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Fishing Reports
Blackshear: Level: Recent storms in the last weeks of April have kept water levels rising and lowering, also affecting the visibility. It’s currently about full. Temp: 72-76 degrees. Clarity: The lake is very muddy on the northern end, leaving the creeks with very little visibility. The southern end of the lake is stained, but expect the…
Weiss: Level: 0.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Guide and tournament angler Mike Carter reports, “This has been an up and down spring for Weiss bass with several different weather changes that have created several days of flooded conditions. This has made staying on a consistent bass fishing pattern extremely…
Sinclair: Level: 0.9 feet low. Temp: Mid 60s to low 70s. Clarity: The lake has returned to muddy up the rivers to stained down the lake and in the backs of pockets from recent heavy rains. Bass: Tournament angler Karl Pingry reports, “According to Ed at Lakeside Chevron, the shad spawn is on in the…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid to upper 60s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Tournament angler Dennis Hudson reports, “Bass fishing has been good for the last few weeks. It will probably slow down some until the water clears up. By then the bass will be in the early summer patterns. The fish…
Seminole: Level: 1.6 feet above full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Slight stain. Bass: Guide Paul Tyre, of Lake Seminole Fishing Adventure, reports, “As we enter into the month of May, the bass will be moving into their postspawn areas and feeding up for the summer. The shad spawn will be heating up in May…
Chatuge: Level: 1.5 feet low. Temp: 61-63 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “The spotted bass are in their spawning areas on long rocky points, pebble rocky banks and in between docks. I’ve been catching them on a Z-Man Ned rig, a 3.5-inch tube and a Strike King Rage Craw on a shaky…
Russell: Level: 1 foot low. Temp: 65-70 degrees. Clarity: The main lake is clear, and it’s stained in the creeks and rivers. Bass: Tournament angler Kerry Partain reports, “Bass fishing on Russell has been on fire the last couple of weeks, and this should continue through May. There have been several largemouth caught the last…
Oconee: Level: Full pool. Temp: Water temps vary from mid 60s to mid 70s depending on recent fronts and rains. Clarity: The Oconee river is muddy from the mouth of Sugar Creek north. The Apalachee is stained from just above Swords Bridge and working its way south. It is also muddy from Armor Bridge up…
Nottely: Level: 2.2 feet low. Temp: 58-63 degrees. Clarity: The water is stained in the river and the creeks. Linesides: Guide Jeremy Seabolt reports, “The fish have finally started chasing and eating big baits. Most are heading into creeks and up the river. We have been doing good up in the creeks pulling large shad…
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