Noontootla Creek

Type
Freestone river, Georgia (South)
Designation
Special-regulation trout water
USGS gauges
None on it; nearest shown
Guides
8 nearby
Shops
None listed

Today on the Noontootla Creek

Reading the gauge…

Regulations & access Guides & shops

Noontootla Creek is a freestone river in Georgia, listed as Special-regulation trout water by Georgia DNR Wildlife Resources Division (Georgia Sport Fishing Regulations, eRegulations edition).

More about the Noontootla Creek

The nearest USGS gauge on the same stream system is shown, labelled. 10 guides nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Blue Ridge & the Toccoa.

Updated · Sources: Artificial Lures Only trout streams, USGS Water Data

Representative photograph of similar water; not a photograph of this place.
Representative photograph, not this water.
Where it is

Noontootla Creek is a freestone river in Georgia. Our destination hub Blue Ridge & the Toccoa is 9 mi away in a straight line and lists it among its waters.

Nearest gauge (not on this water)
Reading the gauges…

Follow Noontootla Creek for flow alerts

Pick one of its USGS gauges and hear from us when the flow moves into or out of its usual range for the date, or crosses a flow you set. We check the public USGS reading every 2 hours and email only when it crosses, at most once every 6 hours. Flow alone is not a fishing forecast or a safety call.

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Where to fish

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Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

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Noontootla Creek on the map

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Gauges, shops and guides within 40 miles

Map of Noontootla Creek: gauges, shops and guides

RestroomsAccess map

Map of Noontootla Creek with 1 USGS gauge, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.

Restrooms near Noontootla Creek

Restrooms near Noontootla Creek

Restrooms within 2 miles of Noontootla Creek in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.

Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

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Regulations

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Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.

Official designation: Special-regulation trout water

Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under trout.

  • Special-regulation trout water

    On the Artificial Lures Only trout streams list (Georgia DNR Wildlife Resources Division (Georgia Sport Fishing Regulations, eRegulations edition), read 2026-10-20). All waters with this designation

    • and its tributaries on Blue Ridge WMA.
    • and its tributaries on Blue Ridge WMA; Size limit: 16 inches for all mountain trout. Georgia General Info Definitions Fish Consumption Guidelines Contact Information & Offices Commissioner's Message Department of Natural Resources Handling & Releasing Fish Fish Consumption Guidelines: Georgia Waters Licenses, Permits & Fees License Requirements Recreational Fishing License Fees Saltwater Fishing Saltwater Fishing in Georgia Recreational Fishing Georgia's Saltwater Gamefish Records Finfish Seasons, Limits, Sizes Georgia Saltwater Fish Shrimp, Crab, Shellfish & Bait Minnows Freshwater Fishing General Regulations Game Species Daily Limits Fishing Methods Boating Agreements with Bordering States Public Fishing Areas Trout Fishing Trout Streams Destinations by County Freshwater Fish Identification Freshwater Fish Records PDF Downloads Go Fish Georgia Get Kids Hooked Home | Privacy Policy | For advertising opportunities please contact us . © eRegulations. All Rights Reserved. {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","author":{"@id":"#identity"},"copyrightHolder":{"@id":"#identity"},"copyrightYear":"2026","creator":{"@id":"#creator"},"dateModified":"2026-08-27T09:56:02-04:00","datePublished":"2026-08-27T07:30:00-04:00","description":"The number of trout stocked and the stocking frequency depend on a stream's fishing pressure, public access, and water conditions. Streams with greater public access are stocked more often with more trout. Note: While fishing any specially regulated waters with a minimum size limit, it is unlawful to possess a trout which is less than the specified minimum size regardless of where the fish was caught. Trout Fishing Hours Fishing 24 hours a day is allowed on all trout streams and all impoundments on trout streams except those in the next paragraph. Impoundments On Trout Streams Anglers Can: Fish for fish species other than trout without a trout license on Dockery and Rock Creek lakes. Impoundment Notes: If you fish for or possess trout, you must possess a trout license. If you catch a trout and do not possess a trout license you must release the trout immediately. State park visitors are not required to have a trout license to fish in the impounded waters of the Park. However, those visitors wishing to harvest trout will need to have a trout license in their possession. Delayed Harvest Streams Anglers fishing delayed harvest streams must release all trout immediately and use and possess only artificial lures with one single hook per lure from Nov. Other Trout Stream Regulations Moccasin Creek That portion of Moccasin Creek between Lake Burton Hatchery water intake and a sign marking the approximate normal pool level of Lake Burton is restricted to anglers under 12 years of age, licensed seniors 65 or older and all ages with a Georgia Disability License. Smithgall Woods-Dukes Creek Conservation Area Dukes Creek and its tributaries within the Dukes Creek Conservation Area are open to fishing year round by reservation only. It is a violation to possess a trout smaller than these limits while fishing on Waters creek.","headline":"Trout Fishing - Georgia Fishing","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://www.eregulations.com/assets/images/SEO/_1200x630_crop_center-center_82_none/eregulations-meta-default.jpg?mtime=1663664119"},"inLanguage":"en-us","mainEntityOfPage":"https://www.eregulations.com/georgia/fishing/trout-fishing","name":"Trout Fishing - Georgia Fishing","publisher":{"@id":"#creator"},"url":"https://www.eregulations.com/georgia/fishing/trout-fishing"},{"@id":"#identity","@type":"LocalBusiness","name":"eRegulations","priceRange":"$"},{"@id":"#creator","@type":"Organization"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","description":"Breadcrumbs list","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","item":"https://www.eregulations.com/","name":"Homepage","position":1},{"@type":"ListItem","item":"https://www.eregulations.com/georgia","name":"Georgia","position":2},{"@type":"ListItem","item":"https://www.eregulations.com/georgia/fishing/trout-fishing","name":"[26gafw] Trout Fishing","position":3}],"name":"Breadcrumbs"}]}

