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Fishing Reports

Lake Hartwell Fishing Report April 2016

Hartwell: Level: 0.4 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 60s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Kerry Partain reports, “The bass fishing is changing weekly with the water temperature, but they are biting once you locate them.  The water temperature has pushed a lot of fish to the banks, and you can catch them shallow on…

Lake Eufaula Fishing Report April 2016

Eufaula: Level: 1.7 feet below 190 pool. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Tournament angler Les Bratcher reports, “Lake Eufaula is on fire right now as the spawning season is in full force. Bass are being caught in all depths of water just about any way you like to fish. The tournament season is in…

Clarks Hill Lake Fishing Report April 2016

Clarks Hill: Level: 0.5 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: Slightly stained but clearing. Bass: Guide Tony Shepherd reports, “The early warm up has skyrocketed the surface temperatures, and that means the spawn is in full swing, depending on where you are on the lake. All bed fishing techniques are in play. With…

Lake Chatuge Fishing Report April 2016

Chatuge: Level: 4.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “The bite is good. The spotted bass are starting to spawn, and you can find them around any long, pebble bank lines, flats and long points. With the full moon, the fish have been shallow the first couple…

Carters Lake Fishing Report April 2016

Carters: Level: 0.4 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Crowley reports, “The big spotted bass will be setting up on shoreline structure and rocky edge lines near deep to shallow transition areas, as well as any long points on the main lake that have small humps on them. One…

Lake Blue Ridge Fishing Report April 2016

Blue Ridge: Level: 3.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 58-62 degrees. Clarity: Clear in the river but stained in the mid lake. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “The bite is picking up. The smallmouth and spotted bass have moved up around the spawning flats and long pebble-rock points and bank lines. I’ve been targeting these fish…

Lake Blackshear Fishing Report April 2016

Blackshear: Level: 0.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 63-70 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain. Crappie: Rusty Parker reports, “It’s been raining a lot, and it’s not helping on the crappie biting. Even with the rain, I have had several reports of limits being caught. From these reports, most of the crappie are being caught by longline trolling…

Bartletts Ferry Fishing Report April 2016

Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 60s. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Tournament director Dennis Hudson reports, “We’ve had a real fast lake warm-up, and we had bass already spawning in the end of March. There should be another wave on the full moon in April. You can’t go wrong throwing soft…

Lake Allatoona Fishing Report April 2016

Allatoona: Level: 4.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 62-66 degrees. Clarity: Clear to slight stain. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “Fishing on Lake Allatoona is probably the best it has been all year. Most largemouth have begun to go on bed, and the spotted bass are schooling and feeding up and will be going to…

Special Letter From Mother Who Lost Her Son To Cancer

Dear GON, In February of 2014 you published this picture of my son Noah, who was 13 when the picture was taken. He had taken a 3-point buck the day before he took the coyote. If it’s ok I would like to share with you the rest of Noah’s story. In July 2014, after several…

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