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Fishing Reports
Russell: Level: 0.8 below 475. Temp: 65 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Kerry Partain reports, “The bass are feeding heavy on shad right now and the fishing should get better each week as the water begins to cool off and the lake turnover stabilizes. Most of the bait and bass seem to be in…
Oconee: Level: 0.5 below 435. Temp: 65 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Linesides: Capt. Doug Nelms with BigFishHeads Guide Service reports, “November is when the seagulls from the Atlantic will return to Lake Oconee, and we have a big time chasing them all over the lake. They are truly a welcome sight in the month of November. If…
Hartwell: Level: 4.9 feet below 660. Temp: 65 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Matt Justice reports, “Fishing has been good. Fish and baitfish are both on the move. Bluebacks and threadfin are both moving into drains and creeks looking for more oxygen. I’ve been fishing football jigs and finesse worms on points and drop-offs in…
Eufaula: Level: 1 foot below 190. Temp: 67-70 degrees. Clarity: Good stain. Bass: Capt. Sam Williams reports, “The water table continues to hold fairly steady. The bass are working shallow early and late. Chatterbaits and other blade baits are working on the edges of the shallow cover. The frog bite is getting better in the pads…
Chatuge: Level: 6.5 feet below 1925. Temp: 65-66 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch, of Welch’s Guide Service, reports, “Fishing is good. The lake is down at winter pool. Since we’ve been having some colder nights and mornings the past couple of weeks, there has not been much of a topwater bite early. But once the…
Carters: Level: 0.7 below 1074. Temp: 64 degrees. Clarity: 6 feet. Linesides: Guide Eric Crowley, of Lake and Stream Guide Service, “Carters in November is the start of fall fishing. The stripers and hybrids will pull up a bit shallower this month, and this makes them good targets for live bait, artificial and trolling options. It’s…
Burton: Level: 1 foot below full pool. Temp: 66 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Tyler Clore, of Georgia Cast & Blast, reports, “Now that the turnover is finished, fishing has been good. Early in the morning, we have been catching bass on topwater off points with a Hellraizer. I have also had a lot of…
Lake Jackson bass are on the move, following schools of shad into creeks as the water cools. Go into creeks and fish deep, rocky banks this month to catch spots and a few largemouth. Jackson is an old Georgia Power Co. reservoir on the Alcovy and South rivers and forms the start of the Ocmulgee…
Youth rifle season could not have come at a better time for one Carroll County teenager. Carly Jane Jordan, 13, of Carrolton had just finished softball season and had exactly one week before basketball season began. If she wanted an opportunity to kill a deer this year, youth rifle season was most certainly the best…
Inshore: Capt. David Newlin reports, “October has been the best month of catching redfish that I have seen in 50 years. I have averaged around 50 a trip. We have a huge crop of redfish. I have caught them in water from 1 to 30 feet deep from the brackish water up the Ogeechee to the…
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