Guidelines For Eating Fish

From
Georgia Waters
2023

Georgia Department of Natural Resources

2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, S.E., Suite 1452
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

Fisheries Management Section
2070 U.S. Hwy 278, S.E.
Social Circle, GA 30025
(770) 557-3305

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 https://
epd.georgia.gov/watershed-protection-branch/watershed-planning-and-
monitoring-program/fish-consumption-guidelines
 For the current Georgia 2023 Freshwater Sport Fishing Regulations, Click on Wild-
life Resources Division. Click on Fishing. Choose Fishing Regulations. Or, go to
https://www.eregulations.com/assets/docs/guides/23GAFW.pdf
 For more information on Coastal Fisheries and 2023 Regulations, Click on Coastal
Resources Division, or go to https://coastalgadnr.org/RecreationalFishing
 For information on Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) source reduction, reuse
options, proper disposal or recycling, go to Georgia Department of Public Health
at https://dph.georgia.gov/environmental-health/chemical-hazards

Call the DNR Toll Free Tip Line at 1-800-241-4113 to report fish kills, spills, sewer over-
flows, dumping or poaching (24 hours a day, seven days a week).
Also, report Poaching, via e-mail using [email protected]

Check USEPA and USFDA for Federal Guidance on Fish Consumption

USEPA: https://www.epa.gov/choose-fish-and-shellfish-wisely
USFDA: http://www.fda.gov/food/resources-you-food/seafood

Image Credits: Covers: Duane Raver Art Collection, courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (USFWS), Black Crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) 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 1

ARE GEORGIA’S FISH SAFE TO EAT? 2

HOW DO FISH BECOME CONTAMINATED? 3

BENEFITS OF EATING FISH 4

RISKS OF CONTAMINATED FISH 4

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN, NURSING MOTHERS &
CHILDREN 5
WAYS TO REDUCE RISK 6

USING THESE GUIDELINES 7

RIVER BASINS OF GEORGIA 8

FRESHWATER AND SALT WATER FISH OF GEORGIA 9

FISH CONSUMPTION GUIDELINES:

GEORGIA PUBLIC LAKES 500 ACRES OR LARGER 10

GEORGIA PUBLIC LAKES AND PONDS LESS THAN 500 ACRES 17

GEORGIA FRESHWATER RIVERS AND CREEKS 22

GEORGIA ESTUARINE SYSTEMS 39

SPECIAL LISTINGS 41

SPECIAL MERCURY GUIDANCE ON KING MACKEREL 44

INDEX 45

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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, arsenic, polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs), mercury, thallium, chlordane, toxaphene (and related com-
pounds), 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 devel-
oped 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 de-
tailed 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 ta-
bles. The fourteen major river basins in Georgia are shown on the map pro-
vided, 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 Re-
sources (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, four contami-
nants, arsenic, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), mercury, and thallium,
were frequently detected in significant amounts in a few species from some
bodies of water in Georgia. Three additional contaminants, chlordane, tox-
aphene-like compounds, and dieldrin were also detected infrequently. This
publication provides you with information on those six contaminants: arse-
nic, PCBs, mercury, thallium, chlordane, 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 be-
cause of the mercury content of soils and rocks in the southeast, from mu-
nicipal and industrial sources, or from fossil fuel use. Scientific evidence is
growing that mercury is transported long distances through the upper at-
mosphere, making its control a global environmental issue. Although mer-
cury has always been present, scientific research shows that the amount of
mercury cycling through the environment has increased significantly follow-
ing 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 pesti-
cide, 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 in Proctor Creek 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 com-
pounds present in some fish. Toxaphene is also persistent in the environ-
ment.
Like PCBs, the chlorinated pesticides do not break down easily and remain
in aquatic sediments for years. These organic contaminants tend to concen-
trate 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 ele-
ments 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, reser-
voirs, and estuaries. Contaminants can get into fish in a variety of ways. Fish
absorb PCBs, chlordane and other pesticides from water, suspended sedi-
ments, or their food. These organic chemicals concentrate in the fat of fish
tissue and in fatty fish such as catfish. Cleaning and cooking a fish to remove
fat will lower the amount of PCBs, chlordane or other pesticides in a fish
meal.
Larger, older fish and fish which eat other fish may accumulate more con-
taminants than smaller, younger fish. Once in the water, mercury is con-
verted 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.

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Benefits of Eating Fish
Fish has long been recognized as a nutritious “protein food”. It’s nutrition-
al 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 vita-
mins, 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 ad-
vice 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, toxaphene and dieldrin build up in your
body over time. It may take months or years of regularly eating contaminat-
ed 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 guide-
lines, 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, toxaphene and dieldrin can cause cancer in laboratory
animals exposed to large amounts, and may cause cancer in humans.
Effects other than cancer from these chemicals may include developmental
problems in children whose mothers were exposed to them before or dur-
ing 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 sys-
tem, digestive system, and the immune system.

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Exposure to methylmercury has not been linked to cancer. Methylmercury
is a concern because of it’s potential to damage the nervous system, espe-
cially 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 contam-
inants 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 freshwa-
ter 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 rec-
ommendations 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 wrap-
ping 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 contami-
nants.

• 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 fish-
ing location is NOT in this booklet, follow the suggestions in Ways to Re-
duce Risk. If your fish or fishing location is in the booklet, it does not neces-
sarily 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. Sub-
tract 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 8. Ochlockonee River Basin

2. Flint River Basin 9. Suwannee River Basin
3. Coosa River Basin 10. Satilla River Basin
4. Tallapoosa River Basin 11. St. Marys River Basin
5. Tennessee River Basin 12. Oconee River Basin
6. Savannah River Basin 13. Ocmulgee River Basin
7. Ogeechee River Basin 14. Altamaha River Basin
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FRESHWATER AND SALT WATER FISH OF GEORGIA
Largemouth Bass
Black Bass Spp. Bluegill Sunfish

Redeye Bass
Black Bass Spp. Green Sunfish

Shoal Bass
Black Bass Spp. Redbreast Sunfish

Spotted Bass
Black Bass Spp. Redear Sunfish

Hybrid Bass Bowfin

Striped Bass Carp

White Bass Chain Pickerel

Brown Bullhead
Catfish Sucker

Bullhead Catfish Yellow Perch

Flat Bullhead Catfish Walleye

Snail Bullhead Catfish Atlantic Croaker

Spotted Bullhead
Catfish Black Drum

Yellow Bullhead
Catfish Red Drum

Blue Catfish Sheepshead

Channel Catfish Southern Flounder

Flathead Catfish Southern Kingfish

White Catfish Spot

Brook Trout Spotted Seatrout

Brown Trout Striped Mullet

Rainbow Trout Blue Crab/Shrimp

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 FISH CONSUMPTION GUIDELINES
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

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. Reservoirs and lakes are broken down into size clas-
ses based off of the length limits.
Due to the introduction and propagation of the invasive Flathead and Blue
Catfish, the native White and Bullhead Catfish numbers have been greatly
reduced, and therefore, are not included in the lakes that have established
populations of invasive catfish. Typically Carp, Redhorse Spp., and Sucker
Spp. are not game fish and/or targeted for table fair and therefore are not
included and are no longer tested for the Fish Consumption Guidelines.
Georgia Public Lakes 500 Acres or Larger
Lake Allatoona Coosa River Basin
Species Less than 12” 12” – 16” Over 16” Chemical
Black Crappie No Restrictions
Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions
Hybrid Bass No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury
Mercury,
Spotted Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions 1 meal/week PCBs
Stripped Bass 1 meal/week PCBs
Bluegill Sunfish Spp. No Restrictions
White Bass Do Not Eat Thallium
Lake Andrews Chattahoochee River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Catfish Spp. No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass 1 meal/week 1 meal/week 1 meal/week Mercury
Sunfish Spp. No Restrictions
Banks Lake Suwannee River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12” - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass 1 meal/week 1 meal/month Mercury
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Bear Creek Reservoir Oconee River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12” - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish 1 meal/week Mercury
Channel Catfish 1 meal/week 1 meal/week Mercury
Largemouth Bass 1 meal/week 1 meal/week Mercury
Redbreast Sunfish 1 meal/week Mercury
Redear Sunfish No Restrictions

Lake Blackshear Flint River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions
Flathead Catfish No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass* No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions
*Only Largemouth Bass greater than 14 inches may be kept.

