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Chatuge: Level: 6.1 feet below full pool. Temp: High 40s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Slow. John Hembry said to try fishing deep brushpiles in 20 to 25 feet of water, and even up to 15 feet if there is some good cover, with a jig-head worm. John likes a 3/16- or 1/4-oz. jig head fished on…
Carters: Level: 1.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 53 degrees. Clarity: Clear except for a light stain up the river. Bass: Buddy Callahan at Bart’s reports that Texas rigs and jigs still remain a strong pattern. For worm colors, he says sweet potato and morning dawn are working. “Most fish are in the 20- to…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid 50s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Daniel Workman said the bite has been a little slow, but that they are catching some good spotted bass right now. He won a tournament the week before Christmas with a little more than 15 pounds, including two spots that weighed 4 and 5…
Blue Ridge: Level: 13.9 feet below full pool. Temp: High 40s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Fair. John Hembry reported that people are pulling in good mixed bags of smallmouths and spots up in the river above point seven. He said the fish are pulling up shallow in the dingy water, which warms quicker than the clearer…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 58 degrees. Clarity: The main lake is still a bit stained; creeks are beginning to clear. Bass: Clint Brownlee reports: “My partner Jimmy Sharp and friend Brian Davis won the last Ernie’s tournament on Blackshear with around 12 pounds. Most of their bites come on Rat-L-Traps and crankbaits, shad and…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.8 feet above full pool. Temp: Low 50s. Clarity: Good stain in some of the creeks, decent stain on the main river. Bass: “It’s slowing. The numbers are down, but there are still some good fish being caught,” said Dennis Hudson, whose tournaments are taking 12- to 15-lb. sacks to win. Dennis…
Allatoona: Level: 13.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 48-52 degrees. Clarity: Mostly clear; except for stained water moving down the Etowah arm. Bass: Fair. Guide Mike Bucca reports slow action on the south end because of a lack of baitfish, but the north end from the dam up the Etowah arm is better. “The best…
I have been trying to get my daughter Sabrina a deer for quite a while now. Sabrina is now 16 years old. She has been fishing and hunting with me since she was a toddler. I remember when I was stationed at Fort Knox, Ken., strapping her into a car seat in the Jeep and…
The north Georgia mountains are more likely to be equated with trout fishing than gigantic largemouths, but the cold, clear waters have created some California-style bass fishing on the 53-acre Unicoi Lake at Unicoi State Park, and a pair of Cleveland buddies has figured out how to catch them. On Oct. 22, Levi Garrett landed…
If a group of saltwater anglers and guides has its way, the red drum — Georgia’s state saltwater fish — will soon have the distinction of being the state’s first saltwater game fish. Mike Duckworth of Brunswick, along with well-known light-tackle guides, Capt. Greg Hildreth of Brunswick and Capt. Scott Wagner of Savannah, are spearheading…
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