Guide to Successful Fishing at Lake Burton, Georgia

Lake Burton is located in Upper east Georgia, around 25-miles upper east of Helen. Lake Burton was named after the town of Burton that presently lies beneath the lake's surface. On the lakes, west side is the Lake Burton Fish Hatchery and Slipper Stream State Park, which offers tent, trailer, and RV Campgrounds, a boat incline and dock, wheel-seat available fishing wharf and some climbing trails. The lake is utilized for generating hydroelectric vitality for the city of Atlanta during times of pinnacle power utilization. Lake Burton is claimed and operated by the Georgia Power Organization. 

Fishing at Lake Burton 

There is a couple of boats inclines for Lake Burton. The Murray Spread Boat Slope is located off of Scaffold River Street on the Southeastern bit of the lake. The Tallulah Waterway Boat Slope is located north of the Lake on the Tallulah Stream. Slipper Rivulet State Park has a boat incline thus does LaPrade's Marina. 

Lake Burton Fishing Tips 

The types of fish found at Lake Burton include largemouth bass, spotted bass, white bass, crappie, bluegill, sunfish, white catfish, walleye, dark-colored trout, rainbow trout, and yellow roost. 

For Largemouth Bass 

The largemouth bass at Lake Burton loves benefiting from blueback herring, so the Pearl Shaded Zoom Super Accident's have a great preferred position among fake baits. When jerk baits aren't getting you any chomps, artfulness worms angled along focuses, mounds and brook channels can be powerful. During fall and winter months, crawfish represents a major piece of their eating routine, so pig and dance combinations are great goads for the colder months. Fishing live snare around brought down timber in February and Walk will offer a decent possibility of delivering the biggest trophy bass of the year. 

When all is said in done, target fallen trees, rivulet diverts and boat docks in bays and little pockets. Throughout the spring, largemouth will remain nearby to unmistakable spread with overhead security to construct their bringing forth beds. In the late spring, you should target largemouth in 20 - 30 feet of water along the fundamental lake focuses and in spring channels; Carolina fixed delicate plastics would be a great method to begin. In the fall, fishing for largemouth is beneficial in the early morning and night in the region of their spring and summer locations. 

For Spotted Bass 

Lake Burton is known for its trophy spotted bass and is the location for the state record for spotted bass at 8 pounds and 2 ounces. In February and Walk, fish with pig-and-dance combinations, tube dances, plastic worms, or herring imitations, for example, the Zoom Super Accident, around woody trash and rough focuses. Fishing close to the dam can likewise be great when spotted bass is benefiting from herring at the surface. In the Spring, Pearl shaded Super Accidents and delicate plastic worms are compelling when angled around the edges of boat docks and brought down trees close to profound water. Carolina-fixed artfulness worms are great when medication crosswise over rough bottoms. At the point when the generating season is finished and around nightfall and first light, spotted bass will pursue topwater baits, for example, the Zara Frighten Draw or a Pointer 100, close to focuses and bumps in vast water. When fall has shown up slap a Super Accident on a dance head and fish in the mouth of springs were blueback herring congregate. 

For Dark-colored Trout 

Lake Burton is stocked each fall with around 20,000 ten-inch dark colored trout. When spring comes around, they will be around 15-inches in length and weigh around one pound. A similar time the next year, the trout will associate with 20-inches in length and weight near four pounds. The best time to catch darker trout is from July through September. From August to October, trout can more often than not be found from the dam to the primary upstream security marker. Trolling live trap, spoons or shad-imitating crankbaits over a 50 to 100-foot bottom at profundities running from 30 to 60-feet can be profitable. Throughout the mid-year, trout at Lake Burton will sustain at the surface about an hour or two preceding dawn, surface attachments and live draws are powerful at this time. In November, use in-line spinners around the dam, Murray's Inlet boat incline, and Sandal Rivulet boat slope to catch as of late stocked trout.