The Fish Hook

Trout fishing is becoming a very popular Georgia attraction.

Georgia is home to hundreds of miles of icy cold fresh mountain trout streams. The states Department of Natural Resources keeps most of these streams well stocked with a variety of rainbow and brown trout. There are high mountain streams that are narrow enough to spit across yet hold a slew of the small tasty native rainbow trout in the nine to twelve inch range, and then there are the large deep mountain rivers such as the Toccoa River where avid trout anglers pull an average of fourteen inch, and at times up to lengths as much as thirty eight inches.

Georgia is scattered with small mountain towns with trout streams running through them which offer convenient amenities such as small hotels, riverside rustic cabins, trout fishing guides, as well as tourist friendly attractions enabling the avid trout angler to make mini vacation getaways and enjoy the day trout fishing in the rivers, and excellent local dining and attractions in the evening.

The trout streams in Georgia are both seasonal, and year round. Some of the streams are known as trophy streams with restrictions such as minimum size to keep being twenty-two inches. Some parts of certain streams have restrictions such as barb less hook only, artificial bait only, and no treble hooks. These more restricted streams are few, but are kept with good intentions as a way of preserving some of the states trout streams known to yield and maintain some of the states largest native trout.

The largest city in the State of Georgia is Atlanta. There are also large trout streams that go right up to the edge of the city, allowing avid trout anglers the opportunity to leave there big city office environments, and within minutes be in a secluded fresh mountain stream fly fishing for trout, and feeling miles away from the hustle and bustle of city life.

The most common baits used by Georgians to bring the trout in are common flies used by fly fisherman, to spinner baits such as the Mepps gold or copper, corn, night crawlers, and even marshmallows will get a stringer full on certain days.
Many of Georgia’s avid trout anglers mix up their own recipes of trout bait mixing corn up in garlic juice, and marinating it overnight. Many of the old timers have a full docket of secret trout recipes that they will only hand down to close family and friends.

So weather you’re a long time resident of Georgia, or someone just passing through, don’t miss the opportunity to engage in the sport of trout fishing here. The waters can be quite icy at times; so don’t forget your waders. And don’t forget before you strike out on any of the local trout streams in Georgia, you need to make sure you have a current Georgia fishing license, as well as a current trout stamp. You will also need to make sure you pick up the current years regulations pamphlet to insure that you are following that years guidelines for whatever stream your fishing in.

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If you are an avid trout angler, Helen Ga. has some of the absolute best cabins geared perfectly to suit.

Many of the cabins are set with large decks overlooking some nice deep holes slap full of good size rainbow trout.
Trout anglers in most cases can walk down a few steps from the back of their cabins, and enter right into excellent trout waters. Many of the cabins located on the river are even equipped with riverside cleaning tables which allow for easy cleaning of your days catch, and the Department of Natural Resources stock the trout streams every week with good size rainbow trout, and a few brown trout ranging in sizes from twelve to fourteen inches.

Many of the cabins are even set up with a mountain fishing village theme, with large rainbow trout mounted above the fireplaces, as well as decorative vintage trout fishing gear such as fly rods, and hand nets hung on the cabin walls.

Almost every cabin has a deck equipped with large grilling areas and picnic tables perfect for preparing fresh grilled rainbow trout for dinner. Most of the cabins in Helen Ga. are within walking distance of the famous Betty’s Country store, which sales a choice of perfect side dishes for trout dinners, as well as a special flour mixture made specifically to bring out the best taste available for rainbow trout.

The Chattahoochee River runs through the entire mountain village of Helen, Ga., and the best part is that trout fishing is open year round through the entire town. The guidelines for trout fishing in Helen Ga. are very loose. For example, you’re allowed to use live bait such as worms, crickets, and mealworms, but not minnows. There are no restrictions such as artificial lures only, barb less hooks, or use of treble hooks.

There are two things to keep in mind for your Helen Ga. trout fishing adventure. One, once summer gets here, and the weather gets good and hot, the Chattahoochee River portion that runs through Helen Ga. becomes so full of recreational tubers, that you can’t even get a good cast in. When the river through the town gets filled up with tubers, I go further upstream just outside of the town into the Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area to fish. And two, the trout fishing really slows down towards the end of the summer when the river starts getting really shallow. The absolute best time of the year to trout fish in Helen, Ga. is from about mid march till a few weeks into the summer before the tubers take over, and the water gets real hot.

So if you are an avid trout angler, and you want to rent a cabin for a day, a weekend, or a week, you really need to take a look at some of the nice trout angler themed cabins available throughout Helen, Ga. You can tell at first glance that the owners of many of these adorable mountain cabins are either trout fishermen themselves, or have put forth a strong effort to appeal specifically to trout anglers.

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With the iPod being one of the most used audio devices, the audio industry has created many ways to play you music from your MP3, not just inside your headphones. Car audio systems now allow you to hook up an Mp3 via stereo or in car kit in the car, whilst docking systems let you play your music in your home or on the go. Heres a selection of our Mp3 docking station favorites that will let you party to your music in your home.

For The Budget Minded

Our top docking station for those on a budget is the trendy Logic3 IPS006PK i-STATIONGO in a variety of fashionable colours, from outrageous pink to a bright forest green. Not only does this docking station look good for under 20, its compact nature makes it easy to move about from room to room or even outside (only on sunny days of course!). This small and nifty design also has amazing output for such a small docking station, thus you dont have to compromise on quality.

What we really love about this docking station is that you can securely connect up Mp3s, iPods and phones in two dynamic positions with the secure vertical and horizontal holding feature, enabling you to place you digital media device in the best position for you.

For The Kid In You

Ever thought docking stations look boring? Well the new design I-Ghost will never bore you with its spooky design. Its ghostly image will certainly add a little fun to your living room, as two speaker eyes pop out of the ghostly figure. Moreover, the i-Ghost was designed not just with style in mind, but quality and design. With a total of 3 speakers, the i-Ghost can achieve surround sound specifications at 360 degrees, enabling your music to flow through the entire room.

Unlike most lower end market iPod docks, with the i-Ghost you can connect it up to game consoles and other music sources, enabling you to play from various sources in your house. Thus it can easily be moved around the house using portable and non-potable music sources.

Our favourite touch to this spooky docking station is the humanized touch volume control and the remote control, allowing you to control the dock in various ways.

For The Music Connoisseur

If bass pumping music is what you want, look no further than Kicker (model IK350) the experts in the audio field. The IK350 from Kicker docking station has everything you could possibly want, it hooks up iPods, additional media sources, computers, iPhones and satellite radio units.

Four inch woofers and inch tweeters give the perfectly engineered Kicker IK350 the power and energy your music needs to play clearly and precisely. Whilst the 4.5 inch subwoofers work accurately on the production of bass, creating the high quality deep and dynamic sounds of bass which the audio experts are well known for. Power is no problem with this unit, as a specially created amp powers this dock, making sure the dock gets the power it needs, and no less or more.

We love the Kicker IK350 simply because it combines high end audio quality within a device that is movable (it has handles to move). It is also the most adaptable device as users can fine tune their music using the bass and treble fine-tune options perfect options for the music connoisseur.

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