Black Shoals Lake (Randy Poynter Lake) Ocmulgee River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Black Crappie 1 meal/week Mercury
Channel Catfish No Restrictions 1 meal/week 1 meal/week Mercury
Largemouth Bass 1 meal/week 1 meal/week Mercury
Redear Sunfish No Restrictions

Lake Blue Ridge Tennessee River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass 1 meal/week 1 meal/month Mercury

Spotted Bass No Restrictions 1 meal/week 1 meal/week Mercury,

PCBs
Walleye 1 meal/week 1 meal/week Mercury,
PCBs
White Bass 1 meal/week Mercury

Lake Burton Tennessee River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Brown Trout 1 meal/week Mercury
Catfish Spp. No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass 1 meal/week 1 meal/week Mercury
Spotted Bass No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury
Walleye No Restrictions

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Carters Lake Coosa River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Catfish Spp. No Restrictions No Restrictions
Hybrid Bass No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions
Spotted Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury
Striped Bass No Restrictions
Walleye No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury

Lake Chatuge Tennessee River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Catfish Spp. No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury
Hybrid Bass 1 meal/week Mercury
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury
Spotted Bass 1 meal/week 1 meal/week 1 meal/week PCBs

Clarks Hill Lake (J. Strom Thurmond) Savannah River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Black Crappie No Restrictions No Restrictions
Brown Bullhead No Restrictions
Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions
Hybrid Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions 1 meal/week 1 meal/week Mercury
Striped Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Redear Sunfish No Restrictions
White Perch No Restrictions No Restrictions
Yellow Bullhead No Restrictions

Goat Rock Lake Chattahoochee River Basin

Species Less than 12” 12” – 16” Over 16” Chemical
Black Crappie No Restrictions No Restrictions
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Channel Catfish 1 meal/week 1 meal/month Mercury, PCBs
Hybrid Bass 1 meal/month 1 meal/month PCBs
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions 1 meal/month Mercury, PCBs
White Bass 1 meal/month 1 meal/month PCBs

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Lake Harding (Bartletts Ferry) Chattahoochee River Basin
Species Less than 12” 12” – 16” Over 16” Chemical
Black Crappie No Restrictions 1 meal/week PCBs
Channel Catfish 1 meal/week No Restrictions 1 meal/week PCBs
Hybrid Bass No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury, PCBs
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions 1 meal/month Mercury
Spotted Bass 1 meal/week 1 meal/week Mercury, PCBs
Striped Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions
White Bass 1 meal/week Mercury, PCBs

Lake Hartwell: Tugaloo Arm Savannah River Basin

Species Less than 12” 12” – 16” Over 16” Chemical
Black Crappie No Restrictions No Restrictions
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions
Hybrid & Striped
Bass No Restrictions 1 meal/month 1 meal/month Mercury, PCBs
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury, PCBs
Spotted Bass No Restrictions
Walleye 1 meal/week Mercury

Lake Hartwell:
Main Body, D.S. Andersonville IS. GA/SC Listing Savannah River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Channel Catfish 1 meal/month 1 meal/month 1 meal/month PCBs
Hybrid/Strip Bass Do Not Eat Do Not Eat Do Not Eat PCBs
Largemouth Bass 1 meal/month 1 meal/month 1 meal/month PCBs
Spotted Bass 1 meal/month 1 meal/month 1 meal/month PCBs
Striped Bass Do Not Eat Do Not Eat Do Not Eat PCBs
Main Body. Guidance issued with South Carolina DHEC
(https//scdhec.gov/lake-Hartwell-fish-consumption-advisory)

High Falls Lake Ocmulgee River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Black Crappie No Restrictions No Restrictions
Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions
Hybrid Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions
Redear Sunfish 1 meal/month Thallium

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Jackson Lake Ocmulgee River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Black Crappie No Restrictions No Restrictions
Blue Catfish No Restrictions
Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass 1 meal/week No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury
Redear Sunfish No Restrictions
Snail Bullhead No Restrictions
Spotted Bass 1 meal/week PCBs
White Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions

Lake Juliette Ocmulgee River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Catfish Spp. No Restrictions No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass* No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions
Redear Sunfish No Restrictions
Striped Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions

Lake Sydney Lanier Chattahoochee River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Black Crappie No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Catfish Spp. No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions 1 meal/week * 1 meal/month Mercury
Spotted Bass 1 meal/week * 1 meal/week PCBs
Striped Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions
Walleye 1 meal/week Mercury
White Bass 1 meal/week Mercury
*Only Largemouth, Spotted, and Shoal Bass greater than 14 inches may be kept.

Lake Nottely Tennessee River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16 " Over 16 " Chemical
Black Crappie No Restrictions
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Catfish Spp. 1 meal/week No Restrictions Mercury
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions 1 meal/week 1 meal/week Mercury
Spotted Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions
Striped Bass 1 meal/week Mercury

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Lake Oconee Oconee River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16 " Over 16 " Chemical
Black Crappie No Restrictions No Restrictions
Blue Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions
Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions
Hybrid Bass No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass* No Restrictions 1 meal/week No Restrictions Mercury
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Redbreast Sunfish No Restrictions
White Catfish No Restrictions
*Only Largemouth Bass greater than 14 inches may be kept.

Lake Oliver Chattahoochee River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16 " Over 16 " Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish 1 meal/week Antimony
Chromium,
Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions 1 meal/month PCBs
Hybrid Bass No Restrictions
1 meal/week 1 meal/week Mercury,
Largemouth Bass PCBs
Redear Sunfish No Restrictions

Lake Rabun Savannah River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16 " Over 16 " Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish 1 meal/week Selenium
Catfish Spp. No Restrictions No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions 1 meal/week 1 meal/week Mercury
Spotted Bass 1 meal/week 1 meal/month Mercury
Walleye No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury

Lake Richard B. Russell Savannah River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16 " Over 16 " Chemical
Black Crappie No Restrictions No Restrictions
Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions
Flat Bullhead 1 meal/week Mercury
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions
Spotted Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions
Sunfish Spp. No Restrictions
White Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury

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Lake Seminole Chattahoochee/Flint River Basin (Apalachicola)
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16 " Over 16 " Chemical
Black Crappie No Restrictions No Restrictions
Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions
Spotted Sucker No Restrictions No Restrictions
Sunfish Spp. No Restrictions
Yellow Bullhead No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury

Lake Sinclair Oconee River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16 " Over 16 " Chemical
Black Crappie No Restrictions No Restrictions
Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions
Hybrid Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions
Yellow Bullhead 1 meal/month Mercury

Lake Tobesofkee Ocmulgee River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16 " Over 16 " Chemical
Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions 1 meal/week 1 meal/week Mercury

Lake Tugalo Savannah River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16 " Over 16 " Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Catfish Spp. No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions
Spotted Bass 1 meal/week 1 meal/week Mercury
Walleye 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
Channel Catfish No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass 1 meal/week 1 meal/week Mercury
Redear Sunfish 1 meal/week Cadmium

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Lake Walter F. George (Eufaula) Chattahoochee River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16 " Over 16" Chemical
Black Crappie No Restrictions No Restrictions
Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions
Hybrid Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass * No Restrictions No Restrictions
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Redear Sunfish 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
Black Crappie No Restrictions
Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions 1 meal/week PCBs
Hybrid Bass 1 meal/week No Restrictions 1 meal/week PCBs
Largemouth Bass * No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury
Spotted Bass No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury
Striped Bass No Restrictions
*Only Largemouth Bass greater than 14 inches may be kept.

Lake Worth/Lake Chehaw (Flint River Reservoir) Flint River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16 " Over 16" Chemical
Channel Catfish 1 meal/week Mercury
Largemouth Bass 1 meal/week Mercury

Lake Worth/Lake Chehaw (Old Lake Worth Reservoir) Flint River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16 " Over 16" Chemical
Flathead Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass 1 meal/week 1 meal/week Mercury
Redear Sunfish No Restrictions

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 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 Coosa River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions

Allen Creek Wildlife Management Area, Ponds A and B Oconee River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass 1 meal/week 1 meal/week PCBs
§§
Antioch Lake, East & West (Rocky Mountain PFA) Coosa River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Black Crappie No Restrictions No Restrictions
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions

§§
Lake Bennett (Marben PFA, Charlie Elliot Wildlife Center) Oconee River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Channel Catfish No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions
Redear Sunfish No Restrictions

§§
Big Lazer PFA (Gum Creek Impoundment) Flint River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Channel Catfish No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury

§§
Lake Buncombe (A.H Stephens State Park) Savannah River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions

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Bush Field Airport, Augusta: Unnamed Pond Savannah River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury

Cedar Creek Reservoir Oconee River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Catfish Spp. No Restrictions No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury

Clayton County Water Authority: Blalock Reservoir Ocmulgee River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Black Crappie No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions

Clayton County Water Authority: Shamrock Reservoir Ocmulgee River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions

