Smithgall Woods
United States, Georgia
About Smithgall Woods
This 5,500-acre mountain property protects Dukes Creek, rated among the top 100 trophy trout streams in the country with fish reaching 20-30 inches. Fishing access is limited to 30 anglers daily on a catch-and-release basis with barbless hooks. The creek is also the site where gold was discovered in Georgia in 1828, sparking the nation's first gold rush two decades before California.