Fishing Lake Chehaw

AKA: Lake Worth

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Lake Chehaw, GA

Popular Fish Species Lake Chehaw, GA

Striped Bass Fishing

Striped bass are a favorite of many locals and fishing guides at Lake Chehaw. They are plentiful, run in schools and can grow to bragging size. In Spring and Fall work the upper end of the lake where water is flowing into the lake. Look for deeper water in the river channel, as a holding place for stripers. In Summer and Winter, stripers hang out in deeper water during the day Morning often draws the stripers to much shallower water, look for them from the surface down to around the 20-foot range as they feed on shallow-running schools of bait. The lake is filled with plenty of baitfish and sunfish to to keep the fishery thriving. Being successful at fishing for stripers is a matter of locating schools of bait, and the wolf packs of stripers which are likely to be nearby. Fish finders, and forward facing sonar, are a big help in locating these roaming schools. Live bait is very effective here, and stripers can be caught year round.

Lake Chehaw Popular Fish - Flathead Catfish

Flathead Catfish Fishing

This year good populations of big, flathead catfish can be found in Lake Chehaw. Fishing for flathead catfish is most often productive in the river end of the lake around any kind of structure. Road beds, creek channels and rocky points are all good places to begin. Use a slip sinker or Carolina rig with popular catfish baits. Other catfish in the lake include channel and blue catfish.

Lake Chehaw Popular Fish - Hybrid Striped Bass

Hybrid Striped Bass Fishing

Hybrid striped bass, also known as wipers, are a favorite of many locals and fishing guides at Lake Chehaw, as they are plentiful and grow to bragging size. As a hybrid of striped bass and white bass, they have great potential for spawning massive numbers and growing to large sizes. Fishing for hybrid stripers is a matter of locating schools of bait, and schools of hybrid striped bass are likely to be in the area. Mornings, during Fall, hybrids can be caught on topwater or shallow running lures, as they are feeding on baitfish at the surface. When they move deeper, fish finders improve your odds of locating both bait and schools of wipers. Live bait, spoons and jigs are very very effective here, and these hungry fish can be caught year round.

Lake Chehaw Fishing Video

Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, shoal bass, channel catfish, flathead catfish, black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, redbreast sunfish, redear sunfish, rock bass, spotted sunfish, warmouth, striped bass and hybrid striped bass at Lake Chehaw in Georgia.

Conveniently located on the northern outskirts of Albany, Lake Chehaw, is a relatively shallow 1,400-acre reservoir in south-central GA. There are three boat ramps along 30 plus miles of shoreline. Bait, tackle, convenience stores, restaurants and lodging are available close by the water. Lake Chehaw offers a variety of popular fish species, including bass, catfish, crappie, sunfish, white bass, and hybrid striped bass. Canoes and kayaks are an ideal way to fish the backwaters and feeder creeks, but pontoons, power boats and bass boats are popular for fishing as well.

Primary fish species residing in Lake Chehaw

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Lake Chehaw Amenities

Marina: NO
Boat Rental: NO
Boat Launch Ramp: YES
Campgrounds: NEARBY
RV Hookups: NEARBY
Lodging: YES
Convenience Store: YES
Bait & Tackle: YES
Restaurant: YES

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Cromartie Beach Boat Launch Ramp
Located mid lake, on the south side of the lake, off Cromartie Beach Drive, this is a four-lane, concrete ramp with docks and paved parking.