calculations for someone eating fish with similar contamination over a period of 30 years or more.
These guidelines are not intended to discourage people from eating fish, but should be used as a guide for choosing which type (species) and size of fish to eat from Georgia waters.
The guidelines are non-binding recommendations EPD determines based on the body of water a fish comes from, the species of fish and the amount of fish a person consumes. The purpose of these guidelines is to provide detailed information in an understandable format for people who eat fish. Waters listed in the fish consumption guidelines are not necessarily assessed as impaired using USEPA guidelines for Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act.
The river basin where tested sites are located has been identified in the tables. The fourteen major river basins in Georgia are shown on the map provided, preceding the consumption guidance tables. The listings for lakes have been divided into those with a surface area of 500 acres or more, and small lakes and ponds less than 500 acres in size. Georgia rivers have also been divided into freshwater rivers and creeks, and estuarine systems. An index is provided at the back of the booklet for quick page reference to lake, river and estuarine locations that have been tested.
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Are Georgia's Fish Safe to Eat?
Yes. The quality of fish in Georgia is good. Fish and seafood are nutritious and can play a role in maintaining a healthy well-balanced diet. This booklet provides you with the guidance and recommendations to use in eating fish in a healthy and informed manner. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has one of the most progressive fish testing programs in the southeast. A variety of different fish species were tested for 43 separate contaminants, including metals, organic chemicals and pesticides. Many of these contaminants did not appear in any fish. However, two contaminants, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and mercury, were frequently detected in significant amounts in a few species from some bodies of water in Georgia. Four additional contaminants, chlordane, DDT residues (DDT/DDE/DDD), toxaphene-like compounds, and dieldrin were also detected infrequently. This publication provides you with information on those six contaminants: PCBs, mercury, chlordane, DDT/DDE/DDD, toxaphene and dieldrin.
In some areas, fish are contaminated with low concentrations of PCBs. It is now illegal to manufacture PCBs; however, in the past, these synthetic oils were used regularly as fluids for electrical transformers, cutting oils, and carbonless paper. Although they were banned in 1976, they do not break down easily and remain in aquatic sediments for years. Over time, levels of PCBs are decreasing.
Mercury is a naturally occurring metal that does not break down as it cycles between land, water, and air. As mercury cycles through the environment it is absorbed and ingested by plants and animals. Nearly all of the mercury found in fish flesh is an organic form, called methylmercury. Most of the mercury absorbed or ingested will be returned to the environment but some will remain in the plant and animal tissues. It is not known where the mercury in Georgia's fish originated. Mercury may be present in fish because of the mercury content of soils and rocks in the southeast, from municipal and industrial sources, or from fossil fuel use. Scientific evidence is growing that mercury is transported long distances through the upper atmosphere, making its control a global environmental issue. Although mercury has always been present, scientific research shows that the amount of mercury cycling through the environment has increased significantly following the dawn of the Industrial Revolution in the late 1800s.
Chlordane is a man-made pesticide used in the U.S. from the late 1940s to the early 1980s. Historically, chlordane was used as an agricultural pesticide, but in 1978 it was restricted to termite control use only. It is now banned for all uses. Chlordane is persistent in the environment and may remain in aquatic sediments for years.
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Fish at only one site (Albany By-Pass Pond, pg.18), had enough DDE/DDD residues to recommend a restriction in consumption. The DDE/DDD contaminants are chemical breakdown products of the pesticide DDT. DDT was first synthesized in 1874 and its insecticidal properties were discovered in 1939. In the United States DDT was used extensively until 1969. The U.S. production of DDT was discontinued in 1969. Residues of DDE and DDD are persistent and break down slowly in the environment.
Striped mullet at only one site (Casey Canal, pg. 27), had enough dieldrin to recommend a restriction in consumption. Dieldrin is another chlorinated pesticide like chlordane and DDT, and has been restricted from use in the United States. It was used to control corn and citrus pests, termites, and in moth proofing. Dieldrin is persistent in the environment because of the slow breakdown rate.
Toxaphene was a chlorinated camphene pesticide used extensively on cotton. In 1982 registration for all uses were cancelled, and a ban on all uses went into effect in 1990. One estuarine area (Terry and Dupree Creeks, and the Back River, page 52), adjacent to a site where toxaphene was once manufactured has remaining residues of toxaphene-like compounds present in some fish. Toxaphene is also persistent in the environment.
Like PCBs, the chlorinated pesticides do not break down easily and remain in aquatic sediments for years. These organic contaminants tend to concentrate in fat and fatty tissues of fish such as the liver and other organs. Over time levels of PCBs and chlorinated pesticides are decreasing.
Some fish in the Savannah River below Augusta contain the radioactive elements cesium-137 and strontium-90. Exposure to large amounts of these elements may increase the risk of developing cancer.
How Do Fish Become Contaminated?
Contaminants get into water as a result of storm water runoff, industrial and municipal discharges, agricultural practices, nonpoint source pollution and other factors. When it rains, chemicals from the land and in the air are washed into the water.
Contaminants are carried downstream by rivers and creeks into lakes, reservoirs, and estuaries. Contaminants can get into fish in a variety of ways. Fish absorb PCBs, chlordane and other pesticides from water, suspended sediments, or their food. These organic chemicals concentrate in the fat of fish tissue and in fatty fish such as carp and catfish. Cleaning and cooking a fish to remove fat will lower the amount of PCBs, chlordane or other pesticides in a fish meal.
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Larger, older fish and fish which eat other fish may accumulate more contaminants than smaller, younger fish. Once in the water, mercury is converted to methylmercury by bacteria and other processes. Fish absorb methylmercury from their food and from water as it passes over their gills. Mercury is bound to proteins in fish tissue, including muscle.
Benefits of Eating Fish
Fish has long been recognized as a nutritious "protein food". It's nutritional value as a protein source is greater than that for beef, pork, chicken or milk. Additionally, the types and amounts of dietary fats are generally more "heart healthy" than the fats found in other protein foods. Fish is also an important source of the fatty acids that are critical for the development of the brain and nervous system. Fish is an excellent source of several vitamins, and also contributes appreciable amounts of dietary calcium, iron and zinc. These minerals are essential nutrients that tend to be low in people's diets. Many studies suggest that eating fish regularly may help protect against heart and inflammatory diseases.
These guidelines are based on a range in fish meal size from 4 to 8 ounces (1/4 to 1/2 pound). Where the guidelines recommend only 1 meal per week or month, you may prefer to have two smaller meals over that period.
Risks of Contaminated Fish
These guidelines were designed to protect you from experiencing health problems associated with eating contaminated fish. The consumption advice provided in this booklet is developed in a conservative manner. It is intended to protect both children and adults from cancer and the other potential toxic effects of these chemicals.
PCBs, methylmercury, chlordane, DDT/DDE/DDD, toxaphene and dieldrin build up in your body over time. It may take months or years of regularly eating contaminated fish to accumulate levels that would affect your health. Keep in mind that these guidelines are based on eating fish with similar contamination over a period of 30 years or more. Current statistics indicate that cancer will affect about one in every four people nationally, primarily due to smoking, diet and hereditary risk factors. If you follow Georgia's consumption guidelines, the contaminants in the fish you eat may not increase your cancer risk at all. At worst, using the USEPA estimates of contaminant potency, your cancer risk from fish consumption should be less than 1 in 10,000.
PCBs, chlordane, DDT/DDD/DDE, toxaphene and dieldrin can cause cancer in laboratory animals exposed to large amounts, and may cause cancer in humans.
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Effects other than cancer from these chemicals may include developmental problems in children whose mothers were exposed to them before or during pregnancy. Studies of people who have been exposed to very large quantities of these chemicals (pesticide workers, etc.), have indicated a relationship between high exposures and health effects on the nervous system, digestive system, and the immune system. Exposure to methylmercury has not been linked to cancer. Methylmercury is a concern because of it's potential to damage the nervous system, especially in the developing fetus and young child. This could affect your child's brain and how your child learns, moves, and behaves.
Special Notice for Pregnant Women, Nursing Mothers and Children
If you are pregnant or a nursing mother, or plan to become pregnant soon, you and children under 6 years of age are sensitive to the effects of contaminants such as mercury. DNR's guidelines are designed to be protective for these sensitive groups. In early 2001 the USEPA issued a national advisory recommending that these sensitive groups limit consumption of all freshwater fish to one meal per week due to mercury. People may wish to follow USEPA's recommendation, especially in areas where DNR has not tested fish and offered detailed guidelines. For most other healthy adults, DNR's recommendations may actually be overly conservative.
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Ways to Reduce Risk Keep smaller fish for eating. Generally, larger, older fish may be more
contaminated than younger, smaller fish. You can minimize your health risk by eating smaller fish (within legal size limits) and releasing the larger fish.
Vary the kinds of fish you eat. Contaminants build up in large preda-
tors and bottom-feeding fish, like bass and catfish, more rapidly than in other species. By substituting a few meals of panfish, such as bream (e.g. bluegill, redear), and crappie, you can reduce your risk.
Eat smaller meals when you eat big fish and eat them less often. If
you catch a big fish, freeze part of the catch (mark container or wrapping with species and location), and space the meals from this fish over a period of time.
Clean and cook your fish properly. How you clean and cook your fish
can reduce the level of contaminants by as much as half in some fish. Some chemicals have a tendency to concentrate in the fatty tissues of fish. By removing the fish's skin and trimming fillets according to the following diagram, you can reduce the level of chemicals substantially. Mercury is bound to the meat of the fish, so these precautions will not help reduce this contaminant.
Remove the skin from fillets or steaks. The internal organs (intestines,
liver, roe, and so forth), and skin are often high in fat and contaminants.
Trim off the fatty areas shown in black on the drawing. These include
the belly fat, side or body fat, and the flesh along the top of the back. Careful trimming can reduce some contaminants by 25 to 50%.
Cook fish so fat drips away. Broil, bake or grill fish and do not use the
drippings. Deep-fat frying removes some contaminants, but you should discard and not reuse the oil for cooking. Pan frying removes few, if any, contaminants.
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Using These Guidelines
Check the following pages (or Index), for the area where you fish. The lakes and rivers on the list are arranged in alphabetical order. If your fish or fishing location is NOT in this booklet, follow the suggestions in Ways to Reduce Risk. If your fish or fishing location is in the booklet, it does not necessarily mean that there are contaminants present, but only that the fish have been tested. Meal advice will depend on what contaminant(s) were found and how much was found in different species and sizes of fish. Follow these instructions carefully.
The current Georgia Sport Fishing Regulations should be consulted for the legal sizes and creel limits for different species in a water body. Some legal size limit information is provided in the following tables. The regulations also provide detailed information on how to measure fish length, other seafood size measures, and color pictures for identification.
Measure fish from the tip of
the nose to the end of the tail fin.
In the tables find your lake or
river and the species and size of fish you caught. If there is no meal frequency listed for a particular size fish, that size has not been tested or is illegal to keep. For rivers, the size that was tested was the common creel size for that species.
Listed below are the four different recommended meal frequencies
that are possible for different species and sizes of fish. No Restriction 1 meal per week
1 meal per month Do Not Eat
For the purposes of these guidelines, one meal is assumed to range
from 1/4 to 1/2 pound of fish (4-8 ounces) for a 150 pound person. Subtract or add 1 ounce of fish to the range for every 20 pounds of body weight. For example, one meal is assumed to be 3 7 ounces for a 130 pound person and 5 9 ounces for a 170 pound person.
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RIVER BASINS OF GEORGIA

1. Chattahoochee River Basin 2. Flint River Basin 3. Coosa River Basin 4. Tallapoosa River Basin 5. Tennessee River Basin 6. Savannah River Basin 7. Ogeechee River Basin

8. Ochlockonee River Basin 9. Suwannee River Basin 10. Satilla River Basin 11. St. Marys River Basin 12. Oconee River Basin 13. Ocmulgee River Basin 14. Altamaha River Basin
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Fish Consumption Guidelines
The tables for public lakes have been separated into two categories based on size. The first set of lakes is those with a surface area of 500 or more acres. The second listing of public lakes includes those having less than 500 acres in surface area. These include Georgia DNR Public Fishing Areas (PFAs) and State Parks with small lakes and ponds, and municipal or other public fishing impoundments.
These guidelines are based on a range in fish meal size from 4 to 8 ounces (1/4 to 1/2 pound). Where the guidelines recommend only 1 meal per week or month, you may prefer to have two smaller meals over that period.

