Advertisement
Lake Oliver
Lake Oliver is a small 2,150-acre Georgia Power Co. reservoir on the Chattachoochee River within the city limits of Columbus. Public access to the lake is limited to one marina owned by the City of Columbus and one boat ramp near Goat Rock Dam on the Alabama side. Homes and docks line the shoreline on both the Georgia and Alabama sides. Green Island Hills, an upscale development, is located on the lake at the mouth of Standing Boy Creek.
Lake Oliver Resources
Oliver: Level: 337. Temp: Upper 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Tyler Morgan won an Oliver tournament at the end of April with five spots weighing 13 pounds. He said to fish balls of fry in sloughs with a wacky-rigged Senko for fry guarders. Fish a buzzbait around seawalls near the mouths of spawning sloughs early and target shade later. Also, flip all wood cover with a Ace jig or a Texas-rigged creature bait. Tyler likes the Hedgehog for its thinner profile. Use a 1/4- to 5/16-oz. sinker for a slow fall.”
Read MoreLake Oliver Articles
March is a great month to catch big largemouth and spotted bass up shallow in a prespawn mode. And one of the best bass bites occurs at a lake on the Chattahoochee River you might not even know about. Lake Oliver is a small Georgia Power lake north of Columbus. You can see the Oliver…
The warming trend that hit Georgia last week had fishermen across the state itching to be on the water, whether pulling jigs for slab crappie or bass anglers hoping to roll a big one that moved up shallow. It sure paid off for GON content contributor Tyler Morgan, of Phenix City, who had a big…
Brad Carroll, of Columbus, caught a 7-lb., 7-oz. monster shoal bass on March 6 that set a record on Lake Oliver, which is a small Georgia Power Co. impoundment on the Chattahoochee River near Columbus.