Lake Burton, Lake Seed, Lake Rabun
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Hey guys –
We’re in kind of an interstitial age right now; the brown trout haven’t started coming up yet (and especially not down here in Georgia, where they don’t spawn until Christmas), the stripers meanwhile have left the building, and deer season doesn’t open until Oct. 22 (rifle season anyway).
So I spent my Saturday scouting–or at least I scouted until time to watch my Hogs kick Auburn all over Razorback Stadium.
I went up to check out this system of lakes in NE Georgia, all built around the Tallulah River drainage. Lake Burton is the first of the lakes and the biggest; there’s a hatchery there at Moccasin Creek State Park and from what I understand this is the only place in Georgia where brown trout are stocked directly into the reservoirs. I’ve heard there’s even a spawning run where they home in on the hatchery, but of course you’d need a serious boat to fish for them, I would think.
I went all the way up to check the upper Tallulah as well, where it flows into the lake. There’s some excellent water up there but unfortunately it appeared to mostly be on private land. I don’t have much experience with browns running Appalachian granite-bed streams, but from what I know of their behavior in tailwaters, I would think they would try to stick to gravelly areas, and on the Tallulah those appeared limited to the section in the mile above the lake (i.e. the private section).
I also popped my canoe into Lake Seed and paddled up to the foot of Burton Dam. That’s interesting water–it reminds me of the Little Red River with the generators turned off. I didn’t see any trout but I did see a lot of nice largemouth bass, which were having none of me. Wind gusts to 15 mph were pushing me around even when I dropped anchor and it seemed like every time I’d get set up for a shot, I’d get pushed over the bass I was targeting. The wind was coming from both directions intermittently and that “lake” is really really narrow; about like a moderate creek up in there.
I didn’t make it to Rabun but I am sure it’s worth checking out too. I’ve heard there’s a walleye run on Seed in March and I’d love to go catch some of those delicious bastards.
Have any of you fished any of these lakes? I’d be interested to know what I was missing with my cursory once-over.
Zach
Jon,
Thanks for stopping by. Don’t you have some running to do though?
Hahahaah.
Zach
PS I’m sure that’s totally original…
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