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Fishing Reports
Lanier: Level: 3.4 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 80s. Clarity: Clear on the main lake and stained in the backs of the creeks. Spotted Bass: Fair. Tournament pro and guide Ryan Coleman reports, “We are about 3.5 feet below full pool right now, and with no rain it will continue to fall.…
Jackson: Level: 1.5 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid to high 80s. Clarity: Clear to slightly stained. Bass: Tournament angler Keith Dawkins reports, “Summer is in full swing, along with the boat traffic on Jackson. Bass fishing can be productive, but you should stick to early and late with the rising temps and number of…
Hartwell: Level: 1.7 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament pro Kerry Partain reports, “Bass fishing has been good and should continue to improve as they set up on the summer pattern. We have been catching good numbers of 2- to 3-lb. bass, and they are biting flukes and topwater on…
Eufaula: Level: 2.4 feet below 190 pool. Temp: Upper 80s. Clarity: Lightly stained. Bass: Guide Sam Williams reports, “Lake Eufaula is getting hot—weather wise and the fishing, as well. The Alabama Children’s Classic winners took first place with 27.05 pounds. The early morning topwater bite is producing some really nice bass. When that bite slows…
Clarks Hill: Level: 1.7 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler William Hooker reports, “I fished June 23 in a bass tournament out of Hamilton Branch, South Carolina. Tim Jones won with 24-lbs., 4-ozs. with five fish, and we came in second with four fish that weighed 15.15. Our fish…
Carters: Level: 1.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 80-82 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Spotted Bass: Guide Louie Bartenfield reports, “Fishing has been good not great. Numbers are down, but quality is great. As is typical with the summer bite, most of my bass are coming from 20 to 35 feet of water. I’m still catching a…
Burton: Level: 1.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 79 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Wes Carlton reports, “The spotted bass bite has been awesome lately. We have caught these fish on topwater over the main-lake channel when the bass are chasing blueback herring around. We have also caught a lot nice ones on a white…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 85 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament fisherman Dennis Hudson reports, “It will be tough fishing right now during the day, but the night fishing has been pretty good. Almost everybody here has been fishing the lighted piers with dark-colored jigs like black on black. They have…
Allatoona: Level: 0.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 84-86 degrees. Clarity: Clear; visibility 6 feet. Bass: Good. Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “Fishing Allatoona now through the month of August tends to be a little slow when the water temperatures are at or near 90-plus degrees. Fishing at night is highly recommended. The deep brushpile…
As GON prepares to publish the annual Fab 40 article, a good ‘un showed up the other day that will appear on the exclusive list—and way up near the top, too. Every August, GON publishes its list of the top-40 bucks taken in Georgia the previous deer season. Joel Kauffman, of Marshallville, is the latest hunter who will now appear in the…
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