Trout fishing on the Chattahoochee

Sunday afternoon Schaeffer and I met Joe McDonald, with his son, Coleman, for an afternoon fishing for trout on the Chattahoocchee River, which from spring to fall is stocked with 1,000 trout a week and is considered by many to be the best trout river in the southeast (temp is around 48-52 degrees year-round, since the river water is released from the bottom of the 130 feet deep lake- brrrrr). From the dam at Lake Lanier, there is a 48 mile National Recreation Area that winds through north and west Atlanta, with a number of entrances for hiking, fishing, canoeing/kayaking/tubing, camping, etc. These photos are from about 3/4 mile below the dam, about 12 minutes northeast of our house. I missed a picture of about 20 geese flying up the river straight at us. They flew in perfect v-formation about 2 feet above the water for about 200 yards. Can't believe I didn't have my camera for that shot!

Bank fishing (it's time to get some waders)

Joe's on the left. The other two guys each had a rainbow.

Mallards fish, too.