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Fishing Reports
Nottely: Level: 23.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 50 degrees. Clarity: Clear. The backs of the creeks are stained. Bass: The standards on Nottely in the winter are a jigging spoon, a worm and occasionally a crankbait, said John Hembree. A jigging spoon on main-lake points and humps will generally catch fish. A green-pumpkin…
Oconee: Level: 3.2 feet below full pool and dropping. Temp: 58 to 62 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain. Boating advisory: When Georgia Power is moving water the level may drop by 1 to 1 1/2 feet so use caution when running the lake. Bass: Good, said Al Bassett. “They are in very shallow water, less than…
Saltwater: Inshore: Very good. “The inshore fishing has been some of the best I’ve seen in years for specks,” said Capt. Greg Hildreth. “It seems like every place you fish is holding good numbers of trout! I’ve been catching them on float rigs using live shrimp as well as DOA shrimp and Spike-It grubs. The…
Seminole: Level: 1.1 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: Crystal clear in Spring Creek. Slight stain up the rivers. Bass: Excellent. “There’s tons of shad in the grass. It’s as good as I’ve ever seen it for fall fishing here,” said guide Mike Sloan. Mike has been doing well throwing a 1/2-oz., red…
Sinclair: Level: 1.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 53 to 58 degrees. Clarity: Heavy stain up the river. Light stain on the main lake. Bass: Very good, said Barry Stokes. He thinks the fish are rapidly moving into their winter pattern right now. Most of the fish he has been catching have been from Nancy…
Weiss: Level: 6 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 50s. Clarity: The main lake is clear. Bass: Good. Lake Weiss fishing guide Mark Collins said the largemouths are shallow in the main lake and in the backs of the bays. Work main-lake points, road beds, humps and flats near the main river channels with shallow…
West Point: Level: 12.5 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 50s to low 60s. Clarity: Clear on main lake, light stain up the major creeks and up the Chattahoochee River. Boating advisory: Low lake level; wear life jackets. The river is not navigable north of the Hwy 219 bridge. Yellowjacket, Horace King, Georgia Access, Lone…
Public Fishing Area Reports Paradise PFA: Level: Most lakes remain 2 to 3 feet below full pool. Lake Horseshoe 3 is 4 feet below full pool due to winter drawdown. Water has been pumped up into Horseshoe 2. Temp: 62-64 degrees. Clarity: Clear to lightly stained. Bass: Fair. Several anglers have made reports of bass…
Bethlehem hunter Jay Maxwell dropped everything Tuesday, Nov. 20 when this giant Fulton County suburban buck was spotted in a friend’s backyard tending a doe and chasing off smaller bucks. Jay threw on his camo, grabbed his bow and arrived at the subdivision a little before noon. It was then that he put a long,…
On most days, Georgia Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) Area Manager Eric Wood can be found watching over Coopers Creek WMA southwest of Blairsville. But on Monday, Sept. 17, Eric’s trip home for lunch put him face-to-face with two area burglars. “I came home around 11:45 that morning and found two men in my driveway,” he…
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