Lake Gaston Info
Lake Gaston is truly one of the outstanding lakes in the country! It's
great for swimming, boating, fishing, jet skiing, water skiing, sailing and
much more! It is approximately 34 miles long, one and one half miles wide at
the widest part, has over 350 miles of shoreline and over 20,000 surface
acres of high quality water. Lake Gaston is well stocked with game fish
which include striped bass or rock fish, large mouth bass, crappie, sunfish
and several varieties of catfish. Other species of fish sometimes caught are
walleye, yellow perch and chain pickerel.
One of the great features of the lake is that because it is used for
generating hydroelectric power, it must be kept within 1 foot of it's normal
level by regulation. Because of this, even when surrounding lakes are low
due to drought conditions, Lake Gaston is at or very near its normal levels.
Lake Gaston is conveniently located on the border between North Carolina and
Virginia between routes I-85 on the West and I-95 on the East. It is about a
1.5 hour drive South from Richmond, VA, and about the same North from
Raleigh, NC.
The following are some sites with useful information about Lake Gaston:
Lake Gaston Area Directory
Online
Lake Gaston Chamber of Commerce
Lake Gaston Association
Weather at Lake Gaston
Marinas, Boat & Jet Ski Rentals
Fish Lake Gaston