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Welcome to Chattooga River TU!
Welcome to the website of Trout Unlimited’s Chattooga River Chapter. We are the chapter with weekly activities to interest conservationists, coldwater anglers, and all of you who appreciate opportunities that contribute to the health of our environment.
Chapter opportunities include monthly meetings featuring knowledgeable speakers on varieties of subjects relating to coldwater conservation. Weekly hikes present every member an invitation to see and appreciate the diversity of Oconee and Pickens Counties. Our fishing and daily outings are mentoring sessions which allow participants to attend as overnight campers or on a day-trip basis.
We maintain the Coon Branch Trail along the primitive Whitewater River between the falls. We collect litter along our adopted stretch of Highway 107 in Oconee County and along the Eastatoe River in Pickens County.
“Trout in the Classroom” is an activity we sponsor in local schools. “Scouting-for-Trout” is an on-stream activity for youth.
Refer to our “CORE AGENDA,” linked in the menu to the left, for a complete list of activities.
And, by the way, we enjoy fishing for trout.
Experience with us, “Catch and Release!”
Upcoming CRCTU Meeting
The April 1, 2025 program will be an annual update from Will Wood a fisheries biologist from the SC Department of Natural Resources. We will start at 7PM. Below are a few topics the board has requested be covered:
1) Affects of Hurricane Helene—on streams, fish, insects, access etc. both immediate and lasting
2) Impacts of the federal funding freezes on any SCDNR projects
3) Results of what surveys were able to be done before Helene
4) Future plans - hatchery, streams
5) For streams that aren't normally stocked or use to be stocked, how do you determine when to stop or when you need to start back again?
The board will provide an update on 2025 initiatives.
Bring a fly for the fly lottery.
Chapter Meetings are the first Tuesday of every month.
Location:
Clemson Central Library
105 Commons Way, Central, SC 29630
1) Affects of Hurricane Helene—on streams, fish, insects, access etc. both immediate and lasting
2) Impacts of the federal funding freezes on any SCDNR projects
3) Results of what surveys were able to be done before Helene
4) Future plans - hatchery, streams
5) For streams that aren't normally stocked or use to be stocked, how do you determine when to stop or when you need to start back again?
The board will provide an update on 2025 initiatives.
Bring a fly for the fly lottery.
Chapter Meetings are the first Tuesday of every month.
Location:
Clemson Central Library
105 Commons Way, Central, SC 29630