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The Conasauga River flows north, out of the Cohutta Wilderness Area, into Tennessee, then turns south, flowing back into North Georgia, once again. The Conasauga River, which gets its beginnings in the mountains of North Georgia, eventually empties into the Gulf of Mexico, at Mobile Bay, Alabama.
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In the Cohutta Wilderness Area, the Conasauga River is a nationally-acclaimed trout stream, that is open to fishing year-round. Reached by foot, only, in most places, its inaccessiblity is the primary reason for its terrific trout fishing.
Down in the lower elevations, the Conasauga River is home to many species of warmwater fish, as well. Largemouth, Coosa Redeye, & Spotted Bass, as well as, many different sunfishes & catfishes, thrive in the pure waters, north of the first major city that the river must pass on its way to the sea.
Once back in Georgia, the Conasauga River begins slowing down some, taking on a whole new appearence. Gone are the rocky, fast waters of the mountains, leaving a clean, albeit silty, river bottom, that the current gently flows over.
The Conasauga River throughout flows through fertile river bottoms, its banks lined with towering hardwoods, whose roots offer terrific cover for all species of warm water fishes.
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Same River, yet so different. The Conasauga River, between U.S. Highway 411 North and Weber Road, is fast flowing, cooler water, with a predominantly gravel bottom.
Below Weber Road, though, the river slows down, and the water begins to warm up. Here the bottom is much more silty and sandy.
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