McDONOUGH â While the pandemic shut down businesses, facilities, and many events for long stretches this past year, one of the few safe, socially distanced activities available to offer recreational stress release to the public was the regular fishing season at select reservoirs of the Henry County Water Authority.
The 2021 fishing season kicked off this week, as the authority offers two reservoirs for public access through Nov. 28. The HCWA Tussahaw and Upper Towaliga Reservoirs will be open weekly on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
In addition, public fishing will be open on Memorial Day (May 31), Fatherâs Day (June 20), Independence Day (July 4), and Labor Day (Sept. 6). The reservoirs will be closed on Easter Sunday (April 4) and Motherâs Day (May 9).
Helen Chamber Of Commerce Presents 32nd Annual Helen Trout Tournament March 27 Monday, February 22, 2021 - photo by Alpine Helen-White County Convention and Visitors Bureau
The Helen Chamber of Commerce presents the 32nd Annual Helen Trout Tournament, 6 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, March 27 at the Helen Chamber of Commerce Festhalle, 1074 Edelweiss Strasse in Helen.
Masks, hand sanitizing and six-foot distancing are required inside the Festhalle. No spectators are allowed inside the Festhalle. There will not be an Awards Ceremony this year. The Helen Chamber of Commerce will stock the Chattahoochee River with over 400 pounds of trout.
Officials said, This beautiful stretch of the Chattahoochee that flows leisurely through the City of Helen, only 20 miles from the headwaters, is teeming with trout and has been known to produce Trophy Native Trout. In addition, DNR will be stocking the river with Trout during the tournament. The crystal clear shimmering water o