Closest access points

Fishing near Atlanta, GA

In the north-Georgia Piedmont. Lake Lanier sits northeast and West Point Lake southwest — both major reservoir fisheries.

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Chattahoochee River (Atlanta tailwater)

14 mi · ~21 min drive · Fulton Co., GA
43/100

Top today: Rainbow Trout — marginal conditions for rainbow trout.

Lake Lanier

37 mi · ~54 min drive · Forsyth Co., GA
43/100

Top today: Largemouth Bass — marginal conditions for largemouth bass.

West Point Lake

66 mi · ~1 hr 35 min drive · Troup Co., GA
68/100

Top today: Largemouth Bass — workable day for largemouth bass.

Weiss Lake

73 mi · ~1 hr 45 min drive · Cherokee Co., AL
76/100

Top today: Largemouth Bass — great day to fish for largemouth bass.

Hiwassee River

102 mi · ~2 hr 27 min drive · Polk Co., TN
68/100

Top today: Rainbow Trout — workable day for rainbow trout.

Lake Hartwell

102 mi · ~2 hr 27 min drive · Anderson Co., SC
65/100

Top today: Striped Bass — workable day for striped bass.

Lake Guntersville

117 mi · ~2 hr 49 min drive · Marshall Co., AL
72/100

Top today: Smallmouth Bass — great day to fish for smallmouth bass.

Chickamauga Lake

121 mi · ~2 hr 54 min drive · Hamilton Co., TN
82/100

Top today: Striped Bass — great day to fish for striped bass.

Clarks Hill Lake (J. Strom Thurmond)

126 mi · ~3 hr 1 min drive · McCormick Co., SC
80/100

Top today: Striped Bass — great day to fish for striped bass.

Tims Ford Lake

144 mi · ~3 hr 27 min drive · Franklin Co., TN
82/100

Top today: Striped Bass — great day to fish for striped bass.

Lewis Smith Lake

157 mi · ~3 hr 47 min drive · Cullman Co., AL
68/100

Top today: Largemouth Bass — workable day for largemouth bass.

Wheeler Lake

163 mi · ~3 hr 55 min drive · Morgan Co., AL
68/100

Top today: Largemouth Bass — workable day for largemouth bass.

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