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Catching Not Fishing Guide Service

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Catching Not Fishing Guide Service is a fishing charter and guide service based in Dawsonville, GA. They offer year-round fishing charters on Lake Lanier, targeting striped bass, spotted bass, and crappie. All trips are conducted from center console boats equipped with high-end gear and electronics.

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Trip Durations
half-day, full-day

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5.0on Google, 85 reviews
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Around here

Around Catching Not Fishing Guide Service

Bolding Mill3.1 miToto Creek Campground3.3 mi2 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

Typical water level by month

2018 to 2026

The water at Catching Not Fishing Guide Service typically sits highest in March, at a median 5.54 ft, and lowest in October, at 3.93 ft. The highest water level on record for any single day is 13.29 ft, in 2021.

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Typical water level by month at Etowah River 0.2 MI DS GA 53, near Dawsonville, GA, in ft
MonthTypical (ft)Usual range (ft)
January5.134.69 to 5.77
February5.394.91 to 6.25
March5.545.04 to 6.04
April5.474.95 to 5.84
May5.084.83 to 5.49
June4.744.43 to 4.96
July4.524.16 to 4.74
August4.283.97 to 4.63
September4.073.73 to 4.62
October3.933.74 to 4.64
November4.253.82 to 4.83
December4.734.15 to 5.33

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 8 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Etowah River 0.2 MI DS GA 53, near Dawsonville, GA (site 02389050). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

Today · Fri

91Go/ 100

CloudyHigh 71°F, low 53°FRain 1%Wind 9 kt, gusts 14

Streamflow

267 cfs

Water level

4.63 ft

Normal (69th)

Air quality

26 Good

Dawsonville monitor, 6 km

National Weather ServiceBelow flood stage

Flood stage 14 ft. NWS reads 4.05 ft here.

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). Flood stages and forecasts: NOAA National Weather Service. Air quality: Georgia Department of Natural Resources via EPA AirNow. Preliminary data, not verified. See full conditions →

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