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
16
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
17
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
19
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
20
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
21
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
23
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
24
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
25
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
26
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.
27
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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