Fishing in Blue Ridge, Georgia
74Blue Ridge Marina Directions
Blue Ridge Fishing & Outfitters
Unicoi Outfitters
490 E Main St, Blue Ridge - (706) 632-1880
Stanley's Pro Shop
4187 East First Street, Blue Ridge - (706) 632-2441
Noontootla Creek Farms
123 Newport Rd, Blue Ridge - (706) 838-0585
Browns Feed & Seed
55 Mountain Ln, Blue Ridge, GA - (706) 632-2508
Tri State Bait & Tackle Shop
8196 Lakewood Hwy, Mineral Bluff, GA - (706) 374-2030
Wolf Creek Tackle -
25 Wolf Creek Spur, Mineral Bluff, GA - (706) 374-2281
Carolina Lures
8614 Blue Ridge Hwy, Blairsville, GA - (706) 781-2578
Ellijay Outfitters
10 N Main St, Ellijay, GA - (706) 698-4327
Discount Sporting Goods
3106 Chatsworth Hwy, Ellijay, GA - (706) 226-1604
Paradise Bait & Tackle
5606 Paradise Ln, Blairsville, GA - (706) 781
Blue Ridge
Located in Northern Georgia not far from Tennessee, Blue Ridge, Georgia is about a 90-minute drive time north of Atlanta, in Fannin County -- the Gateway to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Not only fishing, but outdoor vacationing, hiking, birding (bird watching), hunting, boating, and other recreational activities are abundant in this area.
Driving from Atlanta on I-75 North, proceed to I-575. You will find this name changes to Georgia Mountain Parkwayat the Cherokee County & Pickens County line. Continue driving on the same road for 55 miles until you reach to Blue Ridge.
The Blue Ridge Mountains run southwest from central Pennsylvania to Springer Mountain in Fannin County, where other mountain ranges take over and move westward. The Blue Ridge Range is younger than the Great Smoky Mountains nearby. Over 100,000 acres of land is governed by the US Forest Service in Fannin County and this indicates good hunting and fishing possibilities as well.
Lake Blue Ridge is a good place to start fishing, but there are others as well.
BLUE RIDGE LAKE MARINA
Directions from Blue Ridge, to the Lake, 2.8 miles away:
- Drive northeast on East 1st ST/ US-76 BR/ GA-5 BR toward DEPOT ST. Keep driving to follow 1st ST for about a mile
- Next, East 1st ST changes into VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. Drive on this for 1.6 miles.
- Turn slightly to the right onto MARINA DR and drive for just 0.2 miles.
- Go to the MARINA at 335 Marina Dr Blue Ridge, GA 30513
A Georgia State Fishing License is required. Maps and live bait are available at the Marina. You can catch trout, stripers, large mouth bass, and small mouth bass.
Licenses can be purchased online from the Georgia State Natural Resources site are at over 1000 retailers that include bait shops and hardware stores.
Click the link for an important map:
FISH ATTRACTOR SITES
Road Conditions & Maps
There are a lot of unpaved roads in Fannin County, Georgia that include old logging roads and dirt roads -- You might encounter some of them while fishing or on your way to various fishing locations.
MAPS:
Additional Fishing Sites
Additional fishing sites that you can locate through Map Quest or Google Maps include:
Year Round Trout Fishing:
- Conasauga River
- Ellijay River
- Fightingtown Creek
- Mountaintown Creek
- Noontootla Creek
- Rock Creek Lake
Seasonal Trout Fishing:
- Charlie Creek
- Etowah River
- Jacks River
- Owenby Creek
- Persimmon Creek
- South Fork Rapier Mill Creek
- Star Creek
- Toccoa River Tributary - DIRECTIONS:
- From Blue Ridge, GA; go northeast on East 1st ST/ US-76 BR/ GA-5 BR toward DEPOT ST for about 0.3 miles
- Turn LEFT onto MOUNTAIN ST/ US-76 BR/ GA-5 BR and drive to follow US-76 BR/ GA-5 BR for about 1/2 mile.
- Drive on US-76 BR/ GA-5 BR as it changes to GA-5 and stay on it for 10 miles.
