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Fishing Reports
Hartwell: Level: 12.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 48 degrees. Clarity: The main lake and the rivers are clear, the backs of the creeks have a heavy stain. Bass: Bass fishing has been good the past few weeks, said guide Josh Fowler. “The Royston Bass Club fished on Jan. 19. The winning team had 18…
Eufaula: Level: Full pool. Temp: 52-54 degrees. Clarity: Clear on main lake; light stain in the creeks. Bass: Good, especially for numbers, said Tim Malcolm. “Most of the fish I have been catching have been from the mouth to about halfway back in the creeks. In creeks where the water was heavily stained, largemouths in…
Clarks Hill: Level: 12.6 feet below full pool. The amount of recent rain has only been enough to keep the lake from dropping more. Anglers are hoping the lake will come up 6 feet by the spring, so it’ll help with the ramps and courtesy docks. Wildwood has just re-opened four more ramps. Temp: 49-52…
Chatuge: Level: 12 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 40s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Bass fishing has been slow in the depths of winter, but John Hembree is anticipating one of those February thaws to jump start the fishing season. “If we get three or four days of warm weather, the fish will start to stir.…
Carters: Level: 19.3 feet below full pool. All ramps are still closed. Some anglers are hauling small jonboats and kayaks down to the lake. The level is at 1052.7. The corps says they need the lake to hold steady at 1055 for ramps to re-open. Plans are to extend ramps at Woodring, Damsite and Doll…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: Upper 40s. Clarity: Clear. Brown Trout: Burton brown trout are doggedly chasing the bluebacks around the shoreline of Lake Burton, said WRD Fisheries Biologist Anthony Rabern. “Bluebacks are concentrated around the dam and in the back of Mocassin Cove and in Murray Cove. Trolling is the key to finding the…
Blue Ridge: Level: 24.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 40s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Hit or miss, said Blue Ridge guide Nathan Lewis. “One day you will do good, and then the next day nothing.” The same winter tactics are still holding up — Shad Raps on rocky main-lake banks early in the day then…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 50 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. “The fishing had been pretty good until the cold weather,” said Ernie Broughton, who runs the Blackshear Buddies tournaments. Ernie won a recent tournament with four bass that weighed 14-lbs., 5-ozs. The fish all came on a Carolina rig with a black worm with…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 45 to 47 degrees. Clarity: Clear downriver; light stain upriver. Bass: Good. Dennis Hudson said the fish are biting well in his Saturday tournaments, but the big fish are hard to find. “We’re catching plenty of 1- to 1 1/2-lb. fish, but I’m having a real…
Allatoona: Level: 15.9 feet below full pool. One lane at Red Top Mountain is now open. Reports are that Gaults Ferry, Gatewood and Blockhouse are also open. Temp: 44-45 degrees. Clarity: Mostly clear except for light stain north. Bass: Excellent. “Even with the cold weather, the fishing has been great,” said guide Mike Bucca. He…
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