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Level: 1.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 80 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. “You have to work for them, but it’s been pretty good,” said John Hembree, who with brother Jerry, has won the last two nighttime tournaments they fished on the lake. “We have been getting six or eight keepers per trip,” said…
Level: 6.0 feet low. Temp: 80-85 degrees. Clarity: Fairly clear since an algae bloom has backed off. Bass: Poor. Buddy Callahan said, “The topwater is so poor it’s almost non-existent. We’re having seven to eight pounds of fish winning tournaments. The bass moved to the deeper water and you’ll find them in the 15-30-foot range.…
Level: 0.2 feet over full pool. Temp: Low 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow. According to Gary Kilby, bass fishing has been dead slow, and on a decline over several years. “The places I used to go and catch fish, I can’t get bit anymore,” said Gary. “The lake needs some kind of length limit.” This…
Level: 2.0 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 80 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Summer bass patterns at Blue Ridge include some downsized topwater as the sun goes down and then working deeper water on rocky main-lake points. Topwater baits like a Sammy or Spook will work on Blue Ridge, but a Pop-R or Zara Puppy…
Level: 0.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 90s degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tough. Clint Brownlee and Jerry Gray won the most recent Blackshear Buddies tournament (July 15) by running up the river. “I have a friend who has a tunnel-hull boat, and we were able to go way up the river,” said Clint. “The…
Level: Full pool. Temp: 85-90 degrees. Clarity: Clear, some of the feeder creeks have a little stain. Bass: Poor. “It’s taking six to nine pounds to win tournaments. You can throw white or black buzzbaits and silver or black Pop-Rs and catch a few before 9:00,” said David Lowry. “Fish the shaded banks, docks and…
Level: Down 5.3 feet below full pool. Temps: 85-88 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tough. First thing in the morning, there is a very short-lived topwater bite, said guide Mike Bucca. He said to fish the main-lake points with a herring-colored Sammy. Also try around the mouth of Cooper’s Branch and throw topwater or a fluke.…
The thunderous echo of a muzzleloader from the shooting range at Charlie Elliot Wildlife Center (CEWC) almost caused me to drop the box of GON magazines I was bringing to the campers. I laughed at myself for not expecting it as laughter and enthusiatic voices filled the silent void after the boom. As I approaced…
Truck-Buck is not the kind of contest that someone pays an entry fee up front expecting to win a truck because they have the best land in the state. Rather, it has always been a contest more about recognizing and celebrating the fortunate, everyday GON subscribers who kill good bucks. This year there is a…
Only in America can a small businessman have any hope of prevailing against the strong-arm tactics of a billionarie bully. But Jay Wallace and his family have taken just such a stand. Jay and his family have operated Adventure Outdoors, a retail hunting and fishing business in Smyrna, for the past 30 years. In May,…
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