Georgia Public Lakes 500 Acres or Larger

Lake Allatoona
Species Black Crappie Carp White Bass Largemouth Bass Spotted Bass Golden Redhorse Channel Catfish Hybrid Bass Bluegill

Coosa River Basin

Less than 12" 12" 16"

Over 16"

No Restrictions

No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions

No Restrictions

No Restrictions 1 meal/week

No Restrictions 1 meal/week

No Restrictions

Chemical
Mercury Mercury

No Restrictions No Restrictions

No Restrictions

1 meal/week Mercury

Lake Andrews Species
Largemouth Bass Channel Catfish Spotted Sucker

Less than 12"

12" - 16" 1 meal/week

Chattahoochee River Basin

Over 16"

Chemical

1 meal/week Mercury

No Restrictions

No Restrictions

Banks Lake Species
Largemouth Bass Bluegill Sunfish

Less than 12" No Restrictions

12" - 16" 1 meal/month
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Suwannee River Basin

Over 16"

Chemical

Mercury

Bear Creek Reservoir

Species Largemouth Bass Channel Catfish Sunfish

Less than 12" No Restrictions

12" - 16" 1 meal/week 1 meal/week

Oconee River Basin

Over 16" 1 meal/week

Chemical Mercury Mercury

Lake Blackshear

Flint River Basin

Species

Less than 12"

12"- 16"

Over 16"

Largemouth Bass*

1 meal/week

Channel Catfish

No Restrictions 1 meal/week

*Only Largemouth Bass greater than 14 inches may be kept.

Chemical Mercury Mercury

Black Shoals Lake

Ocmulgee River Basin

(Renamed Randy Poynter Lake in 2003: originally named Big Haynes Reservoir)

Species Largemouth Bass Channel Catfish Black Crappie Redear Sunfish

Less than 12"
No Restrictions 1 meal/week No Restrictions

12" - 16" 1 meal/week 1 meal/week

Over 16" 1 meal/week

Chemical Mercury Mercury Mercury

Lake Blue Ridge

Tennessee River Basin

Species Largemouth Bass Bluegill White Bass Channel Catfish

Less than 12" 12" - 16"

Over 16"

No Restrictions 1 meal/week

No Restrictions

1 meal/week No Restrictions 1 meal/week

Chemical Mercury
Mercury Mercury

Lake Burton

Savannah River Basin

Species Largemouth Bass White Catfish Channel Catfish Bluegill Sunfish Spotted Bass Walleye Carters Lake
Species Largemouth Bass Spotted Bass Channel Catfish Walleye Hybrid Bass

Less than 12" No Restrictions No Restrictions
No Restrictions

12" - 16"

Over 16"

No Restrictions 1 meal/week

No Restrictions

No Restrictions

Chemical Mercury

1 meal/week

Mercury 1 meal/week Mercury
Coosa River Basin

Less than 12" 12" - 16"

Over 16"

No Restrictions 1 meal/week

No Restrictions No Restrictions 1 meal/week

No Restrictions No Restrictions

No Restrictions No Restrictions

No Restrictions

Chemical Mercury Mercury

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Lake Chatuge Species
Largemouth Bass Channel Catfish Spotted Bass Hybrid Bass

Less than 12"

Tennessee River Basin

12" - 16"

Over 16"

Chemical

No Restrictions No Restrictions

No Restrictions No Restrictions

1 meal/week

Mercury

1 meal/week Mercury

Clarks Hill Lake (J. Strom Thurmond)

Savannah River Basin

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16"

Over 16"

Chemical

Largemouth Bass

No Restrictions No Restrictions

Black Crappie

No Restrictions No Restrictions

White Perch

No Restrictions

Bluegill

No Restrictions

Redear Sunfish

No Restrictions

Hybrid Bass

No Restrictions No Restrictions

Striped Bass

No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions

Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions

Spotted Sucker

No Restrictions

Goat Rock Lake Species
Largemouth Bass White Bass Hybrid Bass Spotted Sucker Black Crappie Channel Catfish Bluegill Sunfish

Chattahoochee River Basin

Less than 12" 12" 16"

Over 16"

Chemical

No Restrictions 1 meal/month PCBs, Mercury

1 meal/month 1 meal/month

PCBs

1 meal/week 1 meal/month 1 meal/month

PCBs

No Restrictions

No Restrictions No Restrictions

1 meal/week 1 meal/month

PCBs

No Restrictions

Lake Harding (Bartletts Ferry)

Species

Less than 12" 12" 16"

Largemouth Bass

No Restrictions

Channel Catfish

1 meal/week 1 meal/week

Black Crappie

No Restrictions 1 meal/week

Hybrid Bass

Striped Bass

Spotted Bass

No Restrictions 1 meal/week

Chattahoochee River Basin

Over 16"

Chemical

1 meal/week PCBs, Mercury

1 meal/week

PCBs

PCBs

1 meal/week

PCBs

1 meal/week PCBs, Mercury

Mercury

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Lake Hartwell: Tugaloo Arm

Savannah River Basin

Species
Largemouth Bass Black Crappie Bluegill Hybrid & Striped Bass Channel Catfish Carp Walleye

Less than 12"
No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions

12" 16" 1 meal/week No Restrictions
1 meal/month No Restrictions

Over 16" 1 meal/week
Do Not Eat 1 meal/month 1 meal/week 1 meal/week

Chemical Mercury
PCBs PCBs Mercury Mercury

Lake Hartwell: Main Body, D.S. Andersonville IS. Georgia/South Carolina Listing

Species

Less than 12"

12" - 16"

Over 16"

Chemical

Largemouth Bass

1 meal/month 1 meal/month

PCBs

Hybrid & Striped Bass

Do Not Eat

Do Not Eat

Do Not Eat

PCBs

Channel Catfish 1 meal/month 1 meal/month 1 meal/month

PCBs

Main Body.Guidance issued with South Carolina DHEC (Ph.: 1-888-849-7241)

High Falls Lake Species Largemouth Bass Channel Catfish Redear Sunfish Hybrid Bass Black Crappie

Less than 12"
No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions

12" - 16" No Restrictions No Restrictions
No Restrictions No Restrictions

Ocmulgee River Basin

Over 16"

Chemical

No Restrictions

No Restrictions

No Restrictions

Jackson Lake Species
Largemouth Bass Channel Catfish Black Crappie Redear Sunfish White Catfish

Less than 12"
No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions

12" - 16" 1 meal/week No Restrictions
No Restrictions No Restrictions

Ocmulgee River Basin

Over 16"

Chemical

1 meal/week Mercury

1 meal/week

PCBs

Lake Juliette Species

Less than 12"

12" - 16"

Ocmulgee River Basin

Over 16"

Chemical

Largemouth Bass* No Restrictions

Striped Bass

No Restrictions

Redear Sunfish No Restrictions

Bullhead species

No Restrictions No Restrictions
No Restrictions

1 meal/week

Mercury

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Lake Sydney Lanier

Chattahoochee River Basin

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16"

Over 16"

Chemical

Striped Bass

No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury

Spotted Bass

1 meal/week * 1 meal/week Mercury

Largemouth Bass

1 meal/week * 1 meal/week Mercury

White Catfish

No Restrictions No Restrictions

Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury

Common Carp

1 meal/week Mercury

Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions

Black Crappie

No Restrictions

Walleye

1 meal/week Mercury

*Only Largemouth, Spotted, and Shoal Bass greater than 14 inches may be kept.

Lake Nottely Species
Largemouth Bass Striped Bass Channel Catfish Black Crappie

Tennessee River Basin

Less than 12" 12" - 16 "

Over 16 "

Chemical

1 meal/week 1 meal/week Mercury

1 meal/week Mercury No Restrictions No Restrictions

No Restrictions

Lake Oconee

Oconee River Basin

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16 "

Over 16 "

Chemical

Largemouth Bass*

No Restrictions No Restrictions

Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions

Hybrid Bass

No Restrictions No Restrictions

Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions

White Catfish

No Restrictions

Blue Catfish

No Restrictions

No Restrictions

Black Crappie

No Restrictions

*Only Largemouth Bass greater than 14 inches may be kept.

Lake Oliver Species
Largemouth Bass
Channel Catfish Hybrid Bass Bluegill Sunfish Redear Sunfish

Less than 12"
No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions

Chattahoochee River Basin

12" - 16 "

Over 16 "

Chemical

1 meal/week

1 meal/week

PCBs, Mercury

No Restrictions 1 meal/month

PCBs

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Lake Rabun Species
Largemouth Bass White Catfish Bluegill Sunfish Walleye

Less than 12"
No Restrictions No Restrictions

12" - 16 " No Restrictions No Restrictions

Savannah River Basin

Over 16 "

Chemical

1 meal/week Mercury

1 meal/week Mercury

No Restrictions

Lake Richard B. Russell

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16 "

Largemouth Bass

1 meal/week

Black Crappie

No Restrictions No Restrictions

Bluegill Sunfish

No Restrictions

White Perch

No Restrictions

Channel Catfish

No Restrictions No Restrictions

Bullhead

No Restrictions

Savannah River Basin Over 16 " Chemical 1 meal/week Mercury

Lake Seminole Species
Largemouth Bass Channel Catfish Spotted Sucker Black Crappie Redear Sunfish
Lake Sinclair Species
Largemouth Bass Hybrid Bass Catfish Black Crappie
Lake Tobesofkee Species
Largemouth Bass Channel Catfish

Chattahoochee/Flint River Basin (Apalachicola)

Less than 12" 12" - 16 "

Over 16 " Chemical

1 meal/week 1 meal/week Mercury No Restrictions No Restrictions

No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions

No Restrictions No Restrictions

No Restrictions

Oconee River Basin

Less than 12" 12" - 16 "

Over 16 "

Chemical

No Restrictions No Restrictions

No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions

No Restrictions No Restrictions

Less than 12" 12" - 16 "

Ocmulgee River Basin Over 16 " Chemical

1 meal/week 1 meal/week Mercury

No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions

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Lake Tugalo Species
Largemouth Bass White Catfish Bluegill Sunfish Walleye

Less than 12" 12" - 16 "

Savannah River Basin

Over 16 "

Chemical

1 meal/month 1 meal/month Mercury

No Restrictions No Restrictions

1 meal/week

Mercury

Lake Varner (Cornish Creek Reservoir, Newton County)

Ocmulgee River Basin

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16 "

Over 16 "

Chemical

Largemouth Bass

1 meal/week 1 meal/week Mercury

Channel Catfish

No Restrictions

Redear Sunfish

No Restrictions

Lake Walter F. George (Eufaula)

Chattahoochee River Basin

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16 "

Over 16 "

Chemical

Largemouth Bass *

No Restrictions

Hybrid Bass

No Restrictions No Restrictions

Channel Catfish

No Restrictions No Restrictions

Black Crappie

No Restrictions

Spotted Sucker

No Restrictions No Restrictions

* Only Largemouth Bass greater than 14 inches may be kept.