The water on the map

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Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.

Length
11.4 mi
Drains
33.2 sq mi
Drop
691 ft · 60.6 ft/mi
Flows into
Toccoa River
Watershed
Ocoee

Guides and shops near Noontootla Creek

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Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

Shops nearby

No shop nearby yet.

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. After them, fly-focused guides within 40 miles whose website does not name it. Distances are straight-line.

Shops: fly shops first. A distance is shown when the shop’s website gives its location (within 60 miles); otherwise the shop is in one of the towns within 25 miles of the water.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species and hatches

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What 9 nearby guide websites mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.

Named on 9 nearby guide websites

  • Brown trout6
  • Rainbow trout5
  • Striped bass3
  • Trout3
  • Smallmouth bass2
  • Arctic grayling1
  • Brook trout1
  • Salmon1

When the bugs come off

Regional hatch months: Southern Appalachians
About this chart

17 hatches charted for the region, not measured on this water. From North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.

  1. January: 1 charted hatch
  2. February: 3 charted hatches
  3. March: 5 charted hatches
  4. April: 8 charted hatches
  5. May: 9 charted hatches
  6. June: 8 charted hatches
  7. July: 7 charted hatches
  8. August: 5 charted hatches
  9. September: 4 charted hatches
  10. October: 3 charted hatches
  11. November: 3 charted hatches
  12. December: 3 charted hatches

Midges (all year) · Blue-winged olive (February to March, May, October to December) · Early black stonefly (February to March, October to December) · Blue Quill (March to April) · Quill Gordon (March to April) · Black caddis (April to May) · and 11 more on the chart

How we put this together

Named by guides nearby (within 40 miles), counted from the species each guide lists on its own site. No agency page we hold lists species for this water.

Blue Ridge & the Toccoa

About this

Blue Ridge sits in Fannin County in the north Georgia mountains, above Blue Ridge Lake; below the lake's dam the Toccoa River flows north through McCaysville to the Tennessee line, where it becomes the Ocoee, and Noontootla Creek joins the Toccoa above the lake from the Chattahoochee National Forest.

Destination hub · 9 mi away in a straight line

Gear checklist

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What to bring on a guided float fishing trip: rain gear, polarized sunglasses, sun protection, a dry bag and your license. Most guides supply rods and flies. Estimated prices and where to buy.

A woman rows a drift boat while a man stands in the bow and casts

Guided float trip

Usually supplied by the guide; a 9′ 5–6 weight if you bring your own · Trout on most western float rivers

Open the checklist
Videos for this water (5)

Watch: reading a trout stream

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Seams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • How I Learned to Read Water (Fly Fishing)Embedded from YouTube · Mad River Outfitters · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • How To Read The Water with Tom RosenbauerEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Reading the Water to Successfully Locate TroutEmbedded from YouTube · Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on reading water

Watch: nymphing basics

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Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • 90° Nymph RigEmbedded from YouTube · Huge Fly Fisherman · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Casting with an Indicator & Better Nymphing TechniquesEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on nymphing

Fish Tales

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Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Noontootla Creek.

No stories from here yet.

Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

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All 12 sources and dates

A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: a point on the mapped channel of “Noontootla Creek”, halfway along its length in Georgia, from the USGS high-resolution hydrography (NHDPlus HR), read 4 Nov 2026. It marks the water, not a particular access or reach. Water type is our own classification.