Can I get a 14ft aluminum boat/motor from the new ramp at Hardin bridge upstream to the lower dam?
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Striper fishing the Etowah river
- Thread starter kc30121
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Are the striper in the etowah river year around or is the summer the best time to target these fish?
I fish it a fair amount. The best time year is June through end of August (hot). Good spots exist all through the river from the low dam to Rome. My favorite is the stretch from 411 to the Rome bypass. I fish out of a kayak so the shallows are not that big of a deal. If you are in a boat other than a drifter I would suggest coming up from the bypass or getting private access up river from the Euharlee road access point. I see guys running up-river past Douthit ferry and pumpkin vine creek in aluminum boats with jet drives.
I gear and fly fish for em so my recommendations are Redfins and Zara spooks for top water. I've had good luck with medium diving crank baits in shad colors and light colored jerkbaits.
Flies: I run large poppers early in the morning. Clousers minnow in white, chartreuse/white, and pink/white. Krystal clousers work great too. Large white shad style streamers are great too such as Garner's white trash. Getting flies down in the current can be a pain and expect tons of hang ups.
A fellow I go to church with stacks em up with live shad.
Running a boat from Hardin bridge to the low dam is going to be a rough ride. Very shallow just up-river from Hardin.
I gear and fly fish for em so my recommendations are Redfins and Zara spooks for top water. I've had good luck with medium diving crank baits in shad colors and light colored jerkbaits.
Flies: I run large poppers early in the morning. Clousers minnow in white, chartreuse/white, and pink/white. Krystal clousers work great too. Large white shad style streamers are great too such as Garner's white trash. Getting flies down in the current can be a pain and expect tons of hang ups.
A fellow I go to church with stacks em up with live shad.
Running a boat from Hardin bridge to the low dam is going to be a rough ride. Very shallow just up-river from Hardin.
Here are a couple of flies I tie as an example. Top is a long articulated fly and the bottom is a pot-bellies shad.
Striper are everywhere and nowhere. They are constantly on the move feeding traveling up and down river. Just keep trying and you will eventually get on them.
Any idea what your draft is??
Catch and release I hope? For your sake!
