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Fishing Reports
Sinclair: Level: 0.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 70-74 degrees. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Fair. Aaron Batson reports, “Fishing has been a bit tougher. Most bass are in the postspawn blues—slow and sluggish while they recover. The good news is there is great fishing ahead. These fish will be active at daylight on the remaining…
Seminole: Level: 0.5 feet low. Temp: 77 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Matt Baty reports, “The fish are starting to group up together in schools and are beginning the postspawn patterns. Look for the first breaklines that are near the edges of the spawning flats. These breaklines can range anywhere from 7 to 10 feet or…
Saltwater: Inshore: Good. Water temp is now in the high 60s and warming every day. “The action along the coast has really picked up over the last few weeks,” said Capt. Bob Barnette, “with sea trout over 2 pounds and one that was 5-lbs., 12-ozs. caught. Now that is a jumbo trout. The whiting bite…
Russell: Level: 0.8 feet below full pool. Temp: High 60s to low 70s. Clarity: Super clear. Bass: Poor. Tournament angler Kerry Partain said Russell has been really tough. He thinks they must be in a postspawn funk. You can still catch a limit of small fish dragging a Carolina rig with a 5-inch Zoom lizard…
Oconee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 70-74 degrees. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Aaron Batson reports, “Fishing is slow but getting better. Begin to look up the rivers for more stained water and shallow active fish. They can be caught on Net Boy Baits Flipp’N Jigs on any available cover, like docks, seawalls and blowdowns. Early in…
Nottely: Level: 5.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 60s. Clarity: Light stain. Stripers: Guide Josh Garrison reports, “Conditions this month have been a bit strange. The spring river run has been long over, and it is not uncommon for the fish to move back down the lake and scatter out a bit, but this year…
Lanier: Level: 5.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 68 degrees. Clarity: Mostly clear except shoreline stain from waves. Spotted Bass: Good. Ryan Coleman reports, “Most of the spotted bass have spawned now and are out recovering. There are a few male bass up shallow, but most of the spotted bass have hit the offshore structure…
Jackson: Level: 4.6 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eric Perkins reports, “Fishing continues to be good, and there is a shad spawn in a few areas now, but that will be winding down. May is a great time to catch big spots on topwater. I like long red-clay points…
Hartwell: Level: 7.1 feet below full pool. Temp: High 60s to low 70s. Clarity: Super clear. Bass: Good. Tournament angler Kerry Partain said the fish are postspawn, and he’s catching them on what amounts to a summer pattern. Early and late, there’s a pretty good topwater bite for both largemouths and spots on main-lake points…
Eufaula: Level: 1.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 71-74 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Fair. Collegiate angler Chandler Ray said there’s a good early bite around shallow grass. He likes a Spro Popping Frog in the grass the first 30 to 45 minutes of daylight, and then he switches to a Kriet Tail worm to fish…
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