SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. (March 14, 2007) — You can wear your lucky hat and bring your lucky rod, but if you want to make the most of your next fishing trip what you really need is great advice. Your best bet? The 2007 Georgia Fishing Prospects.

Recently released by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Wildlife Resources Division (WRD), these two guidebooks, detailing the state’s 31 reservoirs and 18 rivers, offer fishing tips, trends and specific species location information. The free guides, entitled 2007 Georgia Reservoir Fishing Prospects and 2007 Georgia River Fishing Prospects, are available online at www.gofishgeorgia or in print at any WRD Fisheries Management office.

Georgia waters offer anglers some of the most diverse fishing opportunities in the Southeast with more than 500,000 acres of reservoirs and 12,000 miles of warm water streams.

Outlook information for each Georgia reservoir and river is compiled annually by WRD Fisheries Biologists and is based on sampling efforts, knowledge of past fishing trends, fishing experiences and angler and marina owner information.

Lakes detailed in the 2007 Georgia Reservoir Fishing Prospects guide include: Allatoona, Andrews, Bartlett’s Ferry, Blackshear, Blue Ridge, Burton, Carters, Chatuge, Chehaw, Clarks Hill, Goat Rock, Hamburg, Hartwell, High Falls, Jackson, Juliette, Lanier, Nottely, Oconee, Oliver, Rabun, Randy Poynter, Richard B. Russell, Seminole, Sinclair, Tobesofkee, Tugalo, Varner, Walter F. George, Weiss and West Point.

Rivers detailed in the 2007 Georgia River Fishing Prospects guide include the Altamaha, Chattahoochee, Chattooga, Conasauga, Coosa, Coosawattee, Etowah, Flint, Ochlockonee, Ocmulgee, Oconee, Ogeechee, Oostanaula, Satilla, Savannah, St. Marys, Suwannee and Toccoa rivers.

The information collected during the guide creation process doubles as both a helpful resource for Georgia anglers and as useful management information for WRD Fisheries staff when determining recruitment, growth, condition, sizes, abundance and mortality of important game fishes.

For more information on fishing opportunities or to print a copy of the 2007 prospects, visit www.gofishgeorgia.
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