West Point Lake

Chattahoochee River Basin

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16 "

Over 16 "

Chemical

Largemouth Bass *

1 meal/week 1 meal/week Mercury

Spotted Bass

No Restrictions No Restrictions

Hybrid Bass

No Restrictions No Restrictions 1 meal/week

PCBs

Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions

Common Carp

No Restrictions

Black Crappie

No Restrictions No Restrictions

*Only Largemouth Bass greater than 14 inches may be kept.

Lake Worth (Lake Chehaw; Flint River Reservoir)

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16 "

Largemouth Bass

1 meal/week

Channel Catfish

No Restrictions

Flint River Basin

Over 16 "

Chemical

1 meal/week Mercury

No Restrictions

Lake Worth (Lake Chehaw, Old Lake Worth Reservoir)

Largemouth Bass

1 meal/week

Channel Catfish

1 meal/week

Redear Sunfish

No Restrictions

Spotted Sucker

No Restrictions

Mercury Mercury

15

Georgia Public Lakes and Ponds Less Than 500 Acres
Please note that the minimum size for Largemouth Bass is 14 inches for all of Georgia's Public Fishing Areas operated by the Department of Natural Resources, unless posted otherwise.

Lake Acworth Species
Largemouth Bass Bluegill Sunfish

Less than 12" No Restrictions

12" - 16" No Restrictions

Coosa River Basin

Over 16"

Chemical

1 meal/week Mercury

City of Adairsville Pond

Species

Less than 12"

Carp

Albany By-Pass Pond

Species

Less than 12"

Largemouth Bass

Catfish

Common Carp

Redear Sunfish No Restrictions

12" - 16" No Restrictions
12" - 16" 1 meal/week 1 meal/week

Coosa River Basin

Over 16"

Chemical

Flint River Basin

Over 16"

Chemical

1 meal/week DDE/DDD

DDE/DDD

1 meal/month DDE/DDD

Allen Creek Wildlife Management Area, Ponds A and B

Species

Less than 12"

12" - 16"

Largemouth Bass

No Restrictions

Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions

Oconee River Basin

Over 16"

Chemical

Antioch Lake (East & West), Rocky Mountain PFA

Species

Less than 12"

12" - 16"

Largemouth Bass

No Restrictions

Channel Catfish

No Restrictions

Black Crappie No Restrictions No Restrictions

Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions

Coosa River Basin

Over 16"

Chemical

No Restrictions

No Restrictions

Lake Bennett (Marben PFA, Charlie Elliot Wildlife Center)

Oconee River Basin

Species Largemouth Bass Redear Sunfish

Less than 12" No Restrictions

12" - 16" No Restrictions

Over 16" No Restrictions

Chemical

Big Lazer PFA (Gum Creek Impoundment)

Flint River Basin

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16"

Over 16"

Chemical

Largemouth Bass

No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury

Channel Catfish

No Restrictions

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Bowles C. Ford Lake, City of Savannah

Savannah River Basin

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16"

Over 16"

Chemical

Largemouth Bass

No Restrictions No Restrictions

White Catfish

No Restrictions No Restrictions

Brasstown Valley Kids Fishing Pond

Species

Less than 12"

Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions

12" - 16"

Tennessee River Basin

Over 16"

Chemical

Bush Field Airport, Augusta: Unnamed Pond

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16"

Largemouth Bass No Restrictions 1 meal/week

Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions

Savannah River Basin

Over 16"

Chemical

Mercury

Clayton County Water Authority: Blalock Reservoir

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16"

Largemouth Bass

No Restrictions

Black Crappie

No Restrictions

Ocmulgee River Basin

Over 16"

Chemical

Clayton County Water Authority: J.W. Smith Reservoir

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16"

Largemouth Bass

No Restrictions

Redear Sunfish

No Restrictions

Over 16"

Flint River Basin Chemical

Clayton County Water Authority: Shamrock Reservoir

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16"

Largemouth Bass

No Restrictions

Bluegill Sunfish

No Restrictions

Ocmulgee River Basin

Over 16"

Chemical

Dodge County PFA (Steve Bell Lake)

Ocmulgee River Basin

Species

Less than 12" 12 - 16"

Over 16"

Chemical

Largemouth Bass

No Restrictions No Restrictions

Channel Catfish

No Restrictions No Restrictions

Evans County PFA Species
Largemouth Bass Channel Catfish

Less than 12"

Ogeechee River Basin

12" - 16"

Over 16"

Chemical

No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury

No Restrictions

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Flat Creek PFA (Lonice C. Barrett Lake)

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16"

Largemouth Bass

1 meal/week

Bluegill

No Restrictions

Channel Catfish

1 meal/week

Oconee River Basin

Over 16"

Chemical

Mercury

Mercury

Fort Yargo State Park Lake (Marburg Cr. Watershed Proj.)

Oconee River Basin

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16"

Over 16"

Chemical

Largemouth Bass

No Restrictions No Restrictions

Carp

No Restrictions

Hamburg Millpond, Hamburg State Park

Ogeechee River Basin

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16"

Over 16"

Chemical

Largemouth Bass

1 meal/week

Mercury

Redear Sunfish

No Restrictions

Heath Lake, Rocky Mountain PFA

Coosa River Basin

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16"

Over 16"

Chemical

Largemouth Bass

No Restrictions No Restrictions

Black Crappie

No Restrictions No Restrictions

Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions

Hugh M. Gillis PFA

Oconee River Basin

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16"

Over 16"

Chemical

Channel Catfish

No Restrictions No Restrictions

Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions

Largemouth Bass

1 meal/week

Mercury

Ken Gardens Lake (Albany, Georgia)

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16"

Largemouth Bass

1 meal/week

Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions

Brown Bullhead No Restrictions

Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions

Flint River Basin

Over 16"

Chemical

1 meal/week Mercury

Kolomoki Lake, Kolomoki Mounds State Park

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16"

Largemouth Bass

1 meal/week

Redear Sunfish No Restrictions

Chattahoochee River Basin

Over 16"

Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

18

Little Ocmulgee State Park Lake (Gum Creek Swamp)

Species

Less than 12"

12" - 16"

Largemouth Bass

Brown Bullhead

1 meal/week

Ocmulgee River Basin

Over 16"

Chemical

1 meal/month Mercury

Mercury

Margery Lake (Marben PFA, Charlie Elliot Wildlife Center)

Oconee River Basin

Species

Less than 12"

12" - 16"

Over 16"

Chemical

Bluegill Sunfish

No Restrictions

Largemouth Bass*

No Restrictions No Restrictions

*Minimum size is 14 inches unless posted otherwise.

Lake Mayer (City of Savannah)

Species

Less than 12"

Largemouth Bass

Redear Sunfish

No Restrictions

Bluegill

No Restriction

Speckled Bullhead

Less than 12"
No Restrictions No Restriction

Ogeechee River Basin

Over 16"

Chemical

No Restrictions

McDuffie PFA (East Watershed Ponds)

Species

Less than 12"

12" - 16"

Largemouth Bass *

No Restrictions

Bluegill

No Restrictions

Channel Catfish

No Restrictions

Savannah River Basin

Over 16"

Chemical

McDuffie PFA (West Watershed Ponds)

Savannah River Basin

Species

Less than 12"

12" - 16"

Over 16"

Chemical

Largemouth Bass *

No Restrictions No Restrictions

Channel Catfish

No Restrictions No Restrictions

Nancy Town Lake (Habersham County)

Species

Less than 12"

12" - 16"

Bluegill Sunfish

No Restrictions

Largemouth Bass

No Restrictions

Savannah River Basin

Over 16"

Chemical

Lake Olmstead (Richmond County)

Species

Less than 12"

Largemouth Bass

Spotted Sucker

Less than 12" No Restrictions No Restrictions

Savannah River Basin

Over 16"

Chemical

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Paradise PFA (Horseshoe 4)

Species

Less than 12"

Channel Catfish

Paradise PFA (Lake Patrick)

12" - 16"

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16"

Largemouth Bass *

No Restrictions

Brown Bullhead Bluegill

No Restrictions No Restrictions

Suwannee River Basin Over 16" No Restrictions

Suwannee River Basin

Over 16"

Chemical

No Restrictions

No Restrictions

Payton Park Pond, Valdosta

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16"

Largemouth Bass

No Restrictions

Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions

Suwannee River Basin

Over 16"

Chemical

Reed Bingham State Park Lake

Suwannee River Basin

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16"

Over 16"

Chemical

Largemouth Bass

1 meal/month 1 meal/month Mercury

White Catfish

1 meal/month Mercury

Lake Rutledge (Hard Labor Creek State Park)

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16"

Largemouth Bass

No Restrictions

Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions

Oconee River Basin

Over 16"

Chemical

Lake Seed Species
Bluegill Sunfish

Less than 12" No Restrictions

12" - 16"

Savannah River Basin

12" - 16"

Chemical

Shepherd Lake (Marben PFA, Charlie Elliot Wildlife Center)

Oconee River Basin

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16"

12" - 16"

Chemical

Largemouth Bass *

No Restrictions No Restrictions

Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions

South Slappy Blvd. Offramp Pond (Albany, Georgia)

Flint River Basin

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16"

Over 16"

Chemical

Largemouth Bass

1 meal/week 1 meal/month Mercury

Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions

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Silver Lake WMA Species
Largemouth Bass Bluegill Sunfish

Flint River Basin

Less than 12" 12" - 16"

Over 16"

Chemical

No Restrictions No Restrictions

No Restrictions

Stone Mountain Lake

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16 "

Largemouth Bass

Catfish

No Restrictions No Rstrictions

Ocmulgee River Basin

Over 16 "

Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

Tribble Mill Lake, Gwinnett County

Species

Less than 12"

Largemouth Bass No Restrictions

Black Crappie

No Restrictions

Bluegill Sunfish

No Restrictions

12" - 16 " 1 meal/week

Ocmulgee River Basin

Over 16 "

Chemical

Mercury

Yohola Lake, Kolomoki Mounds State Park

Species

Less than 12" 12" - 16 "

Largemouth Bass

1 meal/week

Bluegill Sunfish

No Restrictions

Chattahoochee River Basin

Over 16 "

Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

Yonah Lake Species
Largemouth Bass Catfish (mixed sp.) Bluegill Sunfish

Less than 12" No Restrictions

12" - 16 " 1 meal/week 1 meal/week

Savannah River Basin

Over 16 "

Chemical

Mercury

Mercury

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Georgia freshwater rivers and creeks
Please note that the consumption guidelines for Georgia rivers are presented in a different format from the lake tables. Due to the flow of rivers, the site tested is important to the consumption guidelines. Consumption guidelines may vary from one stretch of river to another. The fish tested was the common creel size for the location and species. Freshwater rivers and creeks are tabulated first, followed by listings for Georgia tidal estuarine systems.

