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Instill the values of wildlife conservation in all ages!

The Go Fish Center offers educational programs that include on-site classroom programs, public workshops and seminars. Classroom programs are interactive, hands-on lessons that align to the Georgia Performance Standards. Project WET, WILD and Learning Tree activities are available for classroom programs. Live fish and wildlife exhibits, fishing simulators, educational displays and a theater offer several entry points for teaching conservation. The Go Fish Center also holds public, conservation-centered, educational workshops and seminars.

Come and visit the Go Fish Center and experience wildlife conservation in a whole new way!

EDUCATORS! Download a special flier with more details for planning a group visit. For more information contact Clare Thorn at clare.thorn@dnr.state.ga.us or (478) 988-7187.

The STATE-FISH ART Contest is now open to all children in grades K -12 in public, private or home-school, any youth group, after-school program, youth camp, scout troop, art class, etc., or any individual kid who wants to enter!  Essentially any child of K-12 age is eligible as long as a responsible adult reads, agrees to and signs their entry form.

  • Contest details and how to enter
  • Contest registration form
  • Make your reservations now for the State-Fish Art Contest Expo at the Go Fish Education Center on July 12-13, 2013

Entries must be postmarked no later than Mar. 31, 2013

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USEFUL LINKS

   Buy A Fishing License 

   Fishing Regulations 

   Fishing Opportunities 

   Find Kids Fishing Events 

   *links will take you to the WRD website.

Calendar

VIEW our calendar for upcoming events.

 

Did You Know...

Anglers spend more than $1.1 billion yearly on fishing in Georgia with an economic impact of more than $1.9 billion, generating an estimated 10,600 jobs.

Around 1.29 million resident anglers fish Georgia's diverse freshwater resources that include more than 4,000 miles of trout streams, 12,000 miles of warm water streams wider than 10 feet, and 500,000 acres of impoundments.

Georgia holds the world record largemouth bass weighing 22 pounds, 4 ounces, caught in Montgomery Lake, Georgia in 1932.

Sport Fish Restoration Program and license fees pay for freshwater and saltwater programs and activities to benefit these resources.

Approximately 310 Kids Fishing Events are held annually in Georgia. These events typically bring 24,000 attendees, 4,000 first time anglers, and 13,000 catching at least one fish.

Georgia is home to 7 world record fish:

  • Largemouth Bass-22lbs 4oz
  • Shoal Bass-8lbs 3oz
  • Suwanee Bass-3lbs 9oz
  • Yellow Bullhead-4lbs 15oz
  • Chain Pickerel-9lbs 6oz
  • Redfin Pickerel-2lbs 10oz
  • Flier-1lb 4oz

Each year Georgia recognizes anglers for their exceptional catches. Georgia anglers are encouraged to submit potential big catches to the Angler Award Program.

...GO FISH GEORGIA!

Georgia Department of Natural Resources
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