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Fishing Reports
Jackson: Level: 0.4 feet above full pool. Temp: 80-90 degrees. Clarity: Clear and full in the main lake with a light stain in the rivers. Bass: Eric Perkins reports, “Fishing has been kind of tough here lately. With the heat, it’s been much better at night. You can still catch a few early on topwater…
Hartwell: Level: 10.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 86 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Poor. Kerry Partain said it’s tough on Hartwell right now. The best bite he’s found is over deep timber and the drops. From time to time throughout the day, fish will come up schooling, and a Zoom Super Fluke is the bait…
Eufaula: Level: 2.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 88 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain to clear. Bass: Fair. Capt. Sam Williams reports, “The mornings are great at daybreak, and it really stays nice if the clouds are present. But when the sun breaks through, it gets hot in a hurry. Be sure and keep plenty of…
Clarks Hill: Level: 10.4 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow. Try marking fish and bait on main-lake humps that are in the 15- to 23-foot range. Patient and slow presentations with a jig or worm will be your best bet. Try a Texas-rigged Ol’ Monster worm, or you can fish…
Carters: Level: 0.5 feet above full pool. Temp: Low 80s. Clarity: Very clear. Bass: Good. Louie Bartenfield reports, “The fishing here remains consistent. If you are gonna consistently catch fish at Carters in July and August, you will have to fish deep, period. Eighty percent of our fish are staying between 20-50 feet of water.…
Burton: Level: 1.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 87 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Wes Carlton reports, “The large-mouths are in their normal routine, feeding on bream and yellow perch early mornings and late in the evening. Try using a pumpkin-colored Zoom frog or a white Buckeye wake bait fished up shallow in the creeks.…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 80s. Clarity: Clear to light stain. Bass: Good. Dennis Hudson said the bite has picked up some, and it’s taking 10 to 12 pounds to win his Tuesday evening tournaments. He said the best thing going is the topwater bite upriver. The best sacks he’s…
Allatoona: Level: 3.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 89 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Matt Driver reports, “The dog days are here, and fish are still in that summer holding pattern. Fish are still deep, and the nighttime bite rules. I am fishing very little in daylight hours, only real early and late even, but…
Clyde Yoder’s friends jokingly tell him he’s such a lucky hunter he could put up a stand on the light pole in the Walmart parking lot and probably shoot a buck. Clyde, a very modest and humble hunter, welcomes good luck and said it always helps to be at the right place at the right…
It’s so hot I saw two trees fighting over a dog. When it’s that hot, you have to wonder if it is worth going fishing. The dog days of August are tough, but head to Lake Russell, and you can catch a lot of keeper bass and have a chance at some quality fish. Russell…
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