Alapaha River (Tifton to Stockton)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

U.S.Hwys. 82 to 84

Spotted Sucker

U.S.Hwys. 82 to 84

Redbreast Sunfish

U.S.Hwys. 82 to 84

Suwannee River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/month

Mercury

1 meal/week

Mercury

No Restrictions

Alapaha River (Near State Line)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

Near Statenville

Bullhead

Near Statenville

Alapahoochee River (Near State Line)

Species Bullhead

Site Tested Echols County

Suwannee River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/month

Mercury

1 meal/month

Mercury

Suwannee River Basin

Recommendation 1 meal/week

Chemical Mercury

Alcovy River Species
Spotted Sucker Chain Pickerel

Site Tested Arrowhatchee Farms Arrowhatchee Farms

Ocmulgee River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions No Restrictions

Allatoona Creek, Cobb County

Species

Site Tested

Spotted Bass

Ga. Hwy. 176

Alabama Hog Sucker

Ga. Hwy. 176

Coosa River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

1 meal/week

Mercury

22

Altamaha River

Altamaha River Basin

Near Baxley (U.S. Hwy 1), and Near Jesup, Ga. (U.S. Hwy.s 25/84)

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Largemouth Bass

U.S. Hwy 1

1 meal/week

Mercury

Channel Catfish

U.S. Hwy 1

1 meal/week

Mercury

Flathead Catfish

U.S. Hwy 1

1 meal/week

Mercury

Bluegill Sunfish

U.S. Hwy 1

No Restrictions

Largemouth Bass

U.S. Hwys 25/84

1 meal/month

Mercury

Channel Catfish

U.S. Hwys 25/84

No Restrictions

Flathead Catfish

U.S. Hwys 25/84

1 meal/week

Mercury

Striped Mullet

Altamaha Park

No Restrictions

Apalachee River Species
Largemouth Bass Channel Catfish

Site Tested Apalachee Beach Apalachee Beach

Beaver Creek (Tributary to Patsiliga Creek)

Species Yellow Bullhead

Site Tested Taylor County

Oconee River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

No Restrictions

Flint River Basin

Recommendation 1 meal/month

Chemical Mercury

Boen Creek Species
Bluehead Chub

Site Tested Rabun County

Savannah River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions

Brasstown Creek Species
Northern Hog Sucker

Site Tested Towns County

Brier Creek (Burke County) Species
Largemouth Bass Spotted Sucker

Site Tested Ga. Hwy. 56 Ga. Hwy. 56

Broad River Species
Channel Catfish Flathead Catfish

Site Tested Ga. Hwy 17 Ga. Hwy 17

Tennessee River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions

Savannah River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/month

Mercury

1 meal/week

Mercury

Savannah River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions No Restrictions

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Buffalo Creek Species
Bluegill Sunfish

Site Tested Carroll County

Tallapoosa River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions

Butternut Creek Species
Hog Sucker

Site Tested Union County

Cane Creek (Wimpy's Air Field)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

Lumpkin County

Tennessee River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions
Chattahoochee River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions

Canoochee River (Hwy 192 to Lotts Cr.)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

U.S. Hwy. 280

Channel Catfish

U.S. Hwy. 280

Redbreast Sunfish

U.S. Hwy. 280

Snail Bullhead

U.S. Hwy. 280

Ogeechee River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/month

Mercury

1 meal/week

Mercury

1 meal/month

Mercury

1 meal/month

Mercury

Canoochee River (Lotts Cr. To Ogeechee River)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

Below Canoochee Creek (Taylor Creek)

Channel Catfish

Below Canoochee Creek (Taylor Creek)

Ogeechee River Basin Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/month

Mercury

1 meal/month

Mercury

Casey Canal (Tributary to Hayners Cr. / Vernon River)

Ogeechee River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Largemouth Bass

Eisenhower Dr.

No Restrictions

Bluegill Sunfish

Eisenhower Dr.

No Restrictions

Striped Mullet

Eisenhower Dr.

1 meal/week

Dieldrin

Cedar Creek Tributary (Hart County WMA)

Species

Site Tested

Creek Chubsucker

Hart County WMA

Redbreast Sunfish

Hart County WMA

Savannah River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions No Restrictions

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Chattahoochee River (Near Helen, and Above Lake Lanier)

Species

Site Tested

Redeye Bass

Ga. Hwy 75, Helen

Snail Bullhead

Ga. Hwy 75, Helen

Golden Redhorse

Ga. Hwy 75, Helen

Largemouth Bass

Belton Bridge Road

Spotted/Shoal Bass Belton Bridge Road

Chattahoochee River Basin

Recommendation 1 meal/week 1 meal/week 1 meal/week 1 meal/month 1 meal/week

Chemical Mercury Mercury Mercury Mercury Mercury

Channel Catfish

Belton Bridge Road

Chattahoochee River (Buford Dam to Morgan Falls Dam)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass Multiple, Dam to Dam

Common Carp

Multiple, Dam to Dam

Brown Trout

Multiple, Dam to Dam

Rainbow Trout

Multiple, Dam to Dam

Yellow Perch

Above Morgan Falls

No Restrictions Chattahoochee River Basin

Recommendation 1 meal/week No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions

Chemical Mercury

Chattahoochee River (Morgan Falls Dam to Peachtree Creek)

Species

Site Tested

Chattahoochee River Basin Recommendation Chemical

Largemouth Bass
Common Carp Spotted Bass Shoal Bass Brown Trout Rainbow Trout Jumprock Sucker Bluegill Sunfish

Below Morgan Falls Dam
Below Morgan Falls Dam Below Morgan Falls Dam Below Morgan Falls Dam Below Morgan Falls Dam Below Morgan Falls Dam Below Morgan Falls Dam Below Morgan Falls Dam

No Restrictions
1 meal/month No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions 1 meal/week No Restrictions

PCBs Mercury

Chattahoochee River (Peachtree Creek to Pea Creek)

Species

Site Tested

Common Carp

SR 166 (DNR boat ramp)

Channel Catfish

SR 166 (DNR boat ramp)

Bluegill Sunfish

SR 166 (DNR boat ramp)

White Sucker

Peachtree Cr. To I-20

Black Bass Spp.

I-285

Chattahoochee River Basin

Recommendation 1 meal/month No Restrictions 1 meal/week No Restrictions 1 meal/week

Chemical PCBs
PCBs
Mercury

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Chattahoochee River (Pea Creek to West Point Lake, below Franklin)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

U.S. 27/SR16 Whitesburg

Spotted Bass

U.S. 27/SR16 Whitesburg

Channel Catfish

U.S. 27/SR16 Whitesburg

Chattahoochee River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

1 meal/week

Mercury

No Restrictions

Chattahoochee River (West Point Dam to Interstate 85)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

Below Dam

Spotted Bass

Below Dam

Flat Bullhead Catfish

Below Dam

Chattahoochee River Basin

Recommendation No Restrictions 1 meal/week No Restrictions

Chemical Mercury

Chattahoochee River Species
Largemouth Bass
Bullhead Catfish Spotted Bass

Site Tested Oliver Dam to Eagle
Phoenix Dam
Oliver Dam to Eagle Phoenix Dam Columbus

Chattahoochee River Basin Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/month
1 meal/week No Restrictions

PCBs PCBs

Chattahoochee River Species
Largemouth Bass Spotted Sucker Crappie Channel Catfish

Site Tested Oswichee Creek Oswichee Creek Oswichee Creek Oswichee Creek

Chattahoochee River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions

Chattahoochee River (Early County)

Species Hybrid Bass

Site Tested
Downstream of Plant Farley

Chattanooga Creek Species
Bluegill Sunfish Northern Hog Sucker

Site Tested Ga. Hwy 193
Ga. Hwy 193

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Chattahoochee River Basin

Recommendation No Restrictions

Chemical

Tennessee River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions

No Restrictions

Chattooga River (Northeast Georgia, Rabun County)

Savannah River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Northern Hog Sucker

Hwy. 24

1 meal/week

Mercury

Silver Redhorse

Above Lake Tugalo

1 meal/week

Mercury

Redbreast Sunfish

Burrell's Ford Bridge

1 meal/week

Mercury

Brown Trout

Burrell's Ford Bridge

No Restrictions

Chattooga River (Northwest Georgia)

Species

Site Tested

Bluegill Sunfish

Chattoogaville

Black Crappie

Chattoogaville

Coosa River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions No Restrictions

Chestatee River, Headwaters, Turners Corner

Species

Site Tested

Redeye Bass

Hwy. 19

Alabama Hog Sucker

Hwy. 19

Bluehead Chub

Hwy. 19

Chattahoochee River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions

Chestatee River, (Tesnatee River to Lake Lanier)

Species

Site Tested

Spotted Bass

Downstream Ga. 400

Channel Catfish

Downstream Ga. 400

Redbreast Sunfish

Downstream Ga. 400

Chattahoochee River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

No Restrictions

No Restrictions

Chickamauga Creek (East and South)

Tennessee River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Rock Bass

Ga. Hwy 2

No Restrictions

Redbreast Sunfish

Ga. Hwy 2

No Restrictions

Chickamauga Creek (West)

Tennessee River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Spotted Bass

Ga. Hwy 2

1 meal/week

Mercury

Redbreast Sunfish

Ga. Hwy 2

No Restrictions

Chickasawhatchee Creek, WMA near Elmodel, Ga.

Flint River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Spotted Sucker

Wildlife Mgm't Area

Cohulla Creek (Praters Mill)

No Restrictions Coosa River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Blacktail Redhorse

Ga. Hwy. 2

1 meal/week

Mercury

Coleman River, Near Mouth, Rabun County

Species Rainbow Trout

Site Tested Near Tate City Rd.

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Savannah River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions

Conasauga River: Headwaters in Cohutta Nat'l Forest

Coosa River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Rainbow Trout

Upstream Rough Cr.

