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Fishing Reports
Oconee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 54 to 56 degrees. Clarity: Stained, with the clearest water in the Richland Creek arm. Bass: Fair — only because of the cold front — but on the verge of really good. The bass are staged in the pockets in three to seven feet of water on blowdowns, dock posts,…
Blue Ridge: Level: 11.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 50-53 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Blue Ridge in April is crankbait time on rocky main-lake points. The smallmouths and spots will be moving up and feeding as they stage ahead of the spawn and will hit Shad Raps or similar tight-wobbling baits. Small bucktails or 1/8-oz.…
Blackshear: Level: 0.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 58 degrees. Clarity: Clear Bass: Fair. The fish are beginning to move up out of the channels onto the spawning flats. Look for bass to hold around the base of big cypress trees and around deeper docks. Soft plastics, like a Senko or fluke, or a Texas-rigged…
Russell: Level 1.8 feet below full pool. Temps: 52-55 degrees. Clarity: Clear except for a slight stain in some of the feeder creeks. Bass: Good. Plenty of bass have moved into the pockets and seem to be staging on the back edges of the timber and on secondary points. Throw a spinnerbait or crankbait to…
Inshore: The trout fishing has already started to pick up, and folks are catching them on the traditonal float-cork rig with shrimp. The trout fishing should get better and better with each warm, stable day this month, according to Capt. Greg Hildreth. Also, sight fishing for reds with artificials like soft jerkbaits is going on…
Seminole: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low 60s. Clarity: Chattahoochee and Flint are stained, Spring Creek is stained in places. Bass: Butch Tucker says the main spawn is about over for the bass, but some fish will still be moving up around the new moon. “All in all, the bass fishing has been very good,” Butch…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: Full pool. Temp: Upper 50s, but it won’t take long to get back into the 60s. Clarity: Clear to light stain. Bass: “It’s hard to go wrong with a crankbait this time of year,” said Royce Railey. Royce likes to throw plugs everywhere, and he’ll start about halfway back in creeks on…
Sinclair: Level: Six inches below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 50s. Upper 50s around the Georgia Power plant. Clarity: Stained mid lake, clear by the dam. Bass: Mike Cleveland says in April it is best to concentrate your fishing efforts near spawning areas. “That’s where I am going to fish,” Mike said. Mike’s three…
Weiss: Level: 1.5 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 50s. Clarity: Yellow Creek and Little River are clear. The Coosa is dingy. Bass: Good. Two March tournaments on the lake were won with five-bass catches that weighed 25 pounds and 27 pounds. Small crankbaits on the banks have been the predominant pattern, according to J.R.…
West Point: Level: 3.0 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 60s. Clarity: The Chattahoochee River is muddy, the main lake has a light stain, and some of the creeks have a significant stain. Bass: Guide Paul Parsons said the full moon should get the bass on the bed at West Point. Paul won the West…
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