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Fishing Reports
Hartwell: Level: 8.3 feet below full pool. Temp: High 60s. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: In November, fish a drop shot rigged with a Zoom Swamp Crawler, a Buckeye Lures Pulse Jig rigged with a Zoom Fluke Jr., a Lucky Craft Pointer 78 and a Lucky Craft Sammy. Concentrate on the offshore areas with all of…
Eufaula: Level: 2.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Good stain. Bass: Fair. Sam Williams said the fish are fattening up and looking a lot more healthy than they did this summer. The bite is still pretty slow, although there are fish to be caught. First thing in the morning, there is a…
Clarks Hill: Level: 8.7 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid to high 60s. Clarity: Slight stain. Bass: Good. Grassy humps at the mouths of the creeks should produce a few fish right now as the fish get ready to move into the creeks behind the shad. When they’re on top schooling, they can be caught…
Chatuge: Level: 5.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 60s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Look for a schooling bite on main-lake points down around the dam. This is more of a morning bite, and you’ve got to get lucky to get on them, but the fishing can be good if you find them.…
Carters: Level: 5.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 67 degrees. Clarity: Clear; 5 to 8 feet visibility. Bass: Good. Louie Bartenfield reports, “The bite here is slowly improving. Things are finally picking up. My guys have been catching good spotted bass early in the morning on 1/4-oz. white buzzbaits and Spro McStick 110s. After the…
Burton: Level: 2 feet below full pool. Temp: 63 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Spotted Bass: Good. Capt. Wes Carlton said the spotted bass have been biting consistently. The larger fish have begun feeding up, and guide trips are producing some fish in the 6-lb. range. The pattern is points on or near the main-lake channel, and…
Blue Ridge: Level: 16.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 65-67 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eric Welch, of Reel Job Fishing, reports, “We’re catching fish up the river on Zoom Flukes and No. 7 Rapala Shad Raps. I would also keep a Lucky Craft Pointer 97 tied on to throw on the breaking fish and…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.6 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to high 60s. Clarity: Clear to very light stain. Bass: Adam Byrd reports, “