Blue Ridge, GA public water hike-in spot and we found some giants! Sight fishing in gin clear water!
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- čas přidán 6. 02. 2021
- We set off on a spur of the moment trip to hike into some public water we were wanting to hit. We had a plan to walk some of the higher banks for a good vantage and peer off into some of the long clear slicks and tailouts of some deep the deeper pools and runs we knew about. As we began our journey we found what we were looking for. We knew it was going to take some sneaky tactics so we tied long leaders, small tippet, and tiny flies in hopes of not spooking the fish and blowing the opportunity at hand. As we expected the fish were pretty finicky, but the setup we had seemed to be the ticket we were able to cast to the fish make some drifts, and not blow them out of the hole. After a few fly changes and a few different presentations, we cracked the code. Fly fishing public waters anywhere can be tough, but especially in some of the areas in North Georgia where there is a lot of pressure. If you are willing to do some walking, slow down, and take your time you can still find some nice fish. Once you have found them you just have to be patient and also be willing to adapt and change your setups, strategy, and approach if you can do that you will find success. Another fun adventure in the mountains of Blue Ridge, Georgia with KC Outfitters.
Hiking in to fish, no over-fishing making the fish weary, must have been a dream fishing that stretch of water.
WoW. Bucket list right there. Can’t wait to go out with you this fall on a guide
Awesome spot, clear water and Big fish 🎣
Amazing 🤩
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed
Walk through the woods with your rod tip/s behind you and you’ll love life a bit more as you try to get through brush. You will hang up in brush less and really reduce the chances of breaking a tip.
Nice video and catch! I just commented to my dad it would be fun to bring the drift boat down that way on the mainstream as well as hitting some of those tribs.
Trout fishing at it's finest...Thanks for sharing...
Blue Ridge Georgia is a beautiful place and has so much to Offer!! Kinda wish I still lived There!!! The train is Awesome and runs through the Hill's to Coppertown Tennessee!!!!
AMAZING!! Really enjoyed your video! Planning my trip to come visit soon!! Hopefully catch some of them monsters my self!! Cannot wait!!
Really glad you enjoyed it! That sounds great 👍🏻
What a beautiful place! Great job landing those fish.
Excellent job fellas.
Nice work landing that now. I was nervous for you.
That is surreal in so many ways. I can’t believe he hit with another hook in his mouth. He must eat a lot of 🐝 stinging bugs. And no little fish to spoil your drift. Unreal. Like a dream. Thank you.
Thank you for watching glad that you enjoyed it!
3-for-3!!! Nice work!
70% of the time.....it works every time
Amazing content , thanks for sharing
Thanks!
@KCOutfittersBlueRidge please respond to what song was playing in this vid . Thanks !
@@jeremyfoster1064 I'm not exactly sure if i still have the original edit i can find it
I love this stream. I'm not giving away this location. I have always fished the north ga streams. Still haven't caught a wild brook trout yet .
Thanks man! Good luck getting a brook trout
Great video
Freaking awesome! Gets me pumped to take my son next weekend.
Wonderful Church Morganton, SDA and lots of good People!!!!
Solid catches 👌🏽 reminds me of the salmon I’ve caught sight fishin’ 🎣
I caught a 9lb. Rainbow just east of Blueridge 2 months ago. It was awesome, she was a fighter.
Nice!!
Good lookin' fishies there! Judging by the way y'all are dressed for cooler weather I was wondering whether this was on, or near, the DH portion of the Toccoa. Those are mighty big trout for public waters unless it's near the DH section where DNR stocks some really nice trout from Nov to May.
Awesome place and great clear water, nice fishing and thumbs up, greeting from New Zealand Trout fishers.If you fish in New Zealand all the rivers and lake has 20 meters walk on all and both sides and waters are all public and belongs to everyone.Tight lines.
That’s awesome man glad you enjoyed!
Awesome rainbow trout!
Appreciate that! Glad you enjoyed
Beautiful coloring! Very bright and healthy looking.
Bro you are so under rated
thanks partner
Riiiiiight. A lot of Trout Chow to grow them that big.
Nice Job
Gonna have to visit with my Ballista Bat reverse draw for some bow fishing, hopefully not piss everybody off who's using a rod.
I've fished so much public water in Georgia and never have I caught anything wild over 16 inches. Litteraly have been in the north Georgia Mountains atleast twice a month over the last 2 years. Fished the easy spots and fished tons of spots where you hike over a mountain with no trail and push through the thickest rhododendron. These are some incredible fish. Never tell anyone the spot. I certainly haven't found it yet so keep it secret.
With a guide service is the only way I have caught large rainbows- 20 to 30 inches. Learned a lot as well.
That's because wild rainbows never exceed 15 inches in Georgia, And 15 would be a once in a lifetime fish for a wild rainbow. Wild browns are a different story.