No Restrictions

Conasauga River:

Coosa River Basin

State Line to Hwy 286 (Hwy 2); and, Hwy 286 to Calhoun (Old Tilton Bridge)

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Spotted Bass

Ga. Hwy. 2

1 meal/week

Mercury

Smallmouth Buffalo

Ga. Hwy. 2

1 meal/month

PCBs, Mercury

White Bass

Old Tilton Bridge

1 meal/month

PCBs

Smallmouth Buffalo

Old Tilton Bridge

1 meal/month

PCBs, Mercury

Coosa River (River Mile Zero to Hwy 100)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

River Mile 2, Rome

Spotted Bass

River Mile 2, Rome

Smallmouth Buffalo Blue Catfish < 18" Blue Catfish 18-32" Blue Catfish > 32" White Bass

River Mile 2, Rome River Mile 2 & Hwy. 100 River Mile 2 & Hwy. 100
River Mile 2 & Hwy. 100 Above Blacks Bluff Road

Coosa River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/month

PCBs

1 meal/week

PCBs, Mercury

Do Not Eat

PCBs

1 meal/week

PCBs

1 meal/month

PCBs

Do Not Eat

PCBs

No Restrictions

Coosa River (Hwy 100 to Stateline)

Species Smallmouth Buffalo
Largemouth Bass
Spotted Bass
Channel Catfish
Black Crappie Blue Catfish < 18" Blue Catfish 18-32" Blue Catfish > 32"

Site Tested Below Hwy 100 and at
Brushy Branch Below Hwy 100 and at
Brushy Branch Below Hwy 100 and at
Brushy Branch
Below Hwy 100 and at Brushy Branch Foster Bend
River Mile 2 & Hwy. 100 River Mile 2 & Hwy. 100 River Mile 2 & Hwy. 100

Coosa River Basin

Recommendation 1 meal/month

Chemical PCBs

1 meal/week

PCBs

No Restrictions

1 meal/month

PCBs

1 meal/week 1 meal/week 1 meal/month Do Not Eat

PCBs PCBs PCBs PCBs

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Coosa River: Special Striped Bass

Coosa River Basin

(River mile zero in Rome to Stateline/Lake Weiss)

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Striped Bass <20"

Multiple sites on Coosa

1 meal/month

PCBs

Striped Bass > 20" Multiple sites on Coosa

Do Not Eat

PCBs

Note: One population of striped bass migrates annually between Lake Weiss and locations on the Coosa, Etowah (below Thompson-Weinman Dam) and Oostanaula Rivers. Sampled population represents these stretches of river.

Coosawattee River (Below Carters Lake Dam)

Species

Site Tested

Smallmouth Buffalo Bluegill Sunfish

Owens Gin Road Owens Gin Road

Coosa River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

PCBs,

1 meal/month

Mercury

No Restrictions

Daniels Creek (Dade County)

Species

Site Tested

Bluegill Sunfish

Cloudland Canyon State Park

Tennessee River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions

Dukes Creek (Near Helen)

Chattahoochee River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Rainbow Trout

Near Ga.Hwy. 75

No Restrictions

Brown Trout

Near Ga.Hwy. 75

No Restrictions

Note: Trout may not be harvested in Smithgall Woods

Etowah River (Dawson County)

Species

Site Tested

Blacktail Redhorse

Kelly Bridge Road

Coosa River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

Etowah River (Above Lake Allatoona, Cherokee County)

Coosa River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Spotted Bass

York Street

1 meal/week

Mercury

Golden Redhorse

York Street

No Restrictions

Etowah River (Below Lake Allatoona, Bartow/Floyd Counties) Coosa River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Channel Catfish

U.S. Hwy. 411

No Restrictions

Largemouth Bass

U.S. Hwy. 411

1 meal/week

Mercury

Striped Bass *

Below Allatoona Dam * No Restrictions

Spotted Bass Bluegill Sunfish
Smallmouth Buffalo

Below Allatoona Dam Below Allatoona Dam
Below Allatoona Dam

1 meal/week No Restrictions
1 meal/month

PCBs, Mercury
PCBs, Mercury

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Flint River (Spalding/Fayette Counties)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

Ga. Hwy. 92

Spotted Sucker

Ga. Hwy. 92

Flint River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

No Restrictions

Flint River (Meriwether/Pike/Upson Counties)

Species

Site Tested

Shoal Bass

Ga. Hwy. 18

Channel Catfish

Ga. Hwy. 18

Flathead Catfish

Ga. Hwy. 18

Flint River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

No Restrictions

No Restrictions

Redbreast Sunfish

Ga. Hwy. 18

Black Bass Sp.

Ga. Hwy. 18

Flint River (Taylor County)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

U.S. Hwy. 80

Channel Catfish

U.S. Hwy. 80

Shoal Bass

U.S. Hwy. 80

No Restrictions

No Restrictions

Flint River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

No Restrictions

No Restrictions

Flint River (Above Lake Blackshear, Macon/Dooly Co.s)

Flint River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Largemouth Bass

Oglethorpe, Ga. Hwy 49

1 meal/week

Mercury

Channel Catfish

Oglethorpe, Ga. Hwy 49 No Restrictions

Flint River (Below Lake Blackshear, Worth/Lee Co.s)

Flint River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Largemouth Bass

No. Albany, Ga. Hwy 32

1 meal/week

Mercury

Channel Catfish

No. Albany, Ga. Hwy 32

Flint River (Dougherty/Baker/Mitchell Counties)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

Below Albany & Merck

Sucker

Below Albany & Merck

Flathead Catfish <16"

Above Newton, GA

Flathead Catfish 16-30"

Above Newton, GA

Flathead Catfish >30"

Above Newton, GA

No Restrictions

Flint River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

No Restrictions

No Restrictions

1 meal/week

Mercury

1 meal/month

Mercury

Goldmine Branch (Tributary to Warwoman Cr.)

Species

Site Tested

Brook Trout

Rabun County

Savannah River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions

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Gum Creek Species
Largemouth Bass Carp

Site Tested Crisp County Crisp County

Flint River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

No Restriction

Holly Creek (Murray County)

Species

Site Tested

Blacktail Redhorse

Fox Bridge Road

Ichawaynochaway Creek

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

Cordays Millpond

Spotted Sucker

Cordays Millpond

Coosa River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

Flint River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

No Restriction

Jacks River (Fannin County)

Species

Site Tested

Brown Trout

Watson Gap

Coosa River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions

Jones Creek (U.S. Forest Service Rd. 28-1)

Species

Site Tested

Brown Trout

Lumpkin County

Coosa River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions

Kinchafoonee Creek (Sumter/Lee Counties)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

Ga. Hwys 49 to 118

Spotted Sucker

Ga. Hwys 49 to 118

Little Dry Creek (Floyd County)

Species

Site Tested

Bluegill Sunfish

Near Rome

Flint River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

1 meal/week

Mercury

Coosa River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions

Little River (Above & Below Rocky Cr., Wilkes County)

Savannah River Basin

Species Largemouth Bass

Site Tested
Above & Below Rocky Creek

Recommendation 1 meal/week

Chemical Mercury

Silver Redhorse

Above & Below Rocky Creek

No Restrictions

Spotted Sucker

Above & Below Rocky Creek

No Restrictions

Little River (West of Valdosta, Lowndes County)

Suwannee River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Largemouth Bass

Above Ga. Hwy 133

1 meal/week

Mercury

Spotted Sucker

Above Ga. Hwy 133

No Restrictions

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Little Tallapoosa River Species
Largemouth Bass Black Crappie Brown Bullhead

Site Tested U.S. Hwy. 27 U.S. Hwy. 27 U.S. Hwy. 27

Tallapoosa River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions

Little Tennessee River (Rabun County)

Tennessee River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Mixed Bass/Sunfish Above John Kelly Rd.

No Restrictions

Mixed Sucker Spp.

Above John Kelly Rd.

No Restrictions

Mixed Bass/Sunfish Species: Rock Bass, Redbreast and Green Sunfish. Mixed Sucker Species:

Black Redhorse, Striped Jumprock and Northern Hog Sucker

Middle Oconee River (Above & Below Athens)

Species

Site Tested

Redbreast Sunfish

U.S. Hwy 29, (Above)

Spotted Sucker

U.S. Hwy 29, (Above)

Silver Redhorse

Below Barber Creek

Mill Creek (Whitfield County)

Species Spotted Sucker Redbreast Sunfish

Site Tested Near Dalton Near Dalton

Mill Creek (Murray County)

Species

Site Tested

Golden Redhorse

Hwy. 411, Eton

Moccasin Creek (Lake Burton Hatchery)

Species

Site Tested

Rainbow Trout

DNR Hatchery

Muckalee Creek (Sumter/Lee Counties)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

McLittle Bridge Rd. To Ga. Hwy 118

Spotted Sucker

McLittle Bridge Rd. To

Oconee River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions
Coosa River Basin

Recommendation No Restrictions No Restrictions

Chemical

Coosa River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

Savannah River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

No Restrictions

Flint River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

1 meal/week

Mercury

Mud Creek, Near Powder Springs, Cobb County

Species

Site Tested

Alabama Hog Sucker

Ga. Hwy 360

Bluegill Sunfish

Ga. Hwy 360

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Chattahoochee River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions No Restrictions

Nickajack Creek, Cobb County

Species

Site Tested

Alabama Hog Sucker Cooper Lake Road

Bluegill Sunfish

Cooper Lake Road

Noonday Creek Species
Alabama Hog Sucker Redbreast Sunfish

Site Tested Cobb County Cobb County

Chattahoochee River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions No Restrictions
Coosa River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions No Restrictions

North Oconee River (Above and Below Athens, Clarke Co. Oconee River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Redbreast Sunfish

Newton Bridge Road

No Restrictions

Redbreast Sunfish

Whitehall Rd. (Below)

No Restrictions

Flat Bullhead

Whitehall Rd. (Below)

No Restrictions

Ochlockonee River (Moultrie to Thomasville)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

Hwy. 19

White Catfish

Hwy. 19

Redbreast Sunfish

Hwy. 19

Warmouth

Hwy. 19

Ochlockonee River (Thomasville to State Line)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

Ga. Hwy. 93

Spotted Sucker

Ga. Hwy. 93

Redbreast Sunfish

Ga. Hwy. 93

Ochlockonee River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/month

Mercury

1 meal/week

Mercury

1 meal/week

Mercury

1 meal/week

Mercury

Ochlockonee River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/month

Mercury

1 meal/week

Mercury

No Restrictions

Ocmulgee River (Butts/Monroe Counties)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

Below Lake Jackson

Brown Bullhead

Below Lake Jackson

Ocmulgee River (Bibb County)

Species Largemouth Bass
Flathead Catfish
Channel Catfish

Site Tested 6 Miles Downstream of
Tobesofkee Creek 6 Miles Downstream of
Tobesofkee Creek
6 Miles Downstream of Tobesofkee Creek

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Ocmulgee River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions No Restrictions

Ocmulgee River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

No Restrictions

No Restrictions

Ocmulgee River (Houston/Twiggs Counties)

