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Blue Ridge… Dahlonega… Clayton… Wintertime weather reports commonly use these north Georgia mountain towns to define the centers of snowfall systems that fall across the southern reach of the Appalachian Mountains from November through March. During summertime, however, these popular tourist towns are gateways to Georgia’s best trout fishing. While trout anglers in June and…
Grass, grass and more grass—not only is that a good guide as to where to fish in June, it is a pretty good description of Lake Seminole from end to end. But there is so much grass cover in the lake, where do you start? Lake Seminole is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. David Newlin reports, “The month of May has been a good month of fishing and fish catching. Water temperatures have been up and down the last few weeks. On May 20, the temperature at Fort McAllister was 76 degrees. It was 78 for a couple days and then fell to 71. By…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: 71 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Capt. Wes Carlton, of Georgia Lake Fishing, reports, “The bass bite has been very strong the last few days. We have caught fish on top and shallow every trip. I haven’t seen the topwater bite this good in several years. Plastic worms have been working…
Blue Ridge: Level: Full. Temp: 70 degrees. Clarity: 5-foot visibility. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “It’s the time of year that we’ve been waiting for. The lakes are at full pool, and the bass have just come out of their postspawn funk. The bass are moving out to deeper water in brush and laydowns where they…
Sinclair: Level: 1.6 feet low Temp: 78-82 degrees. Clarity: Clearing with no rain, but there is a little color in the rivers and clear below the 441 bridge all the way to the dam. Bass: Tournament angler Karl Pingry reports, “There are several patterns working right now. Most of them should work for the month…
Russell: Level: Full pool. Temp: 72-76 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Kerry Partain reports, “The bass fishing has been as crazy as the weather, but now that it has warmed up, hopefully the fishing will, too. We have been still catching bass on several different patterns and anywhere from 2 to 15 feet deep.…
Oconee: Level: 0.5 feet low. Temp: High 70s to low 80s. Clarity: Little stain from just below I-20 up the rivers, but it’s clearing. There is a little color in the water to the 44 bridge, and then it is clear to the dam. Bass: Tournament angler Karl Pingry reports, “According to the 2020-2021 Angler…
Nottely: Level: Full pool. Temp: L. Clarity: Clear. Linesides: Guide Jeremy Seabolt reports, “Fishing has been off the hook for the boats of lakenottelyfishingcharter.com. The fish are scattered all over the lake, and we have been catching some big numbers of fish about any way you can think of. We have been catching lots fish…
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