Around town
Day trips, seasons, game nights: what Atlanta does when it is not at the table. Written by the people who do the thing, and every piece ends at a restaurant from The List.
Day trip
Fishing the Chattahoochee at Island Ford, and where to eat after
Twenty miles from downtown, the Chattahoochee runs cold enough off the bottom of Lake Lanier to hold trout all year, and the National Park Service owns the banks at Island Ford for $5 a day. Wild browns, stocked rainbows, a trout stamp, and a life jacket.
By Ray Dodson · September 12, 2026 20 mifrom downtown to Island Ford on the Chattahoochee. Year-round trout in 50-degree water, $5 to park, the $10 trout stamp, no night fishing.