§§
Dodge County PFA (Steve Bell Lake) Ocmulgee River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12 - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions

§§
Evans County PFA Ogeechee River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Channel Catfish No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions 1 meal/week 1 meal/week 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 No Restrictions

Hamburg Millpond (Hamburg State Park) Ogeechee River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury
Redear Sunfish No Restrictions
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Heath Lake (Rocky Mountain PFA) Coosa River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Black Crappie No Restrictions No Restrictions
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Channel Catfish 1 meal/week Mercury, PCBs
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions
§§
Hugh M. Gillis PFA Oconee River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Black Crappie No Restrictions No Restrictions
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions
Ken Gardens Lake (Albany, Georgia) Flint River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Brown Bullhead No Restrictions
Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury
Kolomoki Lake (Kolomoki Mounds State Park) Chattahoochee River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Largemouth Bass 1 meal/week 1 meal/week 1 meal/week Mercury
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Redear Sunfish No Restrictions

Lake Mayers (City of Baxley) Altamaha River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Black Crappie No Restrictions
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions 1 meal/week 1 meal/week Mercury

Laura S Walker Lake Suwannee River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Largemouth Bass 1 meal/month 1 meal/month 1 meal/month Mercury
Sunfish Spp. 1 meal/week Mercury
Little Ocmulgee State Park Lake (Gum Creek Swamp) Ocmulgee River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Brown Bullhead 1 meal/week Mercury
Largemouth Bass 1 meal/week 1 meal/month Mercury

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Lonice C. Barrett Lake (Flat Creek PFA ) Ocmulgee River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Channel Catfish 1 meal/week PCBs
Largemouth Bass 1 meal/week 1 meal/month Mercury
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Redear Sunfish No Restrictions
§§
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 Restriction No Restrictions
§§
McDuffie PFA (East Watershed Ponds) Savannah River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Channel Catfish No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions
§§
McDuffie PFA (West Watershed Ponds) Savannah River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Channel Catfish No Restrictions 1 meal/week 1 meal/week PCBs
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions
Ocmulgee PFA Lake Ocmulgee River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
White Crappie No Restrictions
Lake Olmstead (Richmond County) Savannah River Basin
Species Less than 12" Less than 12" Over 16" Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury
§§
Paradise PFA (Lake Bobben) Suwannee River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions
§§
Paradise PFA (Horseshoe 4) Suwannee River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Channel Catfish No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions
§§
Paradise PFA (Lake Patrick) Suwannee River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Bluegill No Restrictions
Catfish Spp. No Restrictions No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions
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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 1 meal/month Mercury
Sunfish Spp. 1 meal/week Mercury
White Catfish 1 meal/month Mercury
Lake Rutledge (Hard Labor Creek State Park) Oconee River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Channel Catfish No Restrictions No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions
Lake Seed Savannah River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" 12" - 16" Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
§§
Shepherd Lake (Marben PFA, Charlie Elliot Wildlife Center) Oconee River Basin
Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" 12" - 16" Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass * No Restrictions No Restrictions

Silver Lake PFA Flint River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16" Over 16" Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions No Restrictions

Stone Mountain Lake Ocmulgee River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16 " Over 16 " Chemical
Largemouth Bass 1 meal/month 1 meal/week 1 meal/week Mercury

Tribble Mill Lake (Gwinnett County) Ocmulgee River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16 " Over 16 " Chemical
Black Crappie No Restrictions
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury

Yohola Lake (Kolomoki Mounds State Park) Chattahoochee River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16 " Over 16 " Chemical
Largemouth Bass 1 meal/week 1 meal/week Mercury

Yonah Lake Savannah River Basin

Species Less than 12" 12" - 16 " Over 16 " Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions
Spotted Bass No Restrictions No Restrictions 1 meal/week Mercury
Walleye 1meal/month Mercury
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Georgia Freshwater Rivers and Creeks
Please note that the consumption guidelines for Georgia rivers are presented in a
different format from the lake tables. Reservoirs and lakes are broken down into size
classes based off of the length limits.

Due to the length and variable flow of rivers, consumption guidelines may vary from
one stretch of river to the next, so the site tested is relevant and important to the
consumption guideline in that section of the river.

Due to the introduction and propagation of the invasive Flathead and Blue Catfish,
the native White and Bullhead Catfish numbers have been greatly reduced, and
therefore, are not included in the rivers and creeks that have established populations
of invasive catfish. Typically Bowfin, Smallmouth Buffalo, Carp, Chub, Chubsuckers,
Redhorse Spp., Stonerollers, Striped Jumprock, and Sucker Spp. are not game fish
and/or targeted for table fair and are no longer tested for the Fish Consumption
Guidelines.
Altamaha River
Near Baxley, Ga. (U.S. Hwy 1) Altamaha River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish U.S. Hwy 1 No Restrictions
Blue Catfish U.S. Hwy 1 No Restrictions
Channel Catfish U.S. Hwy 1 No Restrictions
Flathead Catfish U.S. Hwy 1 1 meal/week Mercury
Largemouth Bass U.S. Hwy 1 1 meal/week Mercury
Altamaha River
Near Jesup, Ga. (U.S. Hwy 25/84) Altamaha River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish U.S. Hwy 25/84 No Restrictions
Channel Catfish U.S. Hwy 25/84 No Restrictions
Flathead Catfish U.S. Hwy 84 1 meal/month Mercury, PCBs
Hybrid Bass Altamaha Park 1 meal/week Mercury
Largemouth Bass U.S. Hwy 25/84 1 meal/month Mercury
Redear Sunfish U.S. Hwy 84 1 meal/week Mercury
Striped Mullet Altamaha Park No Restrictions

Ohoopee River (Near Reidsville, Ga., Tattnall County) Altamaha River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Catfish Spp. Ga. Hwy 280 to 56 1 meal/week Mercury
Largemouth Bass Ga. Hwy 280 to 56 1 meal/month Mercury
Redbreast Sunfish Ga. Hwy 280 to 56 1 meal/week Mercury

Chattahoochee River (Near Helen) Chattahoochee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Redeye Bass Ga. Hwy 75, Helen 1 meal/week Mercury
Snail Bullhead Ga. Hwy 75, Helen 1 meal/week Mercury
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Chattahoochee River (Above Lake Lanier) Chattahoochee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Black Bass Spp. Belton Bridge Road 1 meal/week Mercury

Chattahoochee River
(Buford Dam to Morgan Falls Dam) Chattahoochee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish at Buford Hatchery 1 meal/week PCBs
Trout Spp. at Buford Hatchery No Restrictions
Yellow Perch Above Morgan Falls No Restrictions

Chattahoochee River
(Morgan Falls Dam to Peachtree Creek) Chattahoochee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Black Bass Spp. Below Morgan Falls No Restrictions
Bluegill Sunfish Below Morgan Falls No Restrictions
Trout Spp. Below Morgan Falls No Restrictions

Chattahoochee River
(Peachtree Creek to Pea Creek) Chattahoochee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish SR 166 (DNR boat ramp) 1 meal/week PCBs
Channel Catfish SR 166 (DNR boat ramp) No Restrictions
Chattahoochee River
(Coweta County) Chattahoochee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Sunfish River Bend Park No Restrictions
Chattahoochee River
Special Advisory for Striped Bass
(Morgan Falls Dam to West Point Lake, below Franklin) Chattahoochee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Black Bass Sp.
(Largemouth, Morgan Falls Dam to
1 meal/week Mercury
Smallmouth, I-285
Shoal, Spotted)
Morgan Falls Dam to
Striped Bass 1 meal/month Mercury, PCBs
I-285
NOTE: One population of striped bass migrates annually between West Point Lake
and Morgan Falls Dam. Sampled population represents this stretch of river and lake.
Chattahoochee River/Centralhatchee Creek
(Pea Creek to West Point Lake, below Franklin) Chattahoochee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Channel Catfish U.S. 27/SR16 No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass U.S. 27/SR16 1 meal/week Mercury
Shoal Bass U.S. 27/SR16 1 meal/week Mercury
Spotted Bass U.S. 27/SR16 No Restrictions

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Chattahoochee River
(West Point Dam to Interstate 85) Chattahoochee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Flat Bullhead Catfish Below Dam No Restrictions

Largemouth Bass Below Dam No Restrictions

Spotted Bass Below Dam 1 meal/week Antimony,

Mercury

Chattahoochee River
(Oliver Dam to Upatoi Creek, Muscogee County) Chattahoochee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Catfish Spp. Oliver Dam to Eagle No Restrictions
Phoenix Dam
Largemouth Bass Oliver Dam to Eagle 1 meal/month PCBs
Phoenix Dam
Spotted Bass U/S From North 1 meal/week Mercury

