Smallmouth Near-Ish Atlanta, Georgia?

[gotarheelz14]

Hey all,

I am going to be picking up my new puppy from the Atlanta area in a couple of weeks. I would not mind going up there Friday, spending a whole day fishing/camping and then picking the dog up on Saturday. I am mostly after Smallmouth bass. I do not have a boat so it would have to be a river or mountain streams/creeks.

I have caught 3, possibly 4 smallmouth my entire life. The largest one was probably 1/2lb at the very most. So, I really don't need the world's best smallmouth fishery. Just something that can put me above the 1lb dry spell.

Any ideas where I might be able to go?

Thanks a lot guys,

Carlos Saravia

[Chris at Tech]

You'll need to go as far north as you can. I think Blue Ridge and Hiawassee have some SM.