The forage was likely bream, redbreast and shiners.

The river is not fished for bass, it gets too low to navigate at times, there will never be another fish of this class taken in the river due to lack of interest and low water conditions which will not allow them to get to old age.

Pesticides and sediment don't help the fishery either, there are few rivers or waterways in georgia that don't have warnings about mercury, the warnings tell you certain species to not eat, or 1 meal a month or 1 meal a week.

Big cities up stream dump ''treated waste'' in the river.

Since the flathead catfish has taken over the river the brown bullhead is extinct and the redbreast population is low, the flathead is a freshwater shark, they eat anything that fits in their mouth....small spawning bass included.