Species

Site Tested

Channel Catfish

Ga. Hwy. 96

Flathead Catfish

Ga. Hwy. 96

Largemouth Bass

Ga. Hwy. 96

Ocmulgee River (Pulaski County)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

Hawkinsville

Channel Catfish

Hawkinsville

Ocmulgee River (Wilcox/Telfair Counties)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

U.S. Hwy 280

Flathead Catfish

U.S. Hwy 280

Channel Catfish

U.S. Hwy 280

Ocmulgee River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

No Restrictions

No Restrictions

1 meal/week

Mercury

Ocmulgee River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions No Restrictions

Ocmulgee River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

1 meal/week

Mercury

No Restrictions

Oconee River (Clarke and Oconee Counties)

Oconee River Basin

Confluence of North and Middle Oconee to Barnett Shoals Dam

Species Largemouth Bass

Site Tested Above Barnett Shoals

Recommendation 1 meal/week

Chemical Mercury

Spotted Bass Bluegill Sunfish Channel Catfish Silver Redhorse

Above Barnett Shoals Above Barnett Shoals Above Barnett Shoals Above Barnett Shoals

No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions 1 meal/week

Mercury

Oconee River (Oconee and Greene Counties)

Barnett Shoals Dam to Lake Oconee

Species

Site Tested

Silver Redhorse Channel Catfish Common Carp

Ga. Hwy. 15 Ga. Hwy. 15 Ga. Hwy. 15

Oconee River Basin

Recommendation
No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions

Chemical

Oconee River (Baldwin/Wilkinson Counties)

Species Flathead Catfish Largemouth Bass Channel Catfish

Site Tested Milledgeville to Dublin Milledgeville to Dublin Milledgeville to Dublin

Oconee River Basin

Recommendation No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions

Chemical

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Oconee River (Laurens County)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

I-16

Redbreast Sunfish

I-16

Channel Catfish

I-16

Oconee River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions

Ogeechee River (Washington County; near Davisboro)

Ogeechee River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Largemouth Bass

Ga. Hwy 88

1 meal/month

Mercury

Spotted Sucker

Ga. Hwy 88

1 meal/week

Mercury

Ogeechee River (Jefferson County; Louisville)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

U.S. Hwy 1

Spotted Sucker

U.S. Hwy 1

Redbreast Sunfish

U.S. Hwy 1

Ogeechee River (Burke County; Midville)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

Ga. Hwy. 56

Redbreast Sunfish

Ga. Hwy. 56

Ogeechee River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/month

Mercury

1 meal/week

Mercury

1 meal/week

Mercury

Ogeechee River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/month

Mercury

1 meal/week

Mercury

Ogeechee River (Jenkins County; Millen)

Species

Site Tested

Ogeechee River Basin Recommendation Chemical

Largemouth Bass Snail Bullhead Redbreast Sunfish

U.S. Hwy 25 U.S. Hwy 25 U.S. Hwy 25

1 meal/month 1 meal/week 1 meal/week

Mercury Mercury Mercury

Ogeechee River (Bulloch County; near Statesboro)

Ogeechee River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Largemouth Bass

U.S. Hwy 301

1 meal/month

Mercury

Channel Catfish

U.S. Hwy 301

1 meal/week

Mercury

Redbreast Sunfish

U.S. Hwy 301

1 meal/week

Mercury

Snail Bullhead

U.S. Hwy 301

1 meal/week

Mercury

Spotted Sucker

Ga. Hwy. 24 (so. bridge)

1 meal/week

Mercury

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Ogeechee River (Bulloch/Effingham Counties)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

Hwy 119

Spotted Sucker

Hwy 119

Redbreast Sunfish

Hwy 119

Ogeechee River (Bryan County; near Ellabelle)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

Ga. Hwy 204

Redbreast Sunfish

Ga. Hwy 204

Channel Catfish

Ga. Hwy 204

Ogeechee River Basin Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

No Restrictions

1 meal/week

Mercury

Ogeechee River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/month

Mercury

1 meal/week

Mercury

1 meal/week

Mercury

Ogeechee River (Near Ft. McAllister)

Species

Site Tested

Mullet

Fort McAllister

Ohoopee River (Near Oak Park, Ga.)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

I-16

Redbreast Sunfish

I-16

Ogeechee River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions

Altamaha River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/month

Mercury

1 meal/week

Mercury

Ohoopee River (Near Reidsville, Ga., Tattnall County)

Altamaha River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Largemouth Bass

Ga. Hwys 280 to 56

1 meal/month

Mercury

Redbreast Sunfish

Ga. Hwys 280 to 56

1 meal/week

Mercury

Spotted Sucker

Ga. Hwys 280 to 56

1 meal/week

Mercury

Channel Catfish

Ga. Hwys 280 to 56

1 meal/week

Mercury

Okefenokee Swamp (Stephen Foster State Park)

Species

Site Tested

Bowfin

Billy's "Lake"

Flier (sunfish)

Billy's "Lake"

Chain Pickerel

Billy's "Lake"

Largemouth Bass

Billy's "Lake"

Bluegill

Billy's "Lake"

Suwannee River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/month

Mercury

1 meal/week

Mercury

1 meal/month

Mercury

1 meal/month

Mercury

1 meal/week

Mercury

Olley Creek (Near Austell, Cobb County)

Species

Site Tested

Large Scale

Clay Road

Stoneroller

Redbreast Sunfish

Clay Road

Chattahoochee River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions
No Restrictions

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Oostanaula River (Floyd/Gordon Counties)

Species

Site Tested

Smallmouth Buffalo Ga. Hwy 156, Calhoun

Bluegill Sunfish Spotted Bass Bluegill Sunfish Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Buffalo

Ga. Hwy 156, Calhoun Ga. Hwy 140 Ga. Hwy 140 Ga. Hwy 140 Ga. Hwy 140

Channel Catfish

Ga. Hwy 140

See "Coosa River: Special Striped Bass"

Coosa River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

PCBs, Mercury

No Restrictions

1 meal/week

Mercury

No Restrictions

1 meal/week

PCBs

1 meal/week

PCBs, Mercury

No Restrictions

Patsiliga Creek (Upstream of Beaver Creek, Taylor Co.)

Flint River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Largemouth Bass Spotted Sucker

From McCants Millpond to Ga. Hwy 208

No Restrictions No Restrictions

Chain Pickerel

From McCants Millpond to Ga. Hwy 208

1 meal/week

Mercury

Patsiliga Creek (Downstream of Beaver Creek)

Species

Site Tested

Bass Spp. *

Taylor County

Flint River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/month

Mercury

Sucker Spp. *

Taylor County

1 meal/week

Mercury

*Bass: Largemouth & Shoal; Suckers: Grayfin Redhorse, Spotted & Greater Jumprock

Pipe Makers Canal (Near Savannah, Georgia)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

Chatham County

Savannah River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

Ponder Branch (Walker County, Villanow)

Species

Site Tested

Redeye Bass

Ga. Hwy 136

Coosa River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions

Proctor Creek, Near Acworth, Cobb County

Species

Site Tested

Green Sunfish

Ga. Hwy 293, Old US 41

Coosa River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions

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Satilla River (Near Waycross, Ware/Brantley Counties)

Satilla River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Largemouth Bass

U.S. Hwy 84

1 meal/month

Mercury

Bullhead

U.S. Hwy 84

1 meal/week

Mercury

Redbreast Sunfish

U.S. Hwy 84

1 meal/week

Mercury

Channel Catfish

U.S. Hwy 301

1 meal/week

Mercury

Satilla River (Folkston, Burnt Fort, Charlton/Camden Counties) Satilla River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Largemouth Bass

Ga. Hwy. 252

1 meal/month

Mercury

Redbreast Sunfish

Ga. Hwy. 252

1 meal/month

Mercury

Flathead Catfish <30"

Ga. Hwy. 252

1 meal/month

Mercury

Flathead Catfish >30"

Ga. Hwy. 252

Do Not Eat

Mercury

Savannah River (Below Clarks Hill Dam, Columbia County) Savannah River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Largemouth Bass

Above New Savannah Bluff Lock & Dam

1 meal/week

Mercury

Spotted Sucker

Above New Savannah Bluff Lock & Dam

1 meal/week

Mercury

Redear Sunfish

Above Stevens Cr. Dam No Restrictions

Redbreast Sunfish Below Stevens Cr. Dam No Restrictions

Savannah River (Richmond/Burke Counties)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

Below New Savannah Bluff Lock & Dam

Savannah River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

Sucker

Below New Savannah Bluff Lock & Dam

No Restrictions

Striped Mullet

Below New Savannah Bluff Lock & Dam

No Restrictions

Specific consumption guidelines have not been issued for the radionuclides cesium-137 & strontium-90, in the Savannah River (Burke/Screven Co.s), adjacent to the Savannah River Site (SRS). Guidance on mercury were evaluated and deemed to be protective.

Savannah River (Screven County)

Savannah River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Largemouth Bass

U.S. Hwy 301

1 meal/week

Mercury

Redear Sunfish

U.S. Hwy 301

No Restrictions

Channel Catfish

U.S. Hwy 301

No Restrictions

Bluegill Sunfish

U.S. Hwy 301

1 meal/week

Mercury

Specific consumption guidelines have not been issued for the radionuclides cesium-137 & strontium-90, in the Savannah River (Burke/Screven Co.s), adjacent to the Savannah River Site (SRS). Guidance on mercury were evaluated and deemed to be protective.

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Savannah River (Effingham County)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

Ga. Hwy 119

Channel Catfish

Ga. Hwy 119

Redbreast Sunfish

Ga. Hwy 119

Savannah River (Fort Howard)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

Near Rincon

White Catfish

Near Rincon

Redbreast Sunfish

Near Rincon

Bowfin

Near Rincon

Savannah River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

No Restrictions

No Restrictions

Savannah River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/month

Mercury

1 meal/week

Mercury

No Restrictions

1 meal/month

Mercury

Savannah River (Chatham County)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

I-95 and U.S. Hwy. 17

Channel Catfish

U.S. Hwy. 17

Striped Mullet

Hwy. 17, Front River

Savannah River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

No Restrictions

No Restrictions

Savannah River (Tidal Gate)

Species

Site Tested

Red Drum

Tidal Gate

White Catfish

Tidal Gate

Savannah River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

No Restrictions

1 meal/week

Mercury

Savannah River: Special Striped Bass

Savannah River Basin

(New Savannah Bluff Lock & Dam to Estuary, Chatham Co.)

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Striped Bass 27" and Multiple locations, over

greater in length

section noted above

1 meal/month *

Mercury

* Because there is considerable variation in how much mercury these large predatory fish contain, people who are considered to be especially sensitive to the effects of mercury (pregnant women, nursing mothers and young children), may wish to limit their consumption further than listed above.

Note: one population of striped bass migrates annually between the Savannah estuary and New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam. Current minimum legal size is 27 inches.

