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Chattooga River (Clayton)

Live conditions for Chattooga River (Clayton): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

156cfs→ lowcaution
Low and skinny at 156 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water · -1.9% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp62.6°F
Stage1.09 ft
Engine callOFF 156 cfs outside wade band 200–750
Gauge read 8:00 AM CDT · USGS 02177000. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Chattooga River (Clayton) is a freestone river in Georgia, fished for trout, redeye bass — rainbow, brown, brook. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.
troutredeye bassrainbow troutbrown troutbrook trout
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

  • Burrell's Ford Bridgebridge
  • Russell Bridge (GA 28 / SC 28 Bridge)bridge
  • Long Bottom Fordbridge
  • Earls Fordcarry
  • Sandy Fordcarry
  • Woodall Shoalswalk in
  • US 76 Bridge (Rogue's Ford Bridge)bridge
  • Tugaloo Lake Boat Ramp (Section IV Take-out)ramp
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.