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Fishing Reports
Clarks Hill: Level: 10.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 50s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Look for fish deep, and fish slowly for them. Try creeping a jig around rocky points along the main lake. Using a heavy 3/4-oz. jig will keep you in better contact with the bottom. A 3/4-oz. jigging spoon bite will help…
Carters: Level: 3.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 54-57 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Spotted Bass: Good. Louie Bartenfield reports, “Bass fishing is at its peak for the season. We are catching spots from 5 to 60 feet deep on a variety of baits from spoons and drop shots to jerkbaits and float-n-fly rigs. The best bite…
Burton: Level: 9.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 50 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Trout: Wes Carlton reports, “The brown trout have been biting good this month and should continue to for the next month or so. We have been catching eight to 15 trout per trip with an occasional 6-pounder. The topwater trolling bite has proven…
Blue Ridge: Level: 13.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 55-58 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eric Crowley reports, “The fish are feeding good at first light on all the main-lake points that are getting sun first. Look for bait either on the sonar or just under the surface, and the smallmouths won’t be too far.…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 56 degrees. Clarity: About 3 feet visibility. Bass: Good. Jim Murray Jr. said the bite is good, fish are moving into their winter patterns and it’s taking about 17 pounds to win tournaments. He said there are some fish on the creek channels in 6 to 8 feet of water…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 56 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Dennis Hudson said it took a little more than 19 pounds to win his most recent Saturday tournament. That angler was onto a shallow crankbait bite, catching fish in 2 feet of water with a Fat Free Shad thrown right up…
Allatoona: Level: 16.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 53 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Matt Driver reports, “January in the past has been the worst time of the year on Allatoona because of the super cold temps. Historically, when temps get into the low 40s, we begin to see a shad kill. Due to the…
Down in the southwest corner of the state is a lake revered by locals and worth the drive for bass anglers statewide. Aptly named after the original inhabitants of the area, Lake Seminole is a three-fingered maze of standing timber and aquatic vegetation made at the joining of the Flint River, the Chattahoochee River and…
If I had to pick a month to go hog hunting, it would be January. The cold weather makes it conducive to long walks in the woods. On several occasions in recent years, I’ve marked the truck on my GPS and struck out for new territories in search of a WMA hog. Quite a few…
If you’re willing to brave any north Georgia mountain lake in January, you know what you’re in for. It’s going to be cold, and the wind is likely to blow a bit. However, those folks who choose to hunt the beastly striped bass on Carters Lake will be rewarded this month. That is, if they’re…
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