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Fishing Reports
Clarks Hill: Level: 7.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 68-72 degrees. Clarity: Savannah arm is stained. Little River super clear. Bass: Excellent. Ronnie Garrison said it was easy to catch 15 keepers a day at the Georgia Bass Chapter Federation Top-Six, “and I don’t know how many short fish. I saw a 6-pounder on the…
Carters: Level: Full pool. Temp: 64-67 degrees. Clarity: Clear; 4-8 feet visibility. Bass: Good. Guide Louie Bartenfield reports, “Spotsticker jig heads fished slowly with Big Bite finesse worms and Shaking Squirrel worms are working fished near spawning areas and flat banks. Flukes, jerkbaits and topwater baits like Pop-Rs and prop baits are all producing fish…
Burton: Level: 2.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 61 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Largemouth: Excellent. Wes Carlton reports, “The largemouth bite has been phenomenal the last couple of weeks. We have boated fish over 10 pounds with the largest being 12 pounds. These fish have been feeding early in the morning up until about 11 a.m.…
Blue Ridge: Level: 11.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 67 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Smallmouths: Good. Eric Crowley, with Lake and Stream Guide Service, reports, “Look for the smallie bite to take off. Topwater action early in the morning on the main lake is on fire. Large baits like the Smack Tackle Smack Jack wake bait…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 73 degrees. Clarity: Light stain; about 2 feet visibility. Crappie: Excellent. Rusty Parker said the crappie are biting like crazy, and you can catch them any way you want to right now. He said if you want to catch them on a cork and minnow or with a jig pitched…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Slow. Bartletts is running ahead of schedule, according to Dennis Hudson. “It’s not right, we should be catching prespawn fish right now,” he said. “Apparently, the fish are on bed, and if you ain’t looking at ’em, you can’t catch…
Allatoona: Level: 2.7 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 60s to low 70s. Clarity: Clear to light stain. Bass: Great. Matt Driver reports, “Spring started early this year, and usually April is the spawn month, but fish began to spawn in early to mid March. There are still many waves to go, but there will…
April is one of the best months of the year for Georgia anglers. All over the state fish of all species are feeling the urge to spawn and head to the banks. And the bass of Black Shoals are no exception. Black Shoals Lake, in Rockdale County, is a picturesque spot. This 650-acre water-supply reservoir…
If ever there was a spring to be thinking ahead, it’s probably this one. It’s not supposed to be 85 degrees in mid March. There’s not supposed to be this much pollen this early, and I can’t ever remember the woods being quite so green before turkey season started. However, Aaron Batson, of Oxford, has…
If you hunt turkeys for 40 years as I have, sooner or later you are going to experience days when turkeys just don’t gobble. It may be three to five days, a whole week, month or an entire season. You wake in the morning hopeful and go to bed discouraged and ready to quit, but…
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