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Fishing Reports
Jackson: Level: 0.9 feet above full pool. Temp: High 70s to low 80s. Clarity: Stained in the rivers, and clear in the main lake. Bass: Good. Tournament pro Eric Perkins reports, “Fishing has been slowing up for me lately. I’ve been getting a ton of blow-ups on topwater out on the main lake, but they…
Hartwell: Level: 0.5 feet above full pool and trending down. Temp: Mid to upper 70s. Clarity: Clear.Bass: Guide Preston Harden reports, “Bass are easy to catch in the shallow water. It will get even better with the blueback herring starting to spawn. Fish shallow with herring imitations around rocky banks, points and shoals.” Zara Spooks…
Eufaula: Level: 1.6 feet above full pool. Temp: 79 degrees. Clarity: Clearing. Bass: Guide Sam Williams reports, “Cold weather and fronts continue to stall normal patterns. Water temperatures have flipped from 88 degrees last week to 76 early this morning (May 17) and finally warmed to 79 by midday. Bass have been shallow early in…
Clarks Hill: Level: Down 0.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 71-80 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: William Hooker reports, “Sammy Landrum and I fished the Skeeter Challenge tournament out of Wildwood Park on Sunday, May 18, and we had 17.51 pounds for eighth place. There were 98 boats fishing. It was a rough day, windy at…
Chatuge: Level: Full pool. Temp: 69-72 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. There has also been a fluke bite in the mornings around brush and docks. For numbers, throw a drop shot with…
Carters: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low 68-74 degrees. Clarity: Clear.Spotted Bass: Guide Louie Bartenfield reports, “The bite has been great. It’s easy to catch fish on a SpotSticker jig head or a drop shot tipped with a Big Bite Baits Shaking Squirrel. Toss it around gravel banks, sandy pockets or any decent composition change like…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: 69 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain. Bass: Guide Wes Carlton reports, “The largemouth and spotted bass bite has been the best I have seen in several years. We are catching between 30 and as many as 50 in a single fishing trip. Jerkbaits and crankbaits have been the dominate baits with…
Blue Ridge: Level: Full pool. Temp: 68-72 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Guide Eric Welch reports, “We are catching some fish in the mornings on Strike King KVD Splash and flukes. We are also catching fish on drop shots and shaky heads. The fish are scattered on main-lake points and around any laydowns or brush.…
Blackshear: Level: 0.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 75 degrees. Clarity: Heavy stain in the main lake, but the creeks are looking good. Crappie: Rusty Parker reports, “They are definitely hanging on the channel ledges in deep water. A great place to try is the west channel ledge of the main lake just north of…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 71 degrees. Clarity: Creeks are muddy; main river has a moderate stain. Bass: The change from 80-degree days to colder nights has dropped the water temperatures and slowed bass fishing, tournament angler Dennis Hudson says. “Bass fishing has slowed down a lot,” he said. “They are…
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