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Fishing Reports

Lake Jackson Fishing Report December 2011

Jackson: Level: 3.7 feet low. Temp: Low 60s degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eric Perkins said, “Fishing is pretty good right now and should be great in December, if we don’t get a lot of real cold nights. I saw a ton of bait this weekend up high on the surface, and spots, largemouths, stripers…

Lake Hartwell Fishing Report December 2011

Hartwell: Level: 9.8 feet low. Temp: 60-62 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Kerry Partain said, “The fishing is starting to pick back up as more schooling activity can be found in the creek mouths and major ditches. The Zoom Super Fluke is working well while bait is pushed up. The Pulse Jig works good in…

Lake Eufaula Fishing Report December 2011

Eufaula: Level: 2.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Reed Montgomery reported some good action fishing lilly pads in Cowikee Creek recently. He and a client boated 20 fish, including a 5-pounder and several in the 2- to 3-lb. range. Reed said jigs were productive in the low-water conditions, especially…

Clarks Hill Fishing Report December 2011

Clarks Hill: Level: 10.3 feet low. Temp: Upper 50s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide William Sasser said, “Ditches all over the lake anywhere from 15 to 40 feet deer is where the larger bass will hang out. Buckeye Lures Mop Jigs is a perfect bait for this way of fishing. Just make sure you purchase the…

Carters Lake Fishing Report December 2011

Carters: Level: 2.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 58 to 61 degrees. Clarity: Clear; 6 feet visibility. Bass: Very good. Louie Bartenfield reports, “Jigs, Spot Stickers and drop shots tipped with Big Bite Shaking Squirrel worms have been producing good numbers on the upper end of the river fished 15 to 30 feet deep around…

Mix Up Techniques For A December Mixed Bag On Lake Rabun

In the northeast corner of the state, just a few miles as the crow flies from both Tennessee and South Carolina, you’ll find a beautiful little lake sitting snug in the mountain tops. With only 25 miles of shoreline and 835 acres dam to dam, Lake Rabun is not a real eye catcher if you…

Supplemental Feed Study Earns Gordon County Student High Honors In FFA National Competition

A senior at Sonoraville High School in Gordon County recently won high honors in a national Future Farmers of America (FFA) science competition for a study he conducted on the supplemental feed preferences of whitetails. He also collected some data in his study that hunters and deer managers might find interesting: deer prefer supplemental feed…

Lake Burton Fishing Report December 2011

Burton: Level: 9 feet below full pool. Temp: 55 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Largemouths: Good. Tyler Clore, with Georgia Lake Fishing, reports, “The largemouths are staying in 12 to 20 feet of water in heavy cover. Throw a Stacy 90 over these fish, and if you get no takers, use a very slow retrieve on a…

Lake Blue Ridge Fishing Report December 2011

Blue Ridge: Level: 12.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 58 to 61 degrees. Clarity: Clear; 6 to 7 feet visibility. Bass: Awesome. Eric Crowley, of Lake and Stream Guide Service, reports, “Smallies and spots are both feeding very well in the early hours, and the white bass are feeding a lot more in the midday…

Bartletts Ferry Fishing Report December 2011

Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 58 to 62 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Dennis Hudson said the fish are biting pretty well right now, but that the bigger fish haven’t pulled up to join the smaller ones yet to feed up on shad in the backs of the pockets. He said…

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