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Creek · Baker County, the spring-fed limestone creek running south below Newton through the Dougherty Plain to join the Flint River in southwest Georgia · Georgia

Ichawaynochaway Creek Fishing Guides

A clear, spring-fed limestone creek in southwest Georgia holding shoal bass over rock ledges, and one of the best small-water fisheries in the Flint River basin.

A shallow rocky river running clear through eastern woodland
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About the Ichawaynochaway Creek

Ichawaynochaway Creek is a southwest Georgia water that does not behave like the rest of the coastal plain. It runs through the Dougherty Plain, where the underlying limestone is riddled with springs, and those springs give the creek a clarity and a thermal steadiness that sand-bottomed neighbours never achieve. Below Newton it runs south through Baker County over limestone ledges and gravel shoals before joining the Flint River. The rock is the key to everything: it creates the shoal habitat that makes this creek worth a long drive, and it keeps the water cool and clear when surrounding streams run warm and stained.

Shoal bass are the reason to come. They are a Flint basin specialty, found in very few places on earth, and they hold exactly where you would expect a river smallmouth to hold, in the broken water at the head and tail of the rock shoals. They fight far above their weight and will take a fly or a small crankbait worked across the current. Alongside them the creek carries largemouth and spotted bass, outstanding redbreast sunfish, bluegill, redear and longear sunfish, and good numbers of channel and flathead catfish in the deeper holes between shoals.

Low to moderate flow is what you want. At those levels the shoals are defined, wadeable and readable, and a kayak gets you between them easily. The gauge below Newton is the number to check, because the creek responds quickly to rain in the upper watershed and high water both covers the shoal structure and makes the rock genuinely dangerous to wade. Much of the surrounding land is private or in research and conservation ownership, so plan access carefully rather than assuming.

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Flow alert

Tell me when the Ichawaynochaway Creek cfs

Now: 261 cfs, read 7:30 am CST, Mon Nov 2, 2026 (USGS 02355350, ICHAWAYNOCHAWAY CREEK BELOW NEWTON, GA).

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Access

Newton - the gauge town and the usual reference point for flows and for access to the creek below it.
Baker County road crossings - the practical public entry points for anglers wading or launching a kayak.
Flint River confluence - the downstream junction, and the source of the shoal bass that use the creek.
Ichauway - the large private research property along much of the corridor; access there is not public and should not be assumed.
Albany - the nearest city, the regional centre for tackle, licences and guides working the Flint basin.
Limestone shoals - the defining habitat, exposed and fishable at low and moderate flow and the first thing to locate on the water.
Chickasawhatchee Creek - the neighbouring tributary in the same basin, useful as an alternative when flows are wrong here.

Seasons

Spring: rising and falling flows with shoal bass moving onto the rock to spawn, and the best chance of the year at a genuinely large fish.
Summer: low clear spring-fed water, the signature season, with the shoals wadeable and the shoal bass and redbreast sunfish fishing at their most reliable.
Fall: steady low flows, cooling water and very little pressure, making this the most comfortable and often the most productive time to fish the shoals.
Winter: cooler and frequently high after frontal rain, with the shoal fishing slow but catfish and largemouth still holding in the deeper connecting pools.

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Questions

What is the current flow on the Ichawaynochaway Creek?

As of Nov 2, 7:30 am, the USGS gauge ICHAWAYNOCHAWAY CREEK BELOW NEWTON, GA reads 261 cfs. Conditions update every 15 minutes.

What species can you catch on the Ichawaynochaway Creek?

Anglers target American Eel, Bluegill, Bowfin, Chain Pickerel, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Longear Sunfish, Longnose Gar, Redbreast Sunfish, Redear Sunfish, Shoal Bass, Spotted Bass on the Ichawaynochaway Creek in Georgia.

Where can you access the Ichawaynochaway Creek?

Newton - the gauge town and the usual reference point for flows and for access to the creek below it. Baker County road crossings - the practical public entry points for anglers wading or launching a kayak. Flint River confluence - the downstream junction, and the source of the shoal bass that use the creek. Ichauway - the large private research property along much of the corridor; access there is not public and should not be assumed. Albany - the nearest city, the regional centre for tackle, licences and guides working the Flint basin. Limestone shoals - the defining habitat, exposed and fish...

When is the best time to fish the Ichawaynochaway Creek?

Spring: rising and falling flows with shoal bass moving onto the rock to spawn, and the best chance of the year at a genuinely large fish. Summer: low clear spring-fed water, the signature season, with the shoals wadeable and the shoal bass and redbreast sunfish fishing at their most reliable. Fall: steady low flows, cooling water and very little pressure, making this the most comfortable and often the most productive time to fish the shoals. Winter: cooler and frequently high after frontal rain, with the shoal fishing slow but catfish and largemouth still holding in the deeper connecting pool...

Where are the fishing regulations for the Ichawaynochaway Creek?

Regulations change by season and section. Read the current rules on the Georgia agency site: https://georgiawildlife.com/fishing/regulations