2020 Georgia Trout Stocking
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2020 Trout Stocking Information The Georgia Wildlife Resources Division stocks trout in the streams, rivers and small lakes listed below. Trout stocking begins in March and continues through October. The stocking frequency of each waterbody listed below is based on the following: area available, fishing pressure, and summer water temperatures. Notes: The tables below are grouped by stocking frequency and include water body name and the county in which it is located. Asterisks ( * ) indicate a variation from the main heading of each group. Table 1. Stocked weekly from April-July, then twice before Labor Day, and once in the Fall (September/October). Water body County Water body County Boggs Creek Lumpkin Nottely River** Union Blue Ridge Tailwaters Fannin Panther Creek* Stephens Chattahoochee River White Rock Creek Fannin Cooper Creek Union Sarah's Creek Rabun Dicks Creek Lumpkin Smith Creek White Etowah River** Lumpkin Soapstone Creek** Towns Hiawassee River** Towns Soque River Habersham Holly Creek Murray Tallulah River Rabun Jasus Creek White Tallulah River Towns Forsyth, Lanier Tailwaters Toccoa River** Fannin Gwinnett, Fulton Low Gap Creek White Warwoman Creek Rabun West Fork Middle Fork Broad R.* Stephens Rabun Chattooga R. Moccasin Creek Rabun Wildcat Creek^ Rabun Nimblewill Creek** Lumpkin * Stocked weekly until July 4th, not stocked afterward ** Stocked weekly until July 4th, twice monthly afterward ^ Currently not scheduled to be stocked due to the U.S. forest Service’s closure of Wildcat Creek Road. Stocking will resume in this area when stocking truck access is restored www.georgiawildlife.com/fishing/trout Table 2. Stocked twice each month from April-July. Water body County Water body County Amicalola Creek Dawson Panther Creek Habersham Big Creek** Fannin Pumpkinpile Creek* Polk Cartecay River Gilmer Pumpkinvine Creek* Paulding Chestatee River Lumpkin Raccoon Creek* Paulding Cochran Creek Dawson Raper Creek Habersham Coosawattee River Gilmer Sautee Creek** White Dockery Lake* Lumpkin Spoilcane Creek White Frogtown Creek Lumpkin Stamp Creek Bartow Hartwell Tailwaters Hart Swallow Creek Towns Hemptown Creek* Fannin Taliaferro Creek Chattooga Holcomb Creek Rabun Tickanetley Creek Gilmer Hothouse Creek* Fannin Tiger Creek Catoosa Johns Creek Floyd Timpson Creek** Rabun Little Amicalola Creek Dawson Toccoa River Union Little Cedar Creek Floyd Town Creek White Little Chickamauga Cr. Walker Vogel Lake*** Union Long Swamp Creek* Pickens Watermill Creek* Haralson Mill Creek Murray West Armuchee Creek Walker Mountaintown Creek Gilmer West Fork Wolf Creek** Union Owl Town Creek Gilmer Winfield Scott Lake* Union * Stocked twice each month until July 4th, not stocked afterward ** Stocked twice each month until July 4th, once each month afterward *** Stocked twice a month until July 4th, once each month in the winter www.georgiawildlife.com/fishing/trout Table 3. Stocked once each month from March-August. Water body County Water body County Big Turniptown Creek Gilmer Corbin Creek Towns Brasstown Creek Towns Turner Creek White Brasstown Creek Union Table 4. Stocked four times from March-August. Water body County Water body County Black Rock Lake* Rabun Nancytown Lake** Habersham Boardtown Creek* Gilmer Rock Creek Lake* Fannin Canada Creek* Union Ruff Creek Chattooga Cane Creek* Lumpkin Silver Creek Floyd Cedar Creek Polk Stekoa Creek* Rabun Chickamauga Creek White Stonewall Creek* Rabun Clay Creek* Lumpkin Storey Mill Creek Chattooga Clear Creek Gilmer Suches Creek* Union Duck Creek Walker Sugar Creek* Fannin Dykes Creek Floyd Tiger Creek* Rabun Ellijay River* Gilmer Turkey Creek Gilmer Fodder Creek Towns Ward Creek* Lumpkin Hightower Creek Towns West Chickamauga Cr. Walker Little Tennessee River* Rabun Wilscot Creek* Fannin Little Tesnatee Creek* White Yahoola Creek* Lumpkin Mt. Hope Creek Floyd * No stocking after July 4th **stocking to begin in Feb. www.georgiawildlife.com/fishing/trout Table 5. Stocked twice each year in March and May Water body County Water body County Arkaqua Creek Union Noontootla Creek Fannin Connesena Creek Bartow North Prong Sumac Cr. Murray Coosa Creek Union Pine Log Creek Gordon Crowe Springs Bartow Rock Creek Gilmer East Fork Little River - 1 Walker Rock Creek - 2 Murray East Fork Little River - 2 Chattooga Salacoa Creek Cherokee Little Fightingtown Creek Fannin Town Creek Union Table 6. Stocked once each year. Water body County Water body County Betty Creek Rabun Shoal Creek Habersham Crumbley Creek White Waters Creek Lumpkin Dukes Creek White Wildhog Creek Fannin www.georgiawildlife.com/fishing/trout .