Clarks Hill Fishing Reports – November 2020

Clarks Hill: Level: Slightly above full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Slightly stained with some debris due to seasonal changes.

Linesides: Guide Bradd Sasser reports, “The hybrids and stripers are beginning to move into creeks in the mid to upper lake areas and also out toward Raysville and Amity. The bite is more of a steady consistent bite versus the early morning feeding frenzy that we encounter during the summer. Right now you can use a variety of tactics. Downlines, freelines and planer boards are all producing. You can also use some topwater lures, such as Sammys, Shad Raps and flukes with some surface activity occurring at daybreak. The fish have been mixed all over in different depths of the water column from 5 to 30 feet deep. Electronics have been very useful due to so much variation.”

Capt. Eddie Mason reports, “We’ve been moving around a lot this month. Some days I’m here on the lower end, some days mid lake and even going in the Little River area some. We’re spending a lot of time in the river channels. However, even if I catch them good in one spot today and go back tomorrow, they may very well be gone. I’ve been able to Spotlock some days, and others I’m needing to move around with the trolling motor. The water where we’re getting hybrids and stripers in is about 30 feet deep, but we’re getting the fish at about 8 feet on downrods using live blueback herring. We’ve also been doing more catfish fishing than usual, and for those, I’m using live herring and cutbait. I’m going all the way down to the bottom with the downrods for the catfish. We’ve also been looking for crappie. On Tuesday, Oct. 20, I went out scouting with fellow Capt. Tim George and our friend Chris Holsenback. We got 25 hybrids, 30 crappie, two spotted bass and five catfish. Good fishing, good friends and good fellowship made for a great day of fishing.”

Crappie: Guide Bradd Sasser reports, “The crappie fishing has been phenomenal with this year having a perfect storm of conducive conditions. They are piled on brush in 20 to 30 feet of water anywhere from 12 to 18 feet deep. We will see them move into deeper water as it cools off more. Jigging and fishing straight down with minnows have both produced boxes of slabs.”