Nah this is super easy to figure out. These are fish that swam up from private waters to spawn in the public section of streams ABOVE the private waters. They have kamloops genetics in there as a local private hatchery in suches that has been stocking the private streams here for 40+yrs. That’s a long time to help get those genetics established and doing their natural spawning run. Either way, couldn’t tell you if those are wild or stocked fish as NOBODY does genetic testing to verify that sadly.
@@markhaven5638yep, you get it. It takes a lot of work to catch a 20+in brown here in Georgia. Doesn’t matter if it’s a tailwater fish or a freestone stream.
@@philliphutcheson4219 two streams come to mind. One tailwater and one freestone. I've never been close in GA but I make an annual trip to the Smokies and I usually catch a 15inch plus brown up there and more often than not it's on a dry fly. And that's a trophy for me.
Chattooga. Not a secret there.
About to book a trip the blue ridge or Elijah, I'm wanting to get on some browns and rainbows. To both area have trout
Thats amazing for public water wished i could find good places its hard not being from the area. Im from middle ga and its hard to take day trips and do any good.
Dream fishing. in N. Ga. Would love to know the spot, but if you gave it up it wouldn't have fish in it. Always catch and release.
Right here in Georgia, too
Nice job fellas This is one of those places in Georgia you have public waters above private waters which allows for big fish to swim up when they want.
Thanks bud. That’s not exactly right though I’ve caught a several big fish up there that have never seen a day on private in there life. Being above private water isn’t what allows them to get big, but the one fish a day 16 inches or bigger, artificially only, single barbed hook only regulations in a literally perfect trout habitat with an abundance and huge variety of natural food allows that. You do get the fish that migrate up from private occasionally which is cool to, but to imply that as being the main reason for big fish, I would have to respectfully disagree.
@@kcoutfittersblueridge4510 we do not have the geology or food chain that supports those fish getting that big naturally in any trout stream in Georgia. Our Granitic/mica schist based bedrock is too high in silica & very very low in cal/mag which is what you need for bugs. The regs help on that section but the food chain simply doesn’t exist the way it should.
This is also the time of year the DNR has found that most rainbows run upstream for spawning in Georgia. And migrating long distances is not unusual for them either so it’s entirely possible those fish swam upstream. Either way it’s still a cool to see bigger holdover fish on a public section here.
@@philliphutcheson4219 I hear you but if you read my comment I said I’ve caught several big fish up there that were big. I never said they were that big or wasn’t implying that those weren’t fish that moved up. Just saying that I felt like your original statement took away from some of the really solid natural fish it produces that are maybe not this big, but definitely a lot better size than most creeks in N GA that don’t have trophy regulations.
@@kcoutfittersblueridge4510 I completely understand what you are saying and I agree to a point. Can those particular streams produce larger than average fish? Yes, but there are very special circumstances surrounding those five streams where this occurs.
In this particular streams case there is no way to know if those fish were stocked, swam up from private waters or were streamborn. The only data we do have though from DNR is that natural stream reproduction does happen but it comes with an extremely low survival rate due to poor food chains in the streams and heavy competition from other fish. How good is the bug population for example. What is the fish concentration per mile. What is the bedrock source.
I have been doing a ton of research on the area regarding geology and found some cool stuff we should chat bout on IG. Definitely could help eliminate some walking to some of the stream sections.
@@philliphutcheson4219 I am always open to listening man by no means do I think I know everything, I’m wrong a lot. But this is where I was born and raised grew up 5 minutes from this creek and all those old houses on the way in are all homes my family built and lived in. I just know what I’ve seen up there first hand, but I don’t doubt you have some good information and it’s cool you looked into. For now I believe I will just digress and keep trying to create stuff that I think is cool haha.
Nice catch man! Just subbed to your channel! 6:13
Are these areas catch and release only? I’m a C&R fly fisher from the west and these fish are super impressive! I probably sound pretentious but I thought I was going to have to kiss these types of fish goodbye. Most of what I research has just been people harvesting as many fish as possible. Awesome video. Thanks for giving me hope haha.
There are still a few sections left that have regulations to promote trophy size fish, which is really good. So still a few spots out there 👍🏻
I know trout live in cold water like 50°-60°s. What kind of late summer time water temperatures are the wild trout in Georgia swimming in?
up there its so dense with cover and they are high up where the water doesnt really have much time to warm up from the time that it comes out of the ground to the point where it sunlight actually penetrates through for substantial amounts of time. A hot dry summer though you. will still see high 60's possibly low 70's and at that point we just leave the fish a lone.
We are coming in mid July. What are your rates for guides. Never have done fly fishing. Just general fishing fresh and salt water for 40 years. Thank you in advanced.