Chattahoochee River
(Chattahoochee Co. to Stewart Co.; Upatoi Ck to Omaha) Chattahoochee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Black Crappie Oswichee Creek No Restrictions
Channel Catfish Oswichee Creek 1 meal/month PCBs
Largemouth Bass Oswichee Creek 1 meal/week Mercury

Chattahoochee River (Early County) Chattahoochee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Blue Catfish Hwy 91 No Restrictions

Chattahoochee River (Seminole County) Chattahoochee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Flathead Catfish Callawahee Bridge No Restrictions

Chestatee River (Headwaters, Turners Corner) Chattahoochee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Redeye Bass Hwy 19 No Restrictions

Chestatee River (Tesnatee River to Lake Lanier) Chattahoochee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Catfish Spp. Downstream Ga. 400 No Restrictions
Spotted Bass Downstream Ga. 400 1 meal/week Mercury
Sunfish Spp. Downstream Ga. 400 No Restrictions

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Mud Creek (Near Lula, Hall County) Chattahoochee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Channel Catfish Pea Ridge Rd nr Lula No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass Pea Ridge Rd nr Lula 1 meal/month Mercury
Mud Creek (Near Powder Springs, Cobb County) Chattahoochee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish Ga. Hwy 360 No Restrictions

Nickajack Creek (Cobb County) Chattahoochee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish Cooper Lake Road No Restrictions
Olley Creek (Near Austell, Cobb County) Chattahoochee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Redbreast Sunfish Clay Road No Restrictions
Proctor Creek (near Atlanta, Ga., Fulton County) Chattahoochee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Redbreast & Green N. Ave/James Jackson PCBs, Dieldrin,
Sunfish Pkwy 1 meal/month Heptachlor
Epoxide
Yellow & Brown N. Ave/James Jackson PCBs, Dieldrin,
Bullhead Pkwy 1 meal/week Heptachlor
Epoxide
Sewell Mill Creek (Cobb County) Chattahoochee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish Ga. Hwy 120 No Restrictions

Upatoi Creek Chattahoochee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Largemouth Bass Above Mouth 1 meal/week Mercury
Spotted Bass Above Mouth 1 meal/week Mercury
Allatoona Creek (Cobb County) Coosa River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Redbreast Sunfish Ga. Hwy 176 No Restrictions
Spotted Bass Ga. Hwy 176 1 meal/week Mercury

Chattooga River (Northwest Georgia) Coosa River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish Chattoogaville No Restrictions
Redeye Bass
Black Crappie Chattoogaville 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
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Conasauga River:
State Line to Hwy 286 (Hwy 2) Coosa River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Black Crappie Ga. Hwy 2 No Restrictions
Spotted Bass Ga. Hwy 2 1 meal/week Mercury
Conasauga River:
Hwy 286 to Calhoun (Old Tilton Bridge) Coosa River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Channel Catfish Old Tilton Bridge 1 meal/week PCBs
Spotted Bass Old Tilton Bridge No Restrictions
White Bass Old Tilton Bridge 1 meal/month PCBs

Coosa River (River Mile Zero to Hwy 100) Coosa River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Black Crappie River Mile 2, Rome No Restrictions
Blue Catfish <32” River Mile 2 & 1 meal/month PCBs
Hwy 100
Blue Catfish >32” River Mile 2 & 1 meal/month Mercury, PCBs
Hwy 100
Largemouth Bass River Mile 2, Rome 1 meal/week Mercury, PCBs
Spotted Bass River Mile 2, Rome 1 meal/week Mercury
White Bass Below May’s Bar No Restrictions

Coosa River (Hwy 100 to Stateline) Coosa River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Black Crappie Foster Bend 1 meal/week PCBs
Blue Catfish <32” Hwy 100 1 meal/week Mercury
Blue Catfish >32” Hwy 100 1 meal/week Mercury,
Channel Catfish Below Hwy 100 and at 1 meal/month PCBs
Brushy Branch
Flathead Catfish Hwy 100 1 meal/week Mercury
Largemouth Bass Below Hwy 100 and at 1 meal/week Mercury, PCBs
Brushy Branch
Spotted Bass Below Hwy 100 and at No Restrictions
Brushy Branch
White Bass Hwy 100 to Stateline 1 meal/week Toxaphene
Coosa River: Special Striped Bass
(River mile Zero in Rome to Stateline/Lake Weiss) Coosa River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Striped Bass <22” Multiple sites on Coosa 1 meal/month PCBs
Striped Bass >22" Multiple sites on Coosa 1 meal/month 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.
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Coosawattee River (Below Carters Lake Dam) Coosa River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish Owens Gin Road No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass At US Hwy 441 1 meal/week Mercury
Redeye Bass Owens Gin Road 1 meal/week Mercury
Spotted Bass At US Hwy 441 No Restrictions

Etowah River (Above Lake Allatoona, Cherokee County) Coosa River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Spotted Bass SR 5 Spur 1 meal/week Mercury
White Bass SR 5 Spur 1 meal/week Mercury

Etowah River (Below Lake Allatoona, Bartow/Floyd Counties) Coosa River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish Below Allatoona Dam No Restrictions
Channel Catfish U.S. Hwy 411 No Restrictions
Spotted Bass Below Allatoona Dam 1 meal/week Mercury, PCBs
Striped Bass * Below Allatoona Dam * No Restrictions
*See also “Coosa River: Special Striped Bass”
Jones Creek (U.S. Forest Service Rd. 28-1) Coosa River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Brown Trout Lumpkin County No Restrictions

Little Dry Creek (Floyd County) Coosa River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Antimony,
Bluegill Sunfish Near Rome 1 meal/month Thallium

Mill Creek (Whitfield County) Coosa River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Redbreast Sunfish Near Dalton No Restrictions

Noonday Creek Coosa River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Redbreast Sunfish Cobb County No Restrictions

Oostanaula River (Floyd/Gordon Counties) Coosa River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Ga. Hwy 156, Calhoun,
Bluegill Sunfish GA. Hwy 140 No Restrictions
Channel Catfish Ga. Hwy 140 No Restrictions
Spotted Bass Ga. Hwy 140 1 meal/week Mercury
See also “Coosa River: Special Striped Bass”
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Proctor Creek (Near Acworth, Cobb County) Coosa River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Green Sunfish Ga. Hwy 293, Old US 41 No Restrictions

Swamp Creek (Whitfield County) Coosa River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Redeye Bass Redwine Cove Road 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

Beaver Creek (Tributary to Patsiliga Creek) Flint River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Yellow Bullhead Taylor County 1 meal/month Mercury,
Thallium
Flint River (Spalding/Fayette Counties) Flint River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Largemouth Bass Ga. Hwy 92 1 meal/week Mercury
Shoal Bass Ga. Hwy 92 No Restrictions

Flint River (Meriwether/Pike/Upson Counties) Flint River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Black Bass Spp. Ga. Hwy 18 1 meal/week Mercury
Catfish Spp. Ga. Hwy 18 No Restrictions
Sunfish Spp. Ga. Hwy 18 No Restrictions
Flint River (Taylor County) Flint River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Catfish Spp. U.S. Hwy 80 No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass U.S. Hwy 80 1 meal/week Mercury
Shoal Bass U.S. Hwy 80 No Restrictions
Striped Bass U.S. Hwy 80 No Restrictions
Flint River (Above Lake Blackshear, Macon/Dooly Counties) Flint River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Black Bass Spp. Oglethorpe, Ga. Hwy 49 1 meal/week Mercury
Channel Catfish Oglethorpe, Ga. Hwy 49 No Restrictions

Flint River (Below Lake Blackshear, Worth/Lee Counties) Flint River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Black Bass Spp. No. Albany, Ga. Hwy 32 No Restrictions
Channel Catfish No. Albany, Ga. Hwy 32 No Restrictions
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Flint River (Dougherty/Baker/Mitchell Counties) Flint River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Flathead Catfish <16” - No Restrictions
Flathead Catfish 16-30” Above Newton, GA 1 meal/week Mercury
Flathead Catfish >30” - 1 meal/week Mercury

Largemouth Bass Below Albany & No Restrictions

Merck
Flint River (Decatur County) Flint River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Black Bass Spp. East Bank near No Restrictions
Bainbridge
Gum Creek Flint River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Largemouth Bass Crisp County 1 meal/week Mercury
Ichawaynochaway Creek Flint River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Largemouth Bass Cordays Millpond 1 meal/week Mercury

Kinchafoonee Creek (Sumter/Lee Counties) Flint River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Black Bass Spp. Ga. Hwy 49 to 118 1 meal/week Mercury
Sucker No Restrictions

