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Fishing Reports
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…
Well known for its ability to produce large bass, Dodge PFA near Eastman is also a standout for brilliantly colored, pan-sized bream. On April 10, 2008, I made a trip to Lake Bell, the 104-acre lake at the PFA, to catch the beginning of the prime season for bream which normally runs from April to…
May fishing is good anywhere you go in Georgia, but blueback herring have made Clarks Hill one of the best bets in the state to catch big largemouth this month. Fueled by spawning her- ring, postspawn bass are hitting on top, the most exciting way to catch bass. You can’t go wrong with a trip…
Don’t you just love May? So many things go on this time of year that it’s hard to figure out just what to do on a sunny day. How about getting up before daylight, pulling the boat to Lake Oconee and being on the water, lights on and ready to catch bass as the first…
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