Guidebook for Sautee

Fishing The Chattahoochee abounds with twelve to fourteen inch trout – mostly rainbow trout with some brown. If you want to get away from the crowds upstream from Helen you will enter the Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area where there is plenty of area for wade fishing. Duke’s Creek runs through the Smithgall Woods State Park and is accessible for fishing year-round. The trout in Duke’s Creek are wild rainbows and browns that have not been stocked by local hatcheries. At “Duke’s Creek Scenic Falls Area” the stream flows through a gorge that may be a challenge to access, but it has some of the best fishing spots for rainbow trout.