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Fishing Reports

Lake Seminole Fishing Report – January 2023

Seminole: Level: 0.5 feet below 77.5 Clarity: Water color is slightly stained, but this rain will make it a little more stained. Temperature will start dropping. Old man winter is here. Bass: Guide Aaron Crews reports, “The first good winter storm is rolling in as I write this. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Bass…

Lake Russell Fishing Report – January 2023

Russell: Level: Full pool at 475. Temp: Mid 50s. Clarity: Clear on the main lake and stained in the creeks. Bass: Tournament angler Kerry Partain reports, “The bass fishing is still good and should continue to get better as the baitfish and bass begin to bunch up with the water finally cooling down closer to…

Lake Eufaula Fishing Report – January 2023

Eufaula: Level: Full at 188. Temp: 64 degrees. Clarity: Muddy. Bass: Capt. Sam Williams reports, “The unseasonably warm winter has kept the water temp up for this time of year. This has kept the shallow bite active longer than usual. The bite continues to be extremely slow. It takes work to cause the bass to…

Lake Lanier Fishing Report – January 2023

Lanier: Level: 2.2 feet below 1071. Temp: Low 50s but dropping fast with the recent cold. Clarity: Water clarity is clear on the main lake to a slight stain in the backs of the creeks. Bass: Guide Jimbo Mathley from Jimbo’s Lake Lanier Spotted Bass Guide Service reports, “While the outside elements are not always…

Fish Rock Near Deeper Water For January Lake Blackshear Bass

Blackshear is full of tempting targets. Cypress trees run for miles, and there are grassbeds everywhere. But in January, anglers should bypass that good-looking cover and look instead for rocks near deep water to catch Lake Blackshear bass. You don’t have to run all over the lake to find rock if you know where to…

Middle GA Bear Hunters Take 10 Bears

The temperature was a crisp 38 degrees, the wind was still, and the skies were partly cloudy as the sun rose across middle Georgia for the annual one-day bear hunt in Houston, Twiggs, Bibb and Bleckley counties. The good weather meant the bears should be moving, and Sam Land, of Swainsboro, was patiently sitting in…

Spy-Cam – January 2023

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West Point Lake Fishing Report – January 2023

West Point: Level: 5.3 feet below 635. Temp: The temperature is in the middle 50s but will drop to the upper 40s next weekend. Clarity: There is a medium stain on the Hooch down to the railroad trestle. It’s still pretty clear down the lake. Bass: Guide Keith Hudson  reports, January is typically a slow…

Lake Sinclair Fishing Report – January 2023

Sinclair: Level: 1.5 below 340. Temp: Low 50s and colder in some pockets. Expect the temp to drop into the mid 40s by January. Clarity: The lake is muddy up above Twin Bridges and stained all the way below the 441 bridge. It is also muddy in the back of Rooty Creek, Crooked Creek and…

Lake Oconee Fishing Reports – January 2023

Oconee: Level: Full at 435. Temp: 55 degrees. Clarity: Mud from recent rainfall has moved all the way down to Cuscowilla. Bass: Guide Norris Edge reports, “Bass fishing is very different on Oconee in January. Some fish will go after small crankbaits, ChatterBaits and even Little Georges, but you can also catch them deep on…

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