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Seminole: Level: 1.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 83 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Dragonflies are out, and it’s good topwater fishing all day. “A catch of nine nice ones came in on a silver Crazy Shad last week,” said Jack Wingate. “They are biting good because the smoke is heavy [from the forest fires]…
Oconee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 74 to 76 degrees. Clarity: Up the river is stained and down the lake and in the Richland Creek area there is a light stain to clear. Bass: Good. Bass fishing has picked up as the bass are moving out to their summertime holes, according to guide Al Bassett. A…
Nottely: Level: Down 7.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 72-73 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Hit-or-miss, according to guide Nathan Stuart. “If it was windy, I would hit main-lake points with topwater baits,” he said. “If there is no wind, I’d head back in the coves and fish plastic worms in brush.” Nathan’s worm rig is…
Lanier: Level: Down 2.9 feet below full pool. Temps: 74 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Spotted Bass: Good. Some spots are already setting up on a summertime pattern in the deep brush and timber, but there’s a good topwater bite around the main-lake flats and humps that are 15 to 20 feet deep and drop off into…
Jackson: Level: Full pool. Temp: 76-78 degrees. Clarity: Very clear, 4- to 5-foot visibility in the main lake. Bass: Fair. Recent night tournaments are being won with 6 to 7 pounds, with 3- and 4-lb. bags getting in the money. Bobby Berry said that if someone would have won a recent 42-boat pot tournament with…
Hartwell: Level: 2.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: The topwater bite on main-lake points, humps, reef markers and bridge pilings is under way. Largemouths, spots, hybrids and stripers are all hitting topwater very early and very late in the day. Sammys, pearl-colored Zoom Super Flukes, Zara Spooks, Chug Bugs —…
Eufaula: Level: 1 foot below full pool. Temp: About 80 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eufaula guide Billy Darby said the bass were still pretty shallow and concentrated in submerged hydrilla at the end of May. People were catching them fishing crankbaits through patches of hydrilla. “When that bait hangs up on the hydrilla, rip…
Clarks Hill: Level: 2.6 feet low. Temp: 68-75 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. The schooling has barely started, but everything seems to be behind because it’s been cool in the evenings. When it gets going look on blow-throughs and secondary points, and throw Spooks and Flukes. “I’ll be looking for schooling fish to appear any…
Carters: Level: 4 feet low. Temp: 74-76 degrees. Clarity: Algae bloom has begun. Bass: Fair. Buddy Callahan says after a slow mid-May tournament weights had rebounded nicely. He said an 11-lb. bag average is winning his four-fish-limit tourneys. The five-fish-limit tourneys are averaging 16- to 18-lb. winning bags. A 4-lb. spotted bass is the normal…
Chatuge: Level: Down 4.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: In June, the bass at Chatuge are still fairly shallow, said John Hembree. “I’d probably be throwing an unweighted fluke around boat docks and any wood structure — blowdowns or brushpiles. If you are fishing brush, the fish will be in…
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