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Fishing Reports
Burton: Level: 4 feet below full pool. Temp: 44 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain. Bass: Capt. Wes Carlton reports, “The bass bite has been strong the last few days. There seems to be plenty of bluebacks this year for the fish. We have been having our best luck fishing before the fronts or a couple of…
Blue Ridge: Level: 12 feet below full pool. Temp: 42-44 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “Fishing has been fair, the lake level has come up the past couple weeks, and the water temp has gone down. The fish have been scattered around the lake. On the main body, look for sunny, rock bank…
Fish docks and rocks to catch March prespawn bass on Weiss Lake. That pattern may seem too simple, and it can be if you don’t fish the right docks and rocks. Focusing on the prespawn movement of bass will head you in the right direction. Weiss is a shallow 32,120-acre Alabama Power Co. lake on…
Sinclair: Level: 0.5 feet low. Temp: Water temps are 48 to 49 everywhere, but a few sunny days will warm the shallows quickly. Clarity: Muddy above the railroad trestle, muddy to stained down to Little River Marina and clear near the dam. Expect the lake to remain stained for the next several weeks with the…
Russell: Level: Full pool. Temp: 50 degrees. Clarity: Clear on the main lake and stained in the creeks. Bass: Tournament angler Kerry Partain reports, “The bass fishing has been good the last few weeks and should continue to get better with warmer weather. Most of the bass are being caught on main-lake points and pockets or…
Oconee: Level: 0.1 feet low. Temp: Mid 40s. Clarity: The lake is muddy up both rivers, and the lake is stained down toward the 44 bridge. The stain should continue down the lake to at least Great Waters. The dam is still clear with stain above the Armor Bridge boat ramp. Bass: Tournament angler Karl…
Nottely: Level: 12.2 feet low. Temp: 44-46 degrees. Clarity: The river and creeks are blown out with mud from all the rain. Stripers: Guide Jeremy Seabolt reports, “Fishing has been good. We have been on some nice schools of fish. Fishing early morning has been good pulling trout on boards up shallow on the banks…
Jackson: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid to upper 50s. Clarity: Heavily stained. Bass: Tournament angler Brian Lee reports, “March marks the days that most every angler can’t wait for because of warm weather and prespawning bass. Bass will start to transition to points as they make their travels feeding up as they head to spawning…
Hartwell: Level: 1.3 feet low. Temp: 50-54 degrees. Clarity: 2 to 5 feet. Bass: Guide and tournament angler Matt Justice reports, “Fishing is going to pick up red hot in the next two weeks with fish moving into staging areas next to spawning areas. Look for points and rockpiles in 5 to 20 feet of…
Eufaula: Level: 1.3 feet below 190 full pool. Temp: Upper 40s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Guide Sam Williams reports, “The cold, rainy conditions continue. The fish are in their winter, cold-water mode. It takes a lot of patience to aggravate a strike. I talked to a friend who fished a tournament Feb. 13, and he found…
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