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Fishing Reports
West Point: Level: 2.5 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid to high 60s. Clarity: Light stain upriver; stained in creeks. Bass: Fair. Fishing slowed a little for largemouth due to the bad mid-April cold fronts, said guide Paul Parsons. He suggested backing off the banks and fishing the brushpiles in 5 to 8 feet of…
Weiss: Level: .2 feet below full pool. Temp: mid 50 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow. Jason Tucker at J.R.’s Marina said it took only 12 pounds to win an April 18 Wednesday night pot tournament, and that catch was anchored with a 6 pounder. “The largemouths had moved up to spawn, then the water temperature…
Sinclair: Level: 1.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 68-69 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain. Bass: Good: Even though the bass aren’t on the docks like they usually are this time of year, Barry Stokes said he has been catching lots of smaller postspawn fish with spinnerbaits or Trick Worms in the grass. He suggested a 3/8-oz.…
Seminole: Level: .5 foot below full pool. Temp: 65-72 degrees Clarity: Stained in the creeks; muddy in the rivers. Bass: Poor. Butch Tucker said muddy water and unpredictable weather are making Eufaula tough to fish. The spawn is over for the most part other than a few scattered fish that might still be on the…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. Greg Hildreth reports that the inshore fishing has been very good on the southern Georgia coast. “Inshore, the trout have started biting now that the water’s warming up. I’ve been catching them with live shrimp as well as the artificial D.O.A. Shrimp fished under a popping cork. The trout have been in…
Russell: Level: Down 1 foot below full pool. Temp: Mid 60 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: “The hottest thing on the lake right now is the spotted bass bite,” said Russell guide Wendell Wilson. The spots are on nearly any main-lake point, hump or reef marker on the lower end of the lake, and they are…
Oconee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 62 degrees. Clarity: Stained except south near the dam and Richland Creek. Bass: Guide Al Bassett said the fishing has been good using small crankbaits like a 3/8-oz. Rat-L-Trap or a No. 5 Shad Rap. Fishing a Texas-rigged worm right on the seawalls will produce some bass through early May.…
Nottely: Level: 9.2 feet below full pool. Temp: mid 60 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: For largemouths, throw spinnerbaits, flukes and jigs around brush and blowdowns back in the pockets. For spots, hit windblown main-lake and secondary points with firetiger Shad Raps, flukes — either leadhead or Fish Head Spin types — and small white bucktails.…
Lanier: Level: Down 2.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 60 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Spotted Bass: Great. The spotted bass are starting to move off the banks and head for off-shore structure. Guide and tournament pro Ryan Coleman said there will still be some scattered spawning bass throughout the month of May, but most of Lanier’s…
Hartwell: Level: 1.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 65 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: The fabled “Spooks & Flukes” bite is just getting under way at Hartwell, said Mark Waller. On April 14, Mark and his son Cain won a tournament with 22 pounds of bass. On April 21, it took 18 pounds to win. “The…
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