Sewell Mill Creek (Cobb County)

Species

Site Tested

Alabama Hog Sucker

Ga. Hwy 120

Bluegill Sunfish

Ga. Hwy 120

Chattahoochee River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions No Restrictions

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Short Creek (Warren County)

Species

Site Tested

Sunfish

Warren County

Slab Camp Creek (Oconee County)

Species Greater Jumprock Redbreast Sunfish

Site Tested Watson Spring Road Watson Spring Road

Ogeechee River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

Oconee River Basin

Recommendation No Restrictions No Restrictions

Chemical

South River (DeKalb/Rockdale County)

Species

Site Tested

Bluegill Sunfish

Hwy. 155, Panola Shoals

Snail Bullhead

Hwy. 155, Panola Shoals

Ocmulgee River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

PCBs

1 meal/week

PCBs

South River (Henry County)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

Snapping Shoals

Silver Redhorse

Snapping Shoals

Channel Catfish

Below Snapping Shoals

Ocmulgee River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

PCBs

No Restrictions

No Restrictions

South River (Butts County) Species
Black Crappie Largemouth Bass Channel Catfish Redbreast Sunfish

Site Tested Ga. Hwy. 36 Ga. Hwy. 36 Ga. Hwy. 36 Ga. Hwy. 36

Spirit Creek Species
Largemouth Bass
Spotted Sucker
Redear Sunfish

Site Tested
Above Richmond Factory Pond
Above Richmond Factory Pond
Above Richmond Factory Pond

Ocmulgee River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions
Savannah River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions
No Restrictions
No Restrictions

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Spring Creek (Seminole/Decatur/Miller Counties)

Flint River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Largemouth Bass

Ga. Hwy. 84

1 meal/week

Mercury

Spotted Sucker

Ga. Hwy. 84

1 meal/week

Mercury

Redear Sunfish

Ga. Hwy. 84

1 meal/week

Mercury

Stamp Creek (Cherokee County)

Species Rainbow Trout

Site Tested Pine Log WMA

Stekoa Creek Species
Striped Jumprock

Site Tested Rabun County

Coosa River Basin

Recommendation No Restrictions

Chemical

Savannah River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions

St. Marys River (Charlton County)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

Near St. George

Redbreast Sunfish

Near St. George

St. Marys River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/month

Mercury

No Restrictions

St. Marys River (Camden County)

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

U.S. Hwy. 17

Redbreast Sunfish

U.S. Hwy. 17

Striped Mullet

U.S. Hwy. 17

Sugar Creek (Murray County)

Species

Site Tested

Golden Redhorse

Sugar Creek Road

Sumac Creek (Murray County)

Species

Site Tested

Golden Redhorse

Hwy. 225

St. Marys River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/month

Mercury

No Restrictions

No Restrictions

Coosa River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

Coosa River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

Suwannee River (Clinch/Ware/Echols Counties)

Suwannee River Sill to State Line

Species

Site Tested

Largemouth Bass

Short Camp Road

Bullhead Catfish

Short Camp Road

Chain Pickerel

Short Camp Road

& U.S. 441

Flier

U.S. Hwy 441

Suwannee River Basin

Recommendation 1 meal/month 1 meal/week 1 meal/week

Chemical Mercury Mercury Mercury

1 meal/week

Mercury

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Swamp Creek (Whitfield County)

Species

Site Tested

Redeye Bass

Redwine Cove Road

Coosa River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

1 meal/week

Mercury

Talking Rock Creek (Downtown Talking Rock, Pickens County) Coosa River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Redeye Bass

Near Fire Department

1 meal/week

Mercury

Tallapoosa River Species
Blacktail Redhorse Bluegill Sunfish Blacktail Redhorse

Site Tested U.S. Hwy. 27 U.S. Hwy. 27 Ga. Hwy. 100

Tallapoosa River Basin

Recommendation Chemical

No Restrictions

No Restrictions

1 meal/week

Mercury

Tallulah River, Towns County

Species

Site Tested

Rainbow Trout

Charlies Creek Road

Savannah River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions

Tributary to Hudson River (Alto, Ga., Banks County)

Savannah River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Redeye Bass

Below Alto Prison

1 meal/week

Mercury

Brown Bullhead

Below Alto Prison

No Restrictions

Upatoi Creek

Chattahoochee River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Grayfin Redhorse

Above Mouth

No Restrictions

Withlacoochee River

Suwannee River Basin

(Hahira to State Line, Berrien/Lowndes Counties)

Species

Site Tested

Recommendation Chemical

Redbreast Sunfish

Ga. Hwy 122

1 meal/week

Mercury

Largemouth Bass

Below Hwy 84

1 meal/month

Mercury

Redbreast Sunfish

Below Hwy 84

No Restrictions

Spotted Sucker

Below Hwy 84

1 meal/week

Mercury

Yahoola Creek (Consolidated Goldmine)

Species

Site Tested

Alabama Hog Sucker

Lumpkin County

Chattahoochee River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions

Yellow River Species Flat Bullhead Catfish

Site Tested Porterdale Dam 42

Ocmulgee River Basin Recommendation Chemical
No Restrictions

Georgia Estuarine Systems
Estuaries and freshwaters in Georgia are included in the watersheds of 14 different river basins, using the United States Geological Survey Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC), cataloging system. Estuarine systems often communicate with adjoining basins due to natural interconnections and manmade structures and actions such as causeways, tidal gates and dredging. Terry Creek, Dupree Creek, the Back River, Academy Creek and the lower Brunswick River are technically in the Satilla River Basin, but because of tidal dynamics, water exchange occurs between them and the Altamaha River system.

Academy Creek Species Blue Crab Altamaha Sound Species Striped Mullet
Spotted Seatrout

Site Tested Academy Creek
Site Tested Below Hwy. 17
Multiple in Delta

Recommendations No Restrictions

Satilla River Basin Chemical

Altamaha River Basin

Recommendations No Restrictions

Chemical

No Restrictions

Cumberland Sound Species Brown Shrimp

Site Tested Multiple

Recommendations No Restrictions

St. Mary's Basin Chemical

Floyd Creek (to St. Andrews Sound)

Species Blue Crab Southern Kingfish

Site Tested
Floyd Creek, So. of Floyd
Basin

Hayners Creek Species Blue Crab

Site Tested Above SR 204

Mud River Species White Shrimp

Site Tested Mud River

Satilla River Basin

Recommendations

Chemical

No Restrictions

No Restrictions

Ogeechee River Basin

Recommendations

Chemical

No Restrictions

Ogeechee River Basin

Recommendations

Chemical

No Restrictions

North Newport River (Upper) and Cay/Peacock Cr.s, Riceboro Ogeechee River Basin

Species

Site Tested

Recommendations

Chemical

Striped Mullet Blue Crab

N. Newport River Cay & Peacock Creeks nr. I-95

No Restrictions 1 meal/week

Mercury

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Saint Simons Sound

Species

Site Tested

Tripletail

Northern end of Jekyll Island

Sheepshead

Atlantic Ocean

Sapelo Sound Species
Brown Shrimp

Site Tested Multiple

Savannah River Estuary

Species

Site Tested

Striped Mullet U.S. Hwy 17/SR 25

Satilla River Basin

Recommendations

Chemical

No Restrictions 1 meal/week

Arsenic

Ogeechee River Basin

Recommendations

Chemical

No Restrictions

Savannah River Basin

Recommendations

Chemical

No Restrictions

Savannah River Estuary

Savannah River Basin

(New Savannah Bluff Lock & Dam to Estuary, Chatham Co.)

Species

Site Tested

Recommendations

Chemical

Striped Bass 27" and greater in length

U.S. Hwy 17/SR 25

1 meal/month *

Mercury

* Because there is considerable variation in how much mercury these large predatory fish contain, people who are considered to be especially sensitive to the effects of mercury (pregnant women, nursing mothers and young children), may wish to limit their consumption further than listed above.

Note: one population of striped bass migrates annually between the Savannah estuary and New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam. Current minimum legal size is 27 inches.

Turtle River System:

Satilla River Basin

Purvis and Gibson Creeks , (St. Simons Estuary)

Species

Site Tested Recommendation

Chemical

Atlantic Croaker

Do Not Eat

PCBs

Southern Kingfish (whiting),

Black Drum, Spot, Spotted

1 meal/month

PCBs

Seatrout Sheepshead Striped Mullet

Purvis & Gibson Creeks

1 meal/month 1 meal/week

PCBs, Mercury PCBs

Red Drum, Flounder

1 meal/week PCBs, Mercury

Blue Crab

1 meal/week

Mercury

Shrimp

No Restrictions

Clams, Mussels, Oysters

Not applicable

Do Not Eat

Shellfish Ban *

* Shellfish Ban: National Shellfish Sanitation Program. For information see Coastal

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Upper Turtle & Buffalo Rivers (St. Simons Estuary)

Satilla River Basin

Species

Site Tested Recommendation Chemical

Spotted Seatrout, Spot,

Southern Kingfish (whiting), Atlantic Croaker Red Drum, Black Drum, Striped Mullet Sheepshead Blue Crab

Turtle and Buffalo Rivers,
Upriver of Georgia Hwy
303

1 meal/month
1 meal/week 1 meal/week 1 meal/week

PCBs PCBs
PCBs, Mercury Mercury

Shrimp, Flounder

No Restrictions

Clams, Mussels, Oysters

Not applicable

Do Not Eat

Shellfish Ban *

* Shellfish Ban: National Shellfish Sanitation Program

Middle Turtle River (St. Simons Estuary)

Satilla River Basin

Species

Site Tested Recommendation Chemical

Spot

Do Not Eat

PCBs

Spotted Seatrout,

Sheepshead, Striped Mullet, Southern Kingfish (whiting) Black Drum Red Drum, Flounder

State Hwy 303 to Channel Marker 9

1 meal/month
1 meal/week 1 meal/week

PCBs PCBs PCBs, Mercury

Blue Crab

1 meal/week

Mercury

Shrimp

No Restrictions

Clams, Mussels, Oysters

Not applicable

Do Not Eat

Shellfish Ban *

* Shellfish Ban: National Shellfish Sanitation Program

Lower Turtle & South Brunswick Rivers (St. Simons Estuary) Satilla River Basin

Species Atlantic Croaker, Spot
Spotted Seatrout, Black Drum, Southern Kingfish (whiting) Red Drum, Sheepshead, Striped Mullet, Blue Crab, Shrimp, Flounder Clams, Mussels, Oysters

Site Tested Turtle River (From Channel Marker 9)
and South
Brunswick River (Downstream to Dubignon and Par-
sons Creeks)

Recommendation 1 meal/month 1 meal/week
No Restrictions

Not applicable

Do Not Eat

Chemical PCBs PCBs
Shellfish Ban *

* Shellfish Ban: National Shellfish Sanitation Program

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Wassaw Sound Species
Brown Shrimp Spotted Seatrout

Site Tested Multiple Multiple

Recommendation No Restrictions No Restrictions

Chemical

SPECIAL LISTINGS

Terry & Dupree Creeks & Back River to St. Simons Sound (St. Simons Estuary)

