Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery

10/01/2025

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06/12/2025

05/30/2025

After 30 years of federal service Charles Hood and Kelly Taylor are officially retired. Today marked the last day as employees of the Chattahoochee Forest NFH. Here’s to a new chapter of life. The cake says it all!!!

05/30/2025

The Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery stocked the following bodies of water during the week of May 26th:

5/27
Rock creek lake Fannin

5/28
Cooper creek. Union
Etowah River Lumpkin
Nimblewill creek. Lumpkin

5/30
Toccoa River. Fannin

For more stocking sites visit the GADNR website. Happy Fishing everyone!!

05/21/2025

Our own Makenzie Foster has been recognized as a 2024 Recovery Champion! Recovery Champions are U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff and their partners whose work is advancing the recovery of endangered and threatened species of plants and animals. Makenzie has been recognized in the Southeast Region for her work with Laurel dace, a freshwater minnow native to Tennessee. You can read more about this effort in the article link.

https://www.fws.gov/program/recovery/2024-recovery-champions

If anyone has been around Makenzie for any length of time, you know her passion for wildlife and conservation. Even from an early age she found beauty in nature and developed a strong curiosity about the world around her. Her knowledge and passion are evident in her work at the hatchery, whether it be working with endangered species, leading tours, or hosting workshops.

Help us congratulate Makenzie on this well-deserved recognition! 🎉

05/17/2025

The Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery stocked the following bodies of water during the week of May 12th:

5/14
Rock creek. Fannin
Toccoa River. Fannin

5/16
Cooper creek. Union
Etowah River Lumpkin
Nimblewill creek. Lumpkin

For more stocking sites visit the GADNR website. Happy Fishing everyone!!

05/16/2025

The Chattahoochee Forest National Fish hatchery held its annual Special Needs Rodeo today. We had 80 participants accompanied by 44 teachers and staff from Union, Towns, and Fannin come out and enjoy a morning of fishing. 50 volunteers gave up their time to come out and help them fish. Would like to thank all the volunteers for their help today. Would also like to thank the Blue Ridge Chapter, the Chattahoochee Nantahala chapter and the Foothills chapter of Trout Unlimited for all their hard work. Also would like to Thank the Friends of the Chattahoochee Forest NFH for providing lunch to the volunteers today. We could not put this on without the help of all our partners and volunteers.

05/10/2025

The Chattahoochee Forest National Fish hatchery held its annual Veterans’ Appreciation Fishing rodeo today. The weather held off and gave us a beautiful day to fish. We had 48 Veterans register today, but know there were more down the creek. Prizes were given out today with a top prize of a half day float trip with Andrew Bruce from Lake Blue Ridge outfitters. Andrew is also a Veteran of the British military. Andrew has provided the grand prize for several years now. Lunch was provided by the Blue Ridge Dairy Queen and Friends of the Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery. The hatchery recognized the oldest veteran there today at 94 years young, the youngest veteran there at 28, and the veteran who travelled the farthest to come fish. 500 miles. Each of them received a hatchery challenge coin. The Hatchery staff would like to give a big shoutout to The Blue Ridge chapter and The Chattahoochee/Noontootla chapter of trout unlimited for all their tireless hardworking and dedication. We couldn’t put these on without you. We would like to Thank the Friends of the Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery for all their hard work and support. Couldn’t do these events without them. Would also like to Thank the Georgia Department of Veteran Services for coming out today. Would like to thank Conner Land, field representative for Congressman Andrew Clyde and Hope Iglehart, North Georgia Outreach Coordinator for Senator Jon Ossoff for coming out today and speaking to the Veterans. Last but not least would like to thank the Staff of Chattahoochee Forest NFH for providing the fish and getting the hatchery looking good for the event.

05/10/2025

The Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery stocked the following bodies of water during the week of May 5th:

5/6
Winfield Scott lake Union
Toccoa River. Fannin

5/7
Dockery lake. Lumpkin
Etowah River Lumpkin
Nimblewill creek. Lumpkin

5/8
Cooper creek. Union

5/9
Rock creek. Fannin

For more stocking sites visit the GADNR website. Happy Fishing everyone!!

05/03/2025

05/03/2025

The Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery stocked the following bodies of water during the week of April 28th:

4/30
Cooper creek. Union
Etowah River Lumpkin
Nimblewill creek. Lumpkin

5/1
Holly creek. Murray.
Blue Ridge Tailwaters. Fannin

5/2
Rock creek. Fannin
Toccoa River. Fannin

For more stocking sites visit the GADNR website. Happy Fishing everyone!!

04/25/2025

The Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery stocked the following bodies of water during the week of April 21st:

4/23
Winfield Scott lake Union
Rock creek. Fannin
Toccoa River. Fannin
Blue Ridge Tailwaters. Fannin

4/24
Dockery lake. Lumpkin
Etowah River Lumpkin
Nimblewill creek. Lumpkin

4/25
Canada creek. Union
Cooper creek Union

For more stocking sites visit the GADNR website. Happy Fishing everyone!!