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Fishing Reports
Chatuge: Level: 0.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 60 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair, according to John Hembree. “It’s not been wide open, but it’s been pretty good,” he said. “Over the last few weeks it has been taking 10 or 11 pounds to win a nighttime tournament. The last tournament we fished we…
Carters: Level: 1.5 feet above full pool. Temp: 67-70 degrees. Clarity: Fairly clear. Bass: Slow. “I’m looking for June to be the best we’ve ever had, because it’s been so crummy the last two months,” said Buddy Callahan at Bart’s Bait & Tackle. “Everyone is saying we’re two weeks behind everyone else.” Some bloody tails…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: 70 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: The spotted bass have been biting great early in the morning, according to guide Wes Carlton. “We have been using flukes and soft plastics. Later in the morning I have been switching to small crankbaits (River 2 Sea), and large bass minnows. The largemouths have…
Blue Ridge: Level: 1.9 feet above full pool. Temp: Upper 60s, low 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good, according to Blue Ridge fishing guide Nathan Lewis. “We are catching a few on worms and on topwater. The smallmouths are hitting a fluke or floating worm in white or pearl. When the sun comes up, the smallmouths…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good, according to Ernie Broughton, tournament director for the Blackshear Buddies. “It will probably slow down in June when it gets hotter, but so far, it’s been holding up.” The team of Smith and Goodin brought in 17 pounds to win the May 17 tournament;…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: Full pool. Temp: 70-72 degrees. Clarity: Gin clear on south end, slight stain near the mud flats in the middle of the lake. Bass: Good for numbers, but the big fish are non-existent, said Dennis Hudson. With a 30-boat field, he won his Tuesday night tournament last week with a 9-lb., 5-oz.…
Allatoona: Level: Up 0.2 feet above full pool. Temp: 70 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. “The fishing on Allatoona has been hit and miss in May,” said guide Mike Bucca. “We started off slow, then ended up getting a lot better, and now we are back to slow again due to a cold front. We…
Mike Harris of Watkinsville dodged high wind on Hartwell May 12 to win his Round 4 Skeeter Eliminator Series match-up with Daryl Adams of Senoia. “You had to be on points that didn’t have real strong wind. The waves were so big on some that the fish couldn’t zero in very good,” said Mike. On…
On May 12, 2008, Travis Wilson, of Riverdale, was fishing for catfish in the Ocmulgee River just below the Lake Jackson dam when a big one hit. The fish weighed 33-lbs., 8-ozs. and establishes a channel catfish record for the river. The fish hit a chicken liver.
After an impressive weigh-in attendance at Berry’s and a day where our Elite 8 anglers spent time looking over their shoulders at spectator boats, the highly anticipated, much-talked-about Aaron Batson/Mike Cleveland Skeeter Eliminator Series fishing match at Lake Jackson is in the books. Aaron won the event with a 10.09-lb. limit, a nice bag consisting…
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