Fishing in Rabun County, North Georgia Mountains

Seasonal Trout Streams

Bad Branch Watershed
(flows into Lake Seed)

Bad Creek Watershed
(flows into Tugaloo Lake)

Bridge Creek Watershed

Crow Creek Watershed
(flows into Lake Seed)

Dickenson Branch
(flows into Lake Burton

Dicks Creek Watershed
(flows into Lake Burton)

Falls Branch Watershed
(flows into Lake Rabun)

Flat Creek Watershed

Joe Creek Watershed
(flows into Lake Rabun)

LaCounts Creek Watershed
(flows into Lake Seed)

Moccasin Creek Watershed except Moccasin Creek
Downstream from the Burton Hatchery water intake to the sign marking the approximate normal pool level of Lake Burton

Popcorn Creek Watershed

Seals Creek Watershed
(flows into Lake Seed)

Slick Shoal Creek
(flows into Lake Seed)

Timpson Creek Watershed

Wildcat Creek Watershed

Worse Creek Watershed
(flows into Tugaloo Lake)

All other streams or parts of streams not listed below as Year-round.

Note: Tallulah River downstream from Lake Burton dam and tributaries to Burton, Seed, Rabun, Tallulah Falls, Tugaloo, and Yonah lakes not listed as Year-round are not trout streams and may be fished year-round and without a trout license.

Year-Round Trout Streams

Chattooga River
Upstream from the mouth of Warwoman Creek

Little Tennessee River
Downstream from US Highway 23-441 bridge

Moccasin Creek downstream from the Burton Hatchery water intake to the sign marking the approximate normal pool level of Lake Burton.

Overflow Creek Watershed

Stekoa Creek Watershed

Tallulah River
Downstream to Lake Burton

Warwoman Creek

West Fork Chattooga River

Small Lake Fishing

Black Rock Lake

This lake has a fair population of largemouth bass and sunfish. Catfish are periodically stocked into the lake. Trout are also periodically stocked (about 3,000 annually). The lake is open to fishing year round.

For more information:
Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites Division
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
P. O. Drawer A
Mountain City, GA 30562
(706) 746-2141

Seed Lake

This lake receives relatively light fishing pressure and has a good population of largemouth bass, bluegill, and redbreast sunfish. A few walleye are also caught. There is an abundance of small yellow perch. The lake is accessible by a small launching ramp on the Lake Rabun Road.

For more information:
Georgia Power Company
#4 Seed Lake Road
Lakemont, GA 30552
(706) 947-3521

Tallulah Falls Lake

This small lake is operated primarily for power generation and thus the lake level often fluctuates rapidly. No boat ramp is available, but small boats and canoes can be launched by hand on the south side of the lake. Fishing is fair for bass, sunfish, yellow perch and catfish. Camping and picnic facilities are available off U.S. Highway 441.

For more information:
Georgia Power Company
#4 Seed Lake Road
Lakemont, GA 30552
(706) 947-3521

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