Georgia Wildlife Resources Division
2070 U.S. Hwy. 278, SE, Social Circle, GA 30025
Since 1978, catch data for fishing tournaments held on 14 Georgia reservoirs and two rivers have been compiled and summarized. Water bodies monitored include: Allatoona, Bartlett's Ferry, Blackshear, Carters, Clarks Hill (Thurmond), Hartwell, Jackson, Lanier, Oconee, R. B. Russell, Seminole, Sinclair, W.F. George, West Point, Altamaha River and Savannah River.
Attention Tournament Organizers: Download a PDF version of the Live Release Boat Permit Application [1].
The following variables were tracked and analyzed for each water body.
Below are reports for some of the most recent years. The files are in PDF format. Adobe Acrobat Reader [2] is required to view and print these reports.
1996 Tournament Report [3] 2002 Tournament Report [4] 2008 Tournament Report [5] 1997 Tournament Report [6] 2003 Tournament Report [7] 2009 Tournament Report [8] 1998 Tournament Report [9] 2004 Tournament Report [10] 2010 Tournament Report [11] 1999 Tournament Report [12] 2005 Tournament Report [13] 2011 Tournament Report [14] 2000 Tournament Report [15] 2006 Tournament Report [16] 2001 Tournament Report [17] 2007 Tournament Report [18]
For more information on these summaries, please contact:
Dr. Carl Quertermus, Biology Department, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia 30118
Links:
[1] http://www.georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/fishing/pdfs/miscellaneous/GA_LiveReleaseBoat.pdf
[2] http://get.adobe.com/reader/
[3] http://www.georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/fishing/pdfs/tournamentReports/Table_1996.pdf
[4] http://www.georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/fishing/pdfs/tournamentReports/Table_2002.pdf
[5] http://www.georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/fishing/pdfs/tournamentReports/Report_2008.pdf
[6] http://www.georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/fishing/pdfs/tournamentReports/Table_1997.pdf
[7] http://www.georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/fishing/pdfs/tournamentReports/Table_2003.pdf
[8] http://www.georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/fishing/pdfs/tournamentReports/Report_2009.pdf
[9] http://www.georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/fishing/pdfs/tournamentReports/Table_1998.pdf
[10] http://www.georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/fishing/pdfs/tournamentReports/Report_2004.pdf
[11] http://www.georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/fishing/pdfs/tournamentReports/Report_2010.pdf
[12] http://www.georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/fishing/pdfs/tournamentReports/Table_1999.pdf
[13] http://www.georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/fishing/pdfs/tournamentReports/Report_2005.pdf
[14] http://www.georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/fishing/pdfs/tournamentReports/Report_2011.pdf
[15] http://www.georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/fishing/pdfs/tournamentReports/Table_2000.pdf
[16] http://www.georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/fishing/pdfs/tournamentReports/Report_2006.pdf
[17] http://www.georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/fishing/pdfs/tournamentReports/Table_2001.pdf
[18] http://www.georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/fishing/pdfs/tournamentReports/Report_2007.pdf