Muckalee Creek (Sumter/Lee Counties) Flint River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Black Bass Spp. McLittle Bridge Rd. to 1 meal/week Mercury
Ga. Hwy 118

Patsiliga Creek (Upstream of Beaver Creek, Taylor County) Flint River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Chain Pickerel McCants Millpond to 1 meal/week Mercury

Largemouth Bass McCants Millpond to No Restrictions

Patsiliga Creek (Downstream of Beaver Creek) Flint River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bass Spp. * Taylor County 1 meal/month Mercury
*Bass: Largemouth & Shoal

Spring Creek (Seminole/Decatur/Miller Counties) Flint River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Largemouth Bass Ga. Hwy 84 1 meal/week Mercury
Sunfish Spp. Ga. Hwy 84 1 meal/week Mercury
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Ochlockonee River (Moultrie to Thomasville) Ochlockonee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Catfish Spp. Hwy 19 1 meal/week Mercury
Largemouth Bass Hwy 19 1 meal/month Mercury
Sunfish Spp. Hwy 19 1 meal/week Mercury
Warmouth Hwy 19 1 meal/week Mercury
Ochlockonee River (Thomasville to State Line) Ochlockonee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Largemouth Bass Ga. Hwy 93 1 meal/month Mercury
Sunfish Spp. Ga. Hwy 93 No Restrictions

Ocmulgee River (Butts/Monroe Counties) Ocmulgee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Catfish Spp. Below Lake Jackson No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass Below Lake Jackson No Restrictions
Spotted Bass Below Lake Jackson No Restrictions

Ocmulgee River (Jones/Monroe Counties) Ocmulgee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Channel Catfish Popes Ferry No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass Popes Ferry No Restrictions
Shoal Bass Popes Ferry 1 meal/week Mercury

Ocmulgee River (Bibb County) Ocmulgee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Black Crappie 6 Miles Downstream of 1 meal/week Mercury
Tobesofkee Creek
Channel Catfish 6 Miles Downstream of No Restrictions
Tobesofkee Creek
Flathead Catfish 6 Miles Downstream of No Restrictions
Tobesofkee Creek
Largemouth Bass 6 Miles Downstream of 1 meal/week Mercury
Tobesofkee Creek

Ocmulgee River (Houston/Twiggs Counties) Ocmulgee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Channel Catfish Ga. Hwy 96 No Restrictions
Flathead Catfish Ga. Hwy 96 No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass Ga. Hwy 96 1 meal/week Mercury

Ocmulgee River (Pulaski County) Ocmulgee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Channel Catfish Hawkinsville 1 meal/week Mercury
Largemouth Bass Hawkinsville No Restrictions
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Ocmulgee River (Wilcox/Dodge/Ben Hill/Telfair Counties) Ocmulgee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish U.S. Hwy 280 1 meal/week Mercury
Channel Catfish U.S. Hwy 280 No Restrictions
Flathead Catfish U.S. Hwy 280 1 meal/month Mercury
Largemouth Bass U.S. Hwy 441 1 meal/week Mercury
Redbreast Sunfish U.S. Hwy 280 No Restrictions

Ocmulgee River (Telfair/Coffee/Jeff Davis Counties) Ocmulgee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Blue Catfish Hwy 221 No Restrictions
Channel Catfish Jeff Davis County No Restrictions
US Hwy 341/
Flathead Catfish Flat Tub Rd 1 meal/week Mercury
Largemouth Bass US Hwy 341 1 meal/week Mercury

South River (DeKalb/Rockdale County) Ocmulgee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish Hwy 155, Panola Shoals 1 meal/week PCBs
Largemouth Bass Hwy 155, Panola Shoals No Restrictions
Snail Bullhead Hwy 155, Panola Shoals 1 meal/week PCBs

South River (Henry County) Ocmulgee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Black Crappie Snapping Shoals 1 meal/week PCBs
Channel Catfish Below Snapping Shoals No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass Snapping Shoals No Restrictions
Redear Sunfish Snapping Shoals No Restrictions
Spotted Bass Snapping Shoals No Restrictions

South River (Butts County) Ocmulgee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Black Crappie Ga. Hwy 36 No Restrictions
Brown Bullhead Ga. Hwy 36 No Restrictions
Channel Catfish Ga. Hwy 36 1 meal/week PCBs
Largemouth Bass Ga. Hwy 36 No Restrictions
Redear Sunfish Ga. Hwy 36 No Restrictions
Snail Bullhead Ga. Hwy 36 No Restrictions
White Catfish Ga. Hwy 36 No Restrictions
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Yellow River Ocmulgee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Channel Catfish Hwy 36 No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass Hwy 36 No Restrictions

Apalachee River Oconee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Blue Catfish Apalachee Beach No Restrictions
Channel Catfish Apalachee Beach No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass Apalachee Beach No Restrictions

Middle Oconee River (Above & Below Athens) Oconee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Redbreast Sunfish Mitchell Bridge Rd No Restrictions

North Oconee River (Above and Below Athens, Clarke County) Oconee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Flat Bullhead Whitehall Rd. (Below) No Restrictions
Redbreast Sunfish Newton Bridge Road No Restrictions
Whitehall Rd. (Below)

Oconee River (Clarke/Oconee/Greene Counties)/Cedar Creek

Barnett Shoals Dam to Lake Oconee Oconee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish Barnett Shoals Drive No Restrictions
Catfish Spp. Ga. Hwy 15 No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass Barnett Shoals Drive 1 meal/week Mercury
Spotted Bass Barnett Shoals Drive No Restrictions

Oconee River (Baldwin/Wilkinson Counties) Oconee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Channel Catfish Milledgeville to Dublin No Restrictions
Flathead Catfish Milledgeville to Dublin No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass Bear Dam WMA 1 meal/week Mercury

Oconee River (Laurens County) Oconee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Channel Catfish I-16 No Restrictions
Flathead Catfish I-16 1 meal/week Mercury
Largemouth Bass I-16 No Restrictions
Redbreast Sunfish I-16 No Restrictions

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Canoochee River (Hwy 192 to Ogeechee River) Ogeechee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Catfish Spp. Daisy Nevils Rd. nr Daisy 1 meal/week Mercury
Largemouth Bass Daisy Nevils Rd. nr Daisy 1 meal/month Mercury
Sunfish Spp. Daisy Nevils Rd. nr Daisy 1 meal/month Mercury
Snail Bullhead Daisy Nevils Rd. nr Daisy 1 meal/month Mercury

Ogeechee River (Jefferson County, Louisville) Ogeechee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bullhead U.S. Hwy 1 1 meal/month Mercury
Largemouth Bass U.S. Hwy 1 1 meal/month Mercury
Redbreast Sunfish U.S. Hwy 1 1 meal/week Mercury

Ogeechee River (Burke County, Midville) Ogeechee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Largemouth Bass Ga. Hwy 56 1 meal/month Mercury
Redbreast Sunfish Ga. Hwy 56 1 meal/week Mercury

Ogeechee River (Jenkins County, Millen) Ogeechee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Flat Bullhead Scarboro Road 1 meal/week Mercury
Hybrid Bass U.S. Hwy 25 1 meal/week Mercury
Largemouth Bass Scarboro Road 1 meal/week Mercury
Redbreast Sunfish Scarboro Road No Restrictions
Snail Bullhead U.S. Hwy 25 No Restrictions
Striped Bass U.S. Hwy 25 1 meal/week Mercury

Ogeechee River (Bulloch County, near Statesboro) Ogeechee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Channel Catfish U.S. Hwy 301 1 meal/week Mercury
Largemouth Bass U.S. Hwy 301 1 meal/month Mercury
Redbreast Sunfish U.S. Hwy 301 No Restrictions
Snail Bullhead U.S. Hwy 301 1 meal/week Mercury
Yellow Bullhead U.S. Hwy 301 1 meal/week Mercury
Ogeechee River (Bulloch/Effingham Counties) Ogeechee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish Hwy 119 1 meal/week Mercury
Largemouth Bass Hwy 119 1 meal/week Mercury
Redbreast Sunfish Hwy 119 1 meal/week Mercury, PCBs

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Ogeechee River (Bryan County, Black Ck near Ellabelle) Ogeechee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Channel Catfish Black Creek at Ogeechee 1 meal/month Mercury

Largemouth Bass Black Creek at Ogeechee 1 meal/month Mercury

River
Redbreast Sunfish Black Creek at Ogeechee 1 meal/week Mercury

Ogeechee River (Near Ft. McAllister) Ogeechee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Striped Mullet Fort McAllister No Restrictions
Short Creek (Warren County) Ogeechee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Sunfish Spp. Warren County 1 meal/week Mercury