What stream is this i fished all over blueridge never seen this spot dam
If I book a guided trip with KC Outfitters will you take me to that stretch of stream in this video ?
I'm planning a trip to Blue Ridge in Nov...what flies would you gents recommend?
Usually in the fall/winter we like to run pretty small nymphs like 18-20 pheasant tails for blue wing imitations or midge patterns in the same size range. Your tippet size will be equally as important i would stay in the 5x-6x range and longer leaders. 10-12 stonefly would be a good option as well.
Public water.....Right
Where at was this going up in a few weeks and have never only ttout fished a few times with no luck
Question y'all it's my first time coming up there, I'm renting a cabin for Xmas week, do y'all know if I can catch any trout in Ellijay river location near whitepath? Thanks!
I’m in whitepqth right now and caught 2 so far so yes!!
Yeah there are certain sections of that fiver that definitely hold trout, but it’s definitely spotty. Hit us up at www.KCoutfitters.net and fill out a contact form and we can give you any information you need on streams to hit, flies to use, or anything like that.
Question ❓... elevation and water temp...I would think in Georgia warmer water ... just wondering...I really enjoyed your video... thanks...I'm a crawler drifter from Northern California... Steelhead... beautiful water there by the way ..
Thanks! The water stays plenty cool enough through the summer that high in the mtns that stream hasn’t been stocked in over 50 years. Thanks for watching 🎣
@@kcoutfittersblueridge4510 thanks for answering my next question! LoL...They definitely look native ..Hook jaw males..with that little notch in the upper lip.... quality fish! Believe it or not ..one time I caught a male very profound jaw and upper lip...the upper had barbels ...hair like barbels ...blew me away...we have both a hatchery and wild fish in the Feather... below and above Oroville Dam...✌️👍
Is this a stream born wild fish, fingerling stock, or just a pretty raised fish?
These are stream bread wild fish
That's nuts!! Great to hear
@@hunterwilson1622 kenai upper you cupcakes
There you find massive wild trout smashing the upper salmon runs
School's out✌️💪😎🥳
really public waters? theres a catch to it somewhere, either its right off some private land where they manage trout and feed them or thats just not public land, i have seen streams in north ga where they do have some private land on some streams with trout like that and are managed
100% Public. Thanks for watching
Live in Chatsworth. They're are lots of great fishing spots if you're up to hiking and they're public. This land up here is amazing, I hope it remains beautiful.
I'll go with ya all
Bro I live in Georgia and I've been looking for a spot like this lol. Care to share or take me?
Are these wild fish or stocked? If they're wild, that is extremely impressive for somewhere outside the Mountain West!!
These are wild. This particular stream has not been stocked in over 60 years
@@kcoutfittersblueridge4510 wow, that's amazing!
they stocked lmao. Maybe that exact stream isn’t stocked. But probably is a feeder stream to a stocked river. This ain’t wild in Georgia Lol
@@paulv4174 I'm just finding all this out and I'm here already lol. I'm gonna rip them lips tomorrow 🤷🏻♂️
Yeah seems like wild bows half that size fight harder.
I’ve stood in those exact locations. The fish are larger now.
What stream is this? Trying to get a list of creek to fish soon that I haven't fished that.
Is that on the upper or lower?
Great video, I've been dying to get up there since I moved to Alabama this last January.... Think there's enough room in the water to use a 9ft rod? That's all I've got and I can't exactly afford a small stream rod yet on a college student budget... Cheers!
Thanks and yeah for sure 9 ft is fine up there even used a 10ft in part of this video.
Can you share with me the song that was playing in your video pls ?
Try side pressure more to control the fish.
Would you be able to share where you went for this? Me and my brother are trying to find some public water for us to fish
I live up here ad I catch a lot of trout but i never see how there are spots up here that no one goes to and there are 20 inch trout
Yeah sometimes it's suprising where you will find them at.
People go here a lot.....not many truly know how to fish this river, these guys killed it and I know exactly where this is.
@@wanderinwatermonkey thanks man!
Whats the music?
Whats the best way to contact you guys?
Walmart 🤠🙉🙈🥳🙊
best way is just to call or text 706-455-5850 or you can go to www.kcoutfitters.net also you can message us on instagram that works to
Pretty sure they don’t have natural trout streams
What stream
Below Burford dam
Ya'll boys would catch a lot more with a can of corn and a zebco ultra-lite 🙂
"Public" water - having lived here for 50 years I got 2 words - "yea right"
I could qualify my statement i guess - possible its around the hatchery and they released some brood stock - def the only thing thats gonna bite again after being stuck already
Where is this hike in spot?
I’m honestly not sure I’ll have to see if I can find the edit to figure it out
Don't do it!!!!! Place has already been trampled hard-core since covid and losing its luster.