You're not allowed to swim at Lake Lanier in 2023. Period!

[Ken Ford]

Truth.

There used to be trout in Lake Lanier, and people would fish deep for them at night near the dam.

The first time I heard about the "Volkswagon Size" catfish was about 1963. Supposedly the night fishermen could see them swimming around under their boats. Supposedly, the COE couldn't get divers to work around the dam because they were afraid of those fish.

I don't know how many people I knew ( a lot) who swore that the tales about the car sized catfish were true.

Same rumors around Hartwell Damn.

 

[mfoster]

Truth.

There used to be trout in Lake Lanier, and people would fish deep for them at night near the dam.

The first time I heard about the "Volkswagon Size" catfish was about 1963. Supposedly the night fishermen could see them swimming around under their boats. Supposedly, the COE couldn't get divers to work around the dam because they were afraid of those fish.

I don't know how many people I knew ( a lot) who swore that the tales about the car sized catfish were true.

Same thing at Sinclair —catfish big as cars,divers refused to work on dam

 

[Boogar Presley]

seen any of the "car sized" catfish there? or urban legend?

I personally saw a catfish laid on top of a 4-dr cadillac in the bottom of Watauga Lake while scuba diving. It's head was on the hood and body stretched across the top and the tail on the back lid. It wasn't the sizer of a car but covered most of the top of that car. It was allot bigger and heavier than me

 

[Omega]

Only thing wrong with that lake is flat creek raw sewage and all the half ass wired docks.

Haunted racist lake. I have heard it all now

 

[lawgger]

Couldn't possibly be. Way too cold.

gators can live just fine on the upper end above don carter.

 

[RiverBend]

I was just being silly. No gators in Lanier

Oh but yes there are, 11 years ago camped at Old Federal, early while fishing one morning saw 2 about 3-4 feet surface offshore. Later that weekend they had caught one at the nearby yatch club, th3 other is still there.

 

[Jamescg]

Same rumors around Hartwell Damn.

I caught the big whopper back in 2020. 400 pound braided line tided to the bumper of my truck, used a dozen chicken legs for bait. Good thing I had new tires, it almost pulled my truck in the water!

 

[41mag]

Dam !! That is the ugliest thing I ever seen…… Much less the ugliest to come out of the lake !!
Scary-looking even… gives you the “willies” just looking at it !

 

[Jamescg]

Dam !! That is the ugliest thing I ever seen…… Much less the ugliest to come out of the lake !!
Scary-looking even… gives you the “willies” just looking at it !

Its lives down in the deep water, near the dam. The rumors are true! Don’t go swimming in that lake!

 

[41mag]

Its lives down in the deep water, near the dam. The rumors are true! Don’t go swimming in that lake!

With critters like that …..I dont even wanna be near the lake ! Not even on the banks !!