- Turn LEFT then turn RIGHT onto BRIDGE ST in McCaysville, GA and the river is right there.
FISHING LINKS
Blue Ridge Fly Fishing
Blue Ridge Fly Fishing Forum
North Georgia Trout Online
Blue Ridge Parkway by Bike
Blue Ridge Cabin Rentals
Blue Ridge in the News
- Blue Ridge Orchestra's holiday concert setThe Hendersonville Times-News2 days ago
Special to the Times-News The Blue Ridge Orchestra, under the direction of Ronald D. Clearfield, will perform a concert of holiday music at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20 in the Folk Art Center Auditorium on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The program will include music from the Nutcracker Ballet, performances of famous Christmas medleys and also an audience sing-along...
- Blue Ridge Presbyterian performance could garner national attentionThe Daily Progress4 days ago
Blue Ridge Presbyterian Church continues its Blue Ridge Coffeehouse Series tonight with a performance by David M. Bailey and Scuffletown.
- Blue Ridge Elementary secretary wins conducting role in singalongColumbia Missourian4 days ago
COLUMBIA — After Blue Ridge Elementary School secretary Cheryl Brewer performed in the choir in a singalong performance of Handel's "Messiah" last year, the school's principal, Tim Majerus, asked Brewer if she would want to conduct a song. "In a heartbeat," she told him. Majerus found out how he could make it happen. For the past four years, participating roles in the singalong have been ...
- Roy Exum: I'll Miss Jenkins In East RidgeThe Chattanoogan2 days ago
It used to be at times when I'm cold or sick or feeling a little blue, one of my best defense mechanisms would be to take my lunch at a marvelous buffet restaurant named Jenkins Country Buffet in East Ridge. It is located at 4122 Ringgold Road and I've told a bunch of people to go there.
- Pingry swim teams top RidgeThe Bernardsville News28 hours ago
BERNARDS TWP. -- In the opening Delaware Division boys swimming meet for both teams in the realigned Skyland Conference, the Pingry School earned a 103-67 victory over Ridge High School Dec. 3 behind the efforts of Nic Fink, who had a hand in four first-place finishes.
- Utah Skier Buried in 2 Feet of Snow From Avalanche SurvivesFOX 13 Utah17 hours ago
A backcountry skier was buried in two feet of snow by an avalanche triggered by other members of his party. The Utah Avalanche Center says the man was blue in the face by the time the others dug him out but has recovered. The avalanche was triggered yesterday off cardiac ridge, which separates big and little cottonwood canyons in the Wasatch Mountains.
- Local restaurant assists with food and toysTimes News13 hours ago
Noraine McGee, left, owner of Grandma's Bakery and Cafe, 7635 Interchange Road, Lehighton, presents a check to Nick Hawkey of the Carbon-Mountaineers Marine Corps League Detachment 996. McGee and her patrons assisted the Blue Ridge Toy and Food Drive by collecting toys, non perishable food and selling donor cards. The toys, food and funds of $175 helped provide food baskets and toys for needy ...
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Comments
The Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains are a completely different world. Very lovely.
Wow. It looks absolutly stunning there...
The color of the water in the lakes in Northern Georgia is stunning. It has been a couple of years since I travelled there, but recebnt photos look beauitiful still.
Note: Several links offer maps and directions to additional fishing sites. Click to enlarge the maps on this Hub as well. Blue Ridge Lake Marina has much information on fishing, boat rentals, maps, etc. around the area.
Map for Rt. 5 & 515 to the lake.
http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=241+Depot+St,+Bl
Sounds like a beautiful place to go. Can't wait to take a few trips to someplace like that.
There's another good okace for cool water and fishing - Gauley Bridge in W. Va.
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oberbreckling says:
2 years ago
Hi patty I lived in Tenn. Nashville for 12 years and didn't know it was there well I live in my home state of Iowa now and the wife and kids we all go down to gatlinburg pigeon forge every summer smoky mountains is one of my favorite places in the world but I would most likely consider going to Blue Ridge to me it sounds like a place in Kentucky haha~cool~cya and thanks!