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Fishing Reports
Jackson: Level: Down 2.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 58-62 degrees. Clarity: After some heavy rains the lake got very stained at the mouths of the rivers. There’s a lot of trash floating down. Bass: Great. Aaron Batson said he’s still having great luck throwing a small crankbait made by Stanford Lures called the Pug.…
Hartwell: Level: 7.0 feet below full pool. Temp: 58-59 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Mark Waller said a 20-boat tournament November 18 was won with about 13 pounds, and the fish were caught in a variety of ways from spinnerbaits, to Carolina rigs to spoons. Mark said the spooning bite should be strong over the…
Eufaula: Level: 0.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 55-59 degrees. Clarity: Slightly stained. Bass: Fair. The last few cold fronts have pushed the fish deep, and Jay Grogan is catching most of his fish on spoons right now. “Most everything has gotten down to spooning right now,” Jay said. “It was pretty hot two weeks…
Clarks Hill: Level: 8.1 feet below full. Temp: 60 degrees. Clarity: Very clear. Bass: Great. Craig Johnson has been fishing spinnerbaits and crankbaits along shallow grass lines. “The key is to fish the small clumps of grass. Some of them are only like 15 feet by 15 feet. Also it has to have a defined…
Chatuge: Level: 6.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 53 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: In December in Chatuge, slow down your presentation. Shake a 3/8-oz. brown on brown jig ’n pig or a green-pumpkin finesse worm in brush in 25 to 35 feet of water. A drop-shot rig is also a good bet in deep brush.…
Carters: Level: 4.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 58-62 degrees. Clarity: Relatively clear. Bass: Good. Daniel Davenport won a pot tournament over the weekend with 12 pounds. “Most of the guys are using Spotstickers with green-pumpkin worms in 20-foot brush,” said Buddy Callahan at Bart’s Bait & Tackle. The lake has come back up since…
Burton: Level: 1.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 50s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Gary Kilby said that since the cold weather ahead of Thanksgiving and dropping water temperatures, the bass have gone deep at Burton. He recommended either spooning or using a drop-shot rig on river ledges and drops. “On a warm day, the fish…
Blue Ridge: Level: 14.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 53-55 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Blue Ridge fishing guide Nathan Lewis said that a 6/10-oz. Flex-it jigging spoon is a good bet on Blue Ridge this month. Look for river ledges or drops, particularly ledges with any unusual feature, like the spot where a creek joins…
Blackshear: Level: 3.4 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 60 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Clint Brownlee and Jerry Gray won the Blackshear Buddies tournament November 18 with three fish that weighed 14-lbs., 14-oz. The winning catch was anchored with an 8-pounder. The report was that two of the fish hit small crankbaits fished around…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 3.4 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 58-60 degrees. Clarity: Muddy around creeks, stained in the river, but clearing up fast. Bass: Fair. The fish are kind of scattered and hard to pinpoint right now, according to Dennis Hudson, who hosts a weekly Saturday-morning tournament on Bartletts Ferry. Anglers are having some…
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