Satilla River Basin

Location

Species

Recommendation Chemical

Terry Creek South of Torras Causeway to Lanier Basin

Silver Perch (Yellowtail)
Blue Crab, Shrimp, Spot, Striped Mullet, Atlantic Croaker, Southern Kingfish (e.g. Ga. whiting), Spotted Seatrout

1 meal/week No Restrictions

PCBs, Mercury

Terry & Dupree Creeks North of Torras Causeway to Confluence with Back River

Blue Crab, Shrimp Red Drum
Striped Mullet, Atlantic Croaker, Southern Kingfish, Spotted Seatrout
Spot

No Restrictions 1 meal/week
1 meal/month
Do Not Eat

Toxaphene and related compounds

Back River 1 mi. above Terry Cr. to Confluence w/ Torras Causeway

Blue Crab, Shrimp, Striped Mullet, Atlantic Croaker, Southern Kingfish, Spotted Seatrout, Red Drum
Spot

No Restrictions 1 meal/month

Toxaphene and related compounds

Back River From Causeway to St. Simons Sound

Blue Crab, Shrimp, Spot, Striped Mullet, Southern Kingfish, Spotted Seatrout, Red Drum
Atlantic Croaker

No Restrictions 1 meal/week

Toxaphene and related compounds

Do Not Eat Clams, Mussels or Oysters; Shellfish Ban, Nat'l Shellfish Sanitation Program. For information see Coastal Resources Division website: http:// crd.dnr.state.ga.us

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Atlantic Ocean
Location DRH Artificial Reef CDH Reef HLHA Reef J Artificial Reef JY Artificial Reef SFC Reef

Species Summer Flounder
Summer Flounder Summer Flounder Summer Flounder Summer Flounder Summer Flounder

Recommendation 1 meal/month
1 meal/month 1 meal/month 1 meal/month 1 meal/month 1 meal/month

Chemical Arsenic
Arsenic Arsenic Arsenic Arsenic Arsenic

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SPECIAL MERCURY GUIDANCE ON KING MACKEREL
On March 23, 2000, Georgia joined together with North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida in issuing a joint health advisory for the consumption of large king mackerel caught offshore in the South Atlantic Ocean that have been found to have high mercury concentrations. This advisory was issued to provide guidance on the safe consumption of king mackerel to the general public and sensitive populations such as pregnant women, nursing mothers and young children. It does not prevent fishermen from landing fish larger than 39 inches.

Georgia DNR officials began working with the other Southeast States to determine levels of mercury in king mackerel in 1998 after learning that Gulf Coast States initiated a similar program. Each State's findings documented consistent levels of mercury over a range of sizes with high levels found in large king mackerel. This is Georgia's first consumption advisory for ocean waters. The king mackerel is a migratory species with the Atlantic population ranging from South Florida through North Carolina and into the Mid-Atlantic.

King Mackerel: Atlantic Ocean Offshore Georgia Coast

Atlantic Ocean

Size Range (Fork Length = FL)

Recommendation

24 to Less than 33 inches

No Restrictions

33 to 39 inches (a 33 inch fish weighs approximately 10 pounds)

1 meal per month ** for pregnant women, nursing mothers and children age 12 and younger 1 meal per week ** for other adults

Over 39 inches (approximately 15 Do Not Eat to 17 pounds)
King Mackerel are measured in Fork Length (FL), which is from the tip of the snout to the fork of the tail. The minimum legal size in Georgia is 24 inches FL, with a maximum daily creel limit of 3 fish per person. Federally permitted commercial fishermen are limited to 3500 pounds per trip, and a minimum size of 24 inches FL. ** One meal portion in this special guidance is 8 ounces or 1/2 pound.

King mackerel spawn along the continental shelf of the Atlantic Coast, rapidly growing to approximately 20 inches in length in the first year. Their diet consists almost exclusively of other fish. King mackerel typically have a maximum life span of 15 years, reaching approximately 4 feet in length and 25 to 30 pounds in weight. Most fish landed are considerably smaller. As a fast-growing, long-lived top predator, the king mackerel has a propensity for accumulating high levels of mercury.

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Index
A Academy Creek ...............................43 Adairsville, City of, Pond .................16 Alapaha River..................................22 Alapahoochee River ........................22 Albany By-Pass Pond.......................16 Alcovy River ....................................22 Allatoona Creek ..............................22 Allen Creek Wildlife Management Area,
Ponds A and B............................ 16 Altamaha River ...............................23 Altamaha Sound .............................43 Antioch Lake ...................................16 Apalachee River ..............................23 Atlantic Ocean ................................47
B Back River .......................................46
Banks Lake ........................................9 Bear Creek Reservoir ......................10 Beaver Creek...................................23 Big Lazer PFA...................................16 Black Shoals Lake (Big Haynes Res/
Randy Poynter Lake) ...................10 Boen Creek .....................................23 Bowles C. Ford Lake .......................17 Brasstown Creek ............................23 Brasstown Valley Kids Fishing Pond.17 Brier Creek .....................................23 Broad River ....................................23 Buffalo Creek .................................24 Buffalo River ..................................45 Bush Field Airport ..........................17 Butternut Creek .............................24
C Cane Creek......................................24 Canoochee River ............................24 Carters Lake ....................................10 Casey Canal.....................................24 Cay Creek........................................43

Cedar Creek Trib (Hart Co WMA) ... 24 Chattahoochee River ................. 25-26 Chattanooga Creek ......................... 26 Chattooga River, NE Georgia ........... 27 Chattooga River, NW Georgia ......... 27 Chestatee River .............................. 27 Chickamauga Creek (East & South) 27 Chickamauga Creek (West), ............ 27 Chickasawhatchee Creek ................ 27 Clarks Hill Lake (Lake Thurmond) .... 11 Clayton County Water Authority:
Blalock Reservoir ........................ 17 Clayton County Water Authority:
J.W. Smith Reservoir................... 17 Clayton County Water Authority:
Shamrock Reservoir.................... 17 Cohulla Creek (Praters Mill) ............ 27 Coleman River ................................ 27 Conasauga River ............................. 28 Coosa River................................ 28-29 Coosawattee River .......................... 29 Cumberland Sound ......................... 43
D Daniels Creek.................................. 29 Dodge County PFA (Steve Bell Lake) 17 Dukes Creek.................................... 29 Dupree Creek.................................. 46
E Etowah River .................................. 29 Evans County PFA ........................... 17
F Flat Creek PFA................................. 18 Flint River ....................................... 30 Floyd Creek..................................... 43 Fort Yargo State Park Lake .............. 18
G Gibson Creek .................................. 44 Goat Rock Lake ............................... 11 Goldmine Branch ............................ 30 Gum Creek...................................... 31

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H Hamburg Millpond, Hamburg State Park
.................................................. 18 Hayners Creek................................ 43 Heath Lake (Rocky Mountain PFA ) 18 High Falls Lake ............................... 12 Holly Creek..................................... 31 Horseshoe 4, Paradise PFA ............. 20 Hugh M. Gillis PFA.......................... 18
I Ichawaynochaway Creek ................ 31
J Jacks River ..................................... 31 Jackson Lake .................................. 12 Jones Creek .................................... 31
K Ken Gardens Lake........................... 18 Kinchafoonee Creek ....................... 31 Kolomoki Lake................................ 18
L Lake Acworth ................................. 16 Lake Allatoona ................................. 9 Lake Andrews .................................. 9 Lake Bennett (Marben PFA)............ 16 Lake Blackshear ............................. 10 Lake Blue Ridge .............................. 10 Lake Burton.................................... 10 Lake Chatuge ................................. 11 Lake Chehaw (Flint River Res) ........ 15 Lake Harding (Bartletts Ferry)......... 11 Lake Hartwell ................................. 12 Lake Juliette ................................... 12 Lake Mayer .................................... 19 Lake Nottely ................................... 13 Lake Oconee .................................. 13 Lake Oliver ..................................... 13 Lake Olmstead ............................... 19 Lake Patrick (Paradise PFA) ............ 20 Lake Rabun .................................... 14 Lake Richard B. Russell ................... 14 Lake Rutledge (Hard Labor Ck) ........20

Lake Seed ....................................... 20 Lake Seminole ................................ 14 Lake Sinclair ................................... 14 Lake Sydney Lanier ......................... 13 Lake Tobesofkee............................. 14 Lake Tugalo .................................... 15 Lake Varner .................................... 15 Lake Walter F. George (Lake Eufaula)
................................................... 15 Lake Worth (Flint River Reservoir) .. 15 Little Dry Creek ............................... 31 Little Ocmulgee State Park Lake...... 19 Little River, Lowndes Co.................. 31 Little River, Wilkes Co. .................... 31 Little Tallapoosa River .................... 32 Little Tennessee River ..................... 32
M Margery Lake (Marben PFA) ........... 19 McDuffie PFA.................................. 19 Middle Oconee River ...................... 32 Mill Creek, Murray Co..................... 32 Mill Creek, Whitfield Co. ................. 32 Moccasin Creek .............................. 32 Muckalee Creek.............................. 32 Mud Creek...................................... 32 Mud River ...................................... 43
N Nancy Town Lake ........................... 19 Nickajack Creek .............................. 33 Noonday Creek............................... 33 North Newport River ...................... 43 North Oconee River ........................ 33
O Ochlockonee River...........................33 Ocmulgee River ..........................33-34 Oconee River ..............................34-35 Ogeechee River ..........................35-36 Ohoopee River ................................36 Okefenokee Swamp ........................36 Olley Creek......................................36 Oostanaula River .............................37

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P Patsiliga Creek ................................37 Payton Park Pond, Valdosta ...........20 Peacock Creek .................................43 Pipe Makers Canal...........................37 Ponder Branch ................................37 Proctor Creek ..................................37 Purvis Creek ....................................44
R Reed Bingham State Pk. Lake ..........20
S Saint Simon's Sound ........................44 Sapelo Sound ..................................44 Satilla River .....................................38 Savannah River .......................... 38-39 Savannah River Estuary ...................44 Sewell Mill Creek.............................39 Shepherd Lake (Marben PFA) ..........20 Short Creek .....................................40 Silver Lake WMA .............................21 Slab Camp Creek .............................40 South Brunswick River.....................45 South River .....................................40 S. Slappy Blvd. Offramp Pond ..........20 Spirit Creek .....................................40 Spring Creek ....................................41 St. Marys River ................................41 Stamp Creek....................................41 Stekoa Creek ...................................41 Stone Mountain Lake ......................21 Sugar Creek .....................................41 Sumac Creek ...................................41 Suwannee River ..............................41 Swamp Creek ..................................42

U Upatoi Creek...............................42
W Wassaw Sound............................46 West Point Lake ..........................15 Withlacoochee River ...................42
Y Yahoola Creek.............................42 Yellow River................................42 Yohola Lake................................21 Yonah Lake .................................21

T Talking Rock Creek ..........................42 Tallapoosa River..............................42 Tallulah River ..................................42 Terry Creek......................................46 Tribble Mill Lake..............................21 Tributary to Hudson River ...............42 Turtle River System .........................44 Turtle River, Lower ..........................45 Turtle River, Middle ........................45 Turtle River, Upper..........................45

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