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Fishing Reports
Chatuge: Level: 0.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 64-68 degrees. Clarity: Clear.Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “There has been some topwater action at first light. Keep a Sammy or fluke tied on for the breaking fish. The spawn is about over, but there are still some cruisers in the pockets. The spotted bass have moved…
Carters: Level: 1.8 feet above full pool. Temp: 65-67 degrees. Clarity: About 6 feet visibility. Spotted Bass: Guide Louie Bartenfield reports, “Spots are moving up shallow across the lake in search of spawning territory. The wide majority of our fish will spawn in late April to early May. I’m targeting gravel or small chunk-rock banks…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: 63 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain. Largemouth: Guide Wes Carlton reports, “The prespawn largemouth bite has been unreal this year. We have had some 30-plus fish days over the last week or two with several fish in the 8- to 9-lb. range! These fish are biting spinnerbaits well and white, 4-inch…
Blue Ridge: Level: Full. Temp: 64-66 degrees. Clarity: Main lake clear, river lightly stained. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “We’ve had a lot of rain the past two weeks. Water temps have gone up and down, and water level has gone straight up. We’re catching some fish that have spawned out and also finding some…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 72-75 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Tournament director Dennis Hudson reports, “Topwater fishing is already starting to get good. It will just get better on into May. Hollow-body frogs are already catching some bass, and it will get really good around the bushes, laydowns and seawalls as…
Allatoona: Level: 1.8 feet above full pool. Temp: 68 degrees. Clarity: Light to heavy stain. Bass: Great. Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “Most bass are done with the spawn and are in the recovery stage in the first week or so of May. May is a month of topwater fun. Postspawn fish are chasing bait.…
Bradley Janes, of Evans, says he’s been duck hunting for years, hoping to finally drop a bird with some jewelry. He finally pulled the trigger on a critter wearing hardware, but it wasn’t the prized waterfowl he had hoped for. “I was turkey hunting in Columbia County on Keg Creek WMA on April 22,” said…
There is an incredible opportunity coming to Putnam County’s Rock Eagle during the week of July 12-17. Presented by Steve Scruggs and Let’s Get Wild, the Outdoor Wilderness Camp teaches kids about hook-and-bullet type stuff, things not offered at more traditional summer camps. Steve and his wife Sharon have an amazing God-given ability to share…
Shann Cochran caught a 32-lb., 7.36-oz. lake-record flathead catfish on Carters Lake on April 17, 2015.
What a blessing it is when we get to report on a hunter doing the right thing. I’m sure it happens often, but so many times those stories go unreported. Here’s a good one. Jim Ehrensperger, of Woodstock, was riding through Pine Log WMA with his buddies Mark Frutchey and Rex Morrison on April 4.…
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