Satilla River (Near Waycross, Ware/Brantley Counties) Satilla River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bullhead U.S. Hwy 84 1 meal/week Mercury
Flathead Catfish CCC to Warners Landing 1 meal/week Mercury
Largemouth Bass U.S. Hwy 84 1 meal/month Mercury,
Redbreast Sunfish U.S. Hwy 84 1 meal/week PCBs

Satilla River (Folkston, Burnt Fort, Charlton/Camden Counties) Satilla River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bullhead-Catfish Spp. Ga. Hwy 252 1 meal/week Mercury
Flathead Catfish <30” Ga. Hwy 252 1 meal/month Mercury
Flathead Catfish >30” Ga. Hwy 252 1 meal/month Mercury
Largemouth Bass Ga. Hwy 252 1 meal/month Mercury
Sunfish Spp. Ga. Hwy 252 1 meal/week Mercury
White Catfish Ga. Hwy 252 1 meal/week Mercury
Brier Creek (Burke County) Savannah River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Largemouth Bass Ga. Hwy 56 1 meal/month Mercury
Chattooga River (Northeast Georgia, Rabun County) Savannah River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Brown Trout Burrell’s Ford Bridge No Restrictions
Green Sunfish Hwy 28 nr Pine Mountain No Restrictions
Redbreast Sunfish Burrell’s Ford Bridge 1 meal/week Mercury
Mercury,
Redeye Bass Hwy 28 nr Pine Mountain 1 meal/week Selenium

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Coleman River (Near Mouth, Rabun County) Savannah River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Rainbow Trout Near Tate City Rd. No Restrictions

Ebenezer Creek Savannah River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish Tommy Long Boat Ramp 1 meal/week Mercury
Largemouth Bass Tommy Long Boat Ramp 1 meal/month Mercury
White Catfish Tommy Long Boat Ramp 1 meal/week Mercury

Panther Creek (Stephens County) Savannah River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish At Yonah Dam Road No Restrictions
Channel Catfish At Yonah Dam Road 1 meal/week Mercury
Flat Bullhead At Yonah Dam Road 1 meal/week Mercury
Largemouth Bass At Yonah Dam Road 1 meal/week Mercury
White Catfish At Yonah Dam Road 1 meal/week Mercury

Savannah River (Below Clarks Hill Dam, Columbia County) Savannah River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Largemouth Bass Above New Savannah No Restrictions
Bluff Lock & Dam
Striped Mullet Above New Savannah No Restrictions
Bluff Lock & Dam
Sunfish Spp. Above New Savannah No Restrictions
Bluff Lock & Dam/SR 28
Savannah River (Richmond/Burke Counties) Savannah River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Flathead Catfish Plant Vogtle No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass Below New Savannah 1 meal/week Mercury
Bluff Lock & Dam/Olin
Striped Mullet Below New Savannah No Restrictions
Bluff Lock & Dam/Olin
Specific consumption guidelines have not been issued for the radionuclides cesium-137 &
strontium-90, in the Savannah River (Burke/Screven Counties), 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
Bluegill Sunfish U.S. Hwy 301 1 meal/week Mercury
Channel Catfish U.S. Hwy 301 No Restrictions
Flathead Catfish U.S. Hwy 301 No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass U.S. Hwy 301 1 meal/month Mercury
Redear Sunfish U.S. Hwy 301 No Restrictions
Specific consumption guidelines have not been issued for the radionuclides cesium-137 &
strontium-90, in the Savannah River (Burke/Screven Counties), 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) Savannah River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Channel Catfish Ga. Hwy 119 No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass Ga. Hwy 119 1 meal/week Mercury
Sunfish Spp. Ga. Hwy 119 No Restrictions

Savannah River (Fort Howard) Savannah River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bowfin Near Rincon 1 meal/month Mercury
Channel Catfish U.S. Hwy 17 No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass Near Rincon, I-95, and 1 meal/week Mercury
U.S. Hwy 17
Redbreast Sunfish Near Rincon No Restrictions
White Catfish Near Rincon 1 meal/week Mercury

Savannah River (Tidal Gate) Savannah River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
White Catfish Tidal Gate 1 meal/week Mercury

Savannah River: Special Striped Bass

(New Savannah Bluff Lock & Dam to Estuary, Chatham Co.) Savannah River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Striped Bass 26” and Multiple locations, over Mercury.
greater in length 1 meal/month * PCBs,
section noted above Thallium
* Because there is considerable variation in how much mercury these large predatory fish con-
tain, 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 26 inches.
Spirit Creek Savannah River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish Above Richmond Do Not Eat Mercury,
Factory Pond Thallium
Largemouth Bass Above Richmond Do Not Eat Thallium
Factory Pond
Redear Sunfish Above Richmond Do Not Eat Thallium
Factory Pond

Tallulah River Savannah River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Rainbow Trout Charlies Creek Road No Restrictions

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Tributary to Hudson River (Alto, Ga., Banks County) Savannah River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Brown Bullhead Below Alto Prison No Restrictions
Redeye Bass Below Alto Prison 1 meal/week Mercury

St. Marys River (Charlton County) St. Marys River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish US Hwy 301 nr Folkston 1 meal/week Mercury
Channel Catfish US Hwy 301 nr Folkston 1 meal/week Mercury
Largemouth Bass US Hwy 301 nr Folkston 1 meal/month Mercury
Redbreast Sunfish Near St. George (SR 94) No Restrictions
St. Marys River (Camden County) St. Marys River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Largemouth Bass U.S. Hwy 17 1 meal/month Mercury
Redbreast Sunfish U.S. Hwy 17 1 meal/week Mercury
Striped Mullet U.S. Hwy 17 No Restrictions
Alapaha River (Tifton to Stockton) Suwannee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bullhead Near Statenville 1 meal/month Mercury
Near Statenville,
Largemouth Bass U.S.Hwy 82 to 84 1 meal/month Mercury

Near Statenville,
Redbreast Sunfish U.S.Hwy 82 to 84 1 meal/week Mercury

Alapahoochee River (Near State Line) Suwannee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bullhead Echols County 1 meal/week Mercury

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
Okefenokee Swamp (Stephen Foster State Park) Suwannee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical

Bowfin Billy’s "Lake" 1 meal/month Mercury
Chain Pickerel Billy’s "Lake" 1 meal/month Mercury
Flier (sunfish) Billy’s "Lake" 1 meal/week Mercury

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Suwannee River (Clinch/Ware/Echols Counties)
Suwannee River Sill to State Line Suwannee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bowfin U.S. Hwy 441 1 meal/month Mercury
Short Camp Road
Chain Pickerel & U.S. 441 1 meal/week Mercury
Flier U.S. Hwy 441 1 meal/week Mercury
Warmouth U.S. Hwy 441 No Restrictions
Yellow Bullhead U.S. Hwy 441 No Restrictions

Withlacoochee River
(Hahira to State Line, Berrien/Lowndes Counties) Suwannee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Largemouth Bass Below Hwy 84 1 meal/month Mercury
Below Hwy 84
Redbreast Sunfish 1 meal/week Mercury
Ga Hwy 122

Buffalo Creek Tallapoosa River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Bluegill Sunfish Carroll County No Restrictions
Brown Bullhead Carroll County 1 meal/week PCBs

Little Tallapoosa River Tallapoosa River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Black Crappie U.S. Hwy 27 No Restrictions
Brown Bullhead U.S. Hwy 27 No Restrictions
Largemouth Bass U.S. Hwy 27 No Restrictions

Tallapoosa River Tallapoosa River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Mercury,
Black Crappie Ga Hwy 27 Do Not Eat Thallium

Little Tennessee River (Rabun County) Tennessee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Redbreast Sunfish Above John Kelly Rd. No Restrictions

Rock Creek Tennessee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Brown Trout Southeast of Blue Ridge No Restrictions
Rainbow Trout Southeast of Blue Ridge No Restrictions

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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 struc-
tures 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.

Savannah River Estuary

(New Savannah Bluff Lock & Dam to Estuary, Chatham Co.) Savannah River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Striped Bass 27”
and greater in U.S. Hwy 17/SR 25 1 meal/month * Mercury
length
* Because there is considerable variation in how much mercury these large predato-
ry 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 estu-
ary and New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam. Current minimum legal size is 27 inches.

