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Cartecay River is a public river in Gilmer County, Georgia, managed by State of Georgia (public / navigable water). You can fish it on an Georgia licence, but bank access is only at road crossings, parks, GA DNR access sites and other public land; riparian owners control the bank on non-navigable reaches. Public access confirmed via public-trust river.
A north-Georgia mountain trout stream — wild and stocked rainbow, brown and (in the headwaters) native brook trout. A Georgia trout licence is required to fish for or possess trout. Many reaches are on the Chattahoochee or Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest.
It runs roughly 18 miles through the North Georgia region. Anglers here mostly fish for spotted bass, redeye bass, bluegill, redbreast sunfish; shadow bass, rainbow trout, common carp are also on record. Live flow and gauge height come from the Cartecay River Near Ellijay, Ga USGS station shown below. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Owltown Creek and Licklog Creek.
Species from GA DNR fish-management and boat-ramp data.
Night fishing: No statewide night-fishing closure in Georgia. Public Fishing Areas and some Corps day-use parks have posted hours; a few PFAs are closed at night. Bowfishing and jugging at night are legal on most public water. Trout streams on WMAs may be open only 30 min before sunrise to 30 min after sunset in the seasonal-catch reaches.
Boats: Most Georgia rivers are waded or floated by canoe, kayak and jon boat; the Coosa, lower Flint, Altamaha, Ocmulgee and Savannah take bigger craft.
Bank & bivvy camping: Georgia navigable-water rule: you may fish and float any navigable stream; bank access is at Georgia DNR and county ramps, WMA landings, bridges, state parks and the sandbar-camping paddle rivers.
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Live from USGS gauge 02379500 — Cartecay River Near Ellijay, Ga. Full gauge data →
Anyone 16-64 needs a Georgia fishing licence — resident annual is about $15, non-resident annual about $50, and non-resident 1-day (~$10) and 3-day (~$18) licences are sold. A separate Georgia trout licence (~$10 resident / ~$20 non-resident) is required to fish for or possess trout. Georgia residents 65+ fish free. Buy from GoOutdoorsGeorgia.com. A Georgia fishing licence covers navigable rivers and the whole Georgia side of the Savannah, Chattahoochee and St. Marys. A Georgia trout licence is also required on any water that holds trout.
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