Savannah River Estuary Savannah River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Sheepshead CB_02_15762 1 meal/week Mercury
Striped Mullet U.S. Hwy 17/SR 25 No Restrictions

Wassaw Sound
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Shrimp Multiple No Restrictions
Spotted Seatrout Multiple No Restrictions
Ossabaw Sound Ogeechee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Ogeechee River Ft
Blue Crab No Restrictions
McAllister/Vernon Riv
Ogeechee River Ft
Striped Mullet No Restrictions
McAllister/Vernon Riv
St Catherines Sound -
North Newport River (Upper) & Cay/Peacock Cks, Riceboro Ogeechee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Blue Crab N. Newport River Cay & 1 meal/week Mercury
Striped Mullet Peacock Creeks nr. I-95 No Restrictions

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Sapelo Sound Ogeechee River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Brown Shrimp Multiple No Restrictions

Sapelo Sound—Mud River Ogeechee River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
White Shrimp Mud River No Restrictions

Altamaha Sound Altamaha River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Flounder Below Hwy 17 No Restrictions
Spotted Seatrout Multiple in Delta No Restrictions
Striped Mullet Below Hwy 17 No Restrictions

Village Creek Altamaha River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Unnamed Trib to Vil-
Southern Flounder lage Ck West of Sea No Restrictions
Island nr 22nd St
Unnamed Trib to Vil-
Spotted Seatrout lage Ck West of Sea No Restrictions
Island nr 22nd St

Academy Creek Satilla River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Blue Crab Academy Creek No Restrictions

Saint Simons Sound Satilla River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Northern end of Jekyll
Tripletail Island No Restrictions

St Andrew Sound (Satilla River) Satilla River Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Blue Crab Mouth Of Floyd Creek No Restrictions
Southern Kingfish Mouth Of Floyd Creek No Restrictions
Spot Mouth Of Floyd Creek No Restrictions
Spotted Seatrout at Satilla River No Restrictions

Cumberland Sound St. Mary’s Basin

Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Shrimp Multiple No Restrictions

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SPECIAL LISTINGS
Turtle River System:
Purris & Gibson Creeks (St. Simons Estuary) Satilla River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Atlantic Croaker Do Not Eat PCBs
Black Drum 1 meal/week PCBs
Blue Crab 1 meal/week Mercury
Red Drum 1 meal/week PCBs
Sheepshead 1 meal/week Mercury
Purvis &
Shrimp No Restrictions
Gibson Creeks
Southern Flounder 1 meal/week PCBs
Southern Kingfish Do Not Eat Mercury, PCBs
Spot 1 meal/month PCBs
Spotted Seatrout 1 meal/month Mercury, PCBs
Striped Mullet Do Not Eat PCBs
Clams, Mussels, Not applicable Do Not Eat Harvesting
Oysters Prohibited*
* Shellfish Harvesting Prohibited : National Shellfish Sanitation Program. For infor-
mation see Coastal Resources Division website: https://coastalgadnr.org

Turtle River System:

Upper Turtle & Buffalo Rivers (St. Simons Estuary) Satilla River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Atlantic Croaker 1 meal/month PCBs
Black Drum No Restrictions
Blue Crab 1 meal/week Mercury
Red Drum 1 meal/week Mercury
Sheepshead 1 meal/week Mercury, PCBs
Turtle and Buffalo Rivers,
Shrimp upriver of Georgia Hwy No Restrictions
303
Southern Flounder No Restrictions
Southern Kingfish 1 meal/week Mercury, PCBs
Spot Do Not Eat PCBs,
Thallium
Spotted Seatrout 1 meal/week Mercury
Striped Mullet 1 meal/month PCBs
Clams, Mussels, Not applicable Do Not Eat Harvesting
Oysters Prohibited*
* Shellfish Harvesting Prohibited : National Shellfish Sanitation Program. For infor-
mation see Coastal Resources Division website: https://coastalgadnr.org
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Turtle River System:
Middle Turtle River (St. Simons Estuary) Satilla River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Atlantic Croaker 1 meal/month PCBs
Black Drum 1 meal/week PCBs
Blue Crab 1 meal/week Mercury
Red Drum 1 meal/week Mercury
Sheepshead 1 meal/week Mercury, PCBs
Turtle River from State
Shrimp Hwy 303 to Channel No Restrictions
Southern Flounder Marker 9 No Restrictions
Southern Kingfish 1 meal/month PCBs
Spot 1 meal/month PCBs
Spotted Seatrout 1 meal/week Mercury, PCBs
Striped Mullet 1 meal/month PCBs
Clams, Mussels, Not applicable Do Not Eat Harvesting
Oysters Prohibited*
* Shellfish Harvesting Prohibited : National Shellfish Sanitation Program. For infor-
mation see Coastal Resources Division website: https://coastalgadnr.org

Turtle River System:

Lower Turtle & South Brunswick Rivers (St. Simons Estuary) Satilla River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Atlantic Croaker 1 meal/week PCBs
Black Drum No Restrictions
Blue Crab No Restrictions
Red Drum Turtle River from Chan- No Restrictions
Sheepshead nel Marker 9 and South 1 meal/week Mercury, PCBs
Shrimp Brunswick River Down- No Restrictions
Southern Flounder stream to Dubignon and No Restrictions
Parsons Creeks
Southern Kingfish 1 meal/week Mercury, PCBs
Spot 1 meal/week PCBs
Spotted Seatrout 1 meal/week Mercury
Striped Mullet 1 meal/week PCBs
Clams, Mussels, Harvesting
Oysters Not applicable Do Not Eat Prohibited*
* Shellfish Harvesting Prohibited : National Shellfish Sanitation Program. For infor-
mation see Coastal Resources Division website: https://coastalgadnr.org

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St. Simons Estuary:
Terry & Dupree Creeks & Back River to St. Simons Sound Satilla River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Atlantic Croaker 1 meal/month Antimony, Arsenic, Thallium
Blue Crab 1 meal/month Antimony, Arsenic, Thallium
Red Drum 1 meal/month Arsenic, PCBs, Thallium
Dupree Creek
to 0.5 mile Antimony, Arsenic, PCBs,
Southern Kingfish 1 meal/month
Thallium
below
Antimony, Arsenic, Dieldrin,
Spot junction with 1 meal/month
PCBs, Thallium, Toxaphene
Terry Creek
Spotted Seatrout 1 meal/month Antimony, PCBs, Thallium
Antimony, Arsenic, Dieldrin,
Striped Mullet 1 meal/month Heptachlor Epoxide, PCBs,
Thallium, Toxaphene
Clams, Mussels,
Oysters Not applicable Do Not Eat Harvesting Prohibited*
* Shellfish Harvesting Prohibited : National Shellfish Sanitation Program. For infor-
mation see Coastal Resources Division website: https://coastalgadnr.org

St. Simons Estuary:

Terry & Dupree Creeks & Back River to St. Simons Sound Satilla River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Atlantic Croaker 1 meal/month Arsenic, Thallium
Bluefish 1 meal/week Arsenic
Blue Crab 1 meal/month Antimony, Arsenic, Thallium
Terry Creek Antimony, Arsenic, PCBs,
Red Drum 0.75 miles 1 meal/month
Thallium
above Back Antimony, Arsenic, PCBs,
Southern Kingfish 1 meal/month
River to the Thallium, Toxaphene
Back River Arsenic, PCBs, Thallium,
Spot 1 meal/month
Toxaphene
Spotted Seatrout 1 meal/month Antimony, PCBs, Thallium
Antimony, Arsenic, PCBs,
Striped Mullet 1 meal/month
Thallium
Clams, Mussels,
Oysters Not applicable Do Not Eat Harvesting Prohibited*

* Shellfish Harvesting Prohibited : National Shellfish Sanitation Program. For infor-

mation see Coastal Resources Division website: https://coastalgadnr.org

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St. Simons Estuary:
Terry & Dupree Creeks & Back River to St. Simons Sound Satilla River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Atlantic Croaker 1 meal/month Arsenic, Thallium

Bluefish 1 meal/week Arsenic

Blue Crab 1 meal/month Antimony, Arsenic, Thallium

Back River
Red Drum above Terry 1 meal/month Arsenic, PCBs, Thallium
Creek to the Antimony, Arsenic, PCBs,
Southern Kingfish 1 meal/month
Torras Cause- Thallium
Spot way 1 meal/month Arsenic, PCBs, Thallium
Antimony, Arsenic, PCBs,
Spotted Seatrout 1 meal/month
Thallium
Antimony, Arsenic, PCBs,
Striped Mullet 1 meal/week
Thallium
Clams, Mussels,
Oysters Not applicable Do Not Eat Harvesting Prohibited*
* Shellfish Harvesting Prohibited : National Shellfish Sanitation Program. For infor-
mation see Coastal Resources Division website: https://coastalgadnr.org

St. Simons Estuary:

Terry & Dupree Creeks & Back River to St. Simons Sound Satilla River Basin
Species Site Tested Recommendation Chemical
Antimony Arsenic, PCBs,
Atlantic Croaker 1 meal/month
Thallium, Toxaphene
Bluefish 1 meal/week Mercury

Blue Crab 1 meal/month Antimony, Arsenic, Thallium

Back River
Antimony, Arsenic, PCBs,
Red Drum from Torras 1 meal/month
Thallium
Causeway to Antimony, Arsenic,
Southern Kingfish 1 meal/month
Saint Simons Mercury, PCBs, Thallium
Sound Antimony, Arsenic, PCBs,
Spot 1 meal/month
Thallium, Toxaphene
Antimony, Arsenic, PCBs,
Spotted Seatrout 1 meal/month
Thallium
Antimony, Arsenic, PCBs,
Striped Mullet 1 meal/month
Thallium
Clams, Mussels,
Oysters Not applicable Do Not Eat Harvesting Prohibited*
* Shellfish Harvesting Prohibited : National Shellfish Sanitation Program. For infor-
mation see Coastal Resources Division website: https://coastalgadnr.org

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Atlantic Ocean
Species Location Recommendation Chemical
Summer Flounder DRH Artificial Reef 1 meal/week Mercury
Summer Flounder CDH Reef No Restrictions
Summer Flounder HLHA Reef 1 meal/week Arsenic
Summer Flounder J Artificial Reef 1 meal/week Arsenic
Summer Flounder JY Artificial Reef 1 meal/week Arsenic
Summer Flounder SFC Reef 1 meal/week Arsenic

SPECIAL MERCURY GUIDANCE ON KING MACKEREL

The king mackerel is a migratory species with the Atlantic population ranging
from South Florida through North Carolina and into the Mid-Atlantic. 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.

On March 23, 2000, Georgia joined together with North Carolina, South Caroli-
na 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 pro-
vide 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.
King Mackerel: Atlantic Ocean Offshore Georgia Coast Atlantic Ocean
Size Range (Fork Length = FL) Recommendation
24 to 33 inches No Restrictions
1 meal per month ** for pregnant women,
33 to 39 inches (a 33 inch fish nursing mothers and children age 12 and younger
weighs approximately 10
pounds) 1 meal per week ** for other adults
Over 39 inches (approximately Do Not Eat
15 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 max-
imum daily creel limit of 3 fish per person. Federally permitted commercial fisher-
men 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 max-
imum 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 ac-
cumulating high levels of mercury.
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Index D
Dodge County PFA (Steve Bell Lake) 19
A Dupree Creek ............................. 44-45
Academy Creek ...............................41
Alapaha River ..................................38 E
Alapahoochee River ........................38 Ebenezer Creek .............................. 36
Allatoona Creek ..............................26 Etowah River .................................. 28
Allen Creek Wildlife Management Area, Evans County PFA ........................... 19
Ponds A and B ............................ 18
Altamaha River ...............................23 F
Altamaha Sound..............................41 Flint River .................................. 29-30
Antioch Lake ...................................18 Fort Yargo State Park Lake .............. 19
Apalachee River ..............................33
Atlantic Ocean ................................46 G
Gibson Creek .................................. 42
B Goat Rock Lake ............................... 12
Back River .................................. 44-45 Gum Creek ...................................... 30
Banks Lake ......................................10
Bear Creek Reservoir ......................11 H
Beaver Creek ...................................29 Hamburg Millpond, Hamburg State
Big Lazer PFA ...................................18 Park ............................................19
Black Shoals Lake (Big Haynes Res/ Heath Lake (Rocky Mountain PFA ) .20
Randy Poynter Lake) ...................11 High Falls Lake ................................13
Brier Creek .....................................35 Hugh M. Gillis PFA ..........................20
Buffalo Creek ..................................39
Bush Field Airport ...........................19 I
Ichawaynochaway Creek.................30
C
Canoochee River ............................34 J
Carters Lake ....................................12 Jackson Lake ...................................14
Cedar Creek (nr Athens) ..................32 Jones Creek.....................................28
Cedar Creek Reservoir .....................19
Centralhatchee Creek (nr Franklin) ..23 K
Chattahoochee River .................. 23-25 Ken Gardens Lake ...........................20
Chattooga River, NE Georgia ........... 35 Kinchafoonee Creek ........................30
Chattooga River, NW Georgia .......... 26 Kolomoki Lake ................................20
Chestatee River ............................... 25
Clarks Hill Lake (Lake Thurmond)..... 12 L
Clayton County Water Authority: Lake Acworth ..................................18
Blalock Reservoir ........................ 19 Lake Allatoona ................................10
Clayton County Water Authority: Lake Andrews .................................10
Shamrock Reservoir .................... 19 Lake Bennett ...................................18
Coleman River ................................. 36 Lake Blackshear ..............................11
Conasauga River ......................... 26-27 Lake Blue Ridge...............................11
Coosa River ..................................... 27 Lake Buncombe ..............................18
Coosawattee River .......................... 28 Lake Burton ....................................11
Cumberland Sound .......................... 41 Lake Chatuge ..................................12
Lake Chehaw (Flint River Res) .........16

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Lake Harding (Bartletts Ferry)......... 13 Ochlockonee River...........................31
Lake Hartwell ................................. 13 Ocmulgee PFA .................................21
Lake Juliette ................................... 14 Ocmulgee River ..........................31-32
Lake Mayers .................................... 20 Oconee River ...................................33
Lake Nottely ................................... 14 Ogeechee River ..........................34-35
Lake Oconee .................................. 15 Ohoopee River ................................23
Lake Oliver ..................................... 15 Okefenokee Swamp ........................38
Lake Olmstead ............................... 21 Olley Creek ......................................26
Lake Rabun .................................... 15 Oostanaula River .............................28
Lake Richard B. Russell ................... 15 Ossabaw Sound ...............................40
Lake Rutledge (Hard Labor Ck) ........ 22
Lake Seed ........................................ 22 P
Lake Seminole ................................. 16 Panther Creek .................................36
Lake Sinclair .................................... 16 Paradise PFA (Lake Bobben) ...........21
Lake Sydney Lanier.......................... 14 Paradise PFA (Horseshoe 4) ............21
Lake Tobesofkee ............................. 16 Paradise PFA (Lake Patrick) .............21
Lake Tugalo ..................................... 16 Patsiliga Creek ................................30
Lake Varner ..................................... 16 Proctor Creek (Cobb Co.) .................29
Lake Walter F. George (Eufaula) ...... 17 Proctor Creek (Fulton Co.) ...............26
Lake Worth (Flint River Reservoir) ... 17 Purvis Creek ....................................42
Laura S Walker Lake ........................ 20
Little Dry Creek ............................... 28 R
Little Ocmulgee State Park Lake ...... 20 Reed Bingham State Pk. Lake ...........22
Little River, Lowndes County ........... 38 Rock Creek ......................................39
Little Tallapoosa River ..................... 39
Little Tennessee River ..................... 39 S
Lonice C. Barrett Lake (Flat Creek Saint Simon’s Sound ........................41
PFA) ............................................. 21 Sapelo Sound...................................41
Satilla River .....................................35
M Savannah River ...........................36-37
Margery Lake (Marben PFA) ............ 21 Savannah River Estuary ...................40
McDuffie PFA .................................. 21 Sewell Mill Creek .............................26
Middle Oconee River ....................... 33 Shepherd Lake (Marben PFA) ..........22
Mill Creek, Whitfield County .......... 28 Short Creek .....................................35
Muckalee Creek ............................. 30 Silver Lake PFA ................................22
Mud Creek ...................................... 26 South Brunswick River .....................43
Mud River (Sapelo Sound) ............... 41 South River ......................................32
Spirit Creek ......................................37
N Spring Creek ....................................30
Nickajack Creek ............................... 26 St. Andrews Sound ..........................41
Noonday Creek ............................... 28 St Catherines North Newport River &
North Oconee River......................... 33 Cay/Peacock Creeks ....................40
St. Marys River ................................38
Stone Mountain Lake ......................22
Suwannee River...............................39
Swamp Creek ..................................29

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Talking Rock Creek .......................... 29
Tallapoosa River .............................. 39
Tallulah River .................................. 37
Terry Creek................................. 44-45
Tribble Mill Lake .............................. 22
Tributary to Hudson River ............... 38
Turtle River System .................... 42-43
Turtle River, Lower .......................... 43
Turtle River, Middle ........................ 43
Turtle River, Upper .......................... 42

U
Upatoi Creek ................................... 26

V
Village Creek ................................... 41

W
Wassaw Sound ................................ 40
West Point Lake .............................. 17
Withlacoochee River ....................... 39

Y
Yellow River .................................... 33
Yohola Lake ..................................... 22
Yonah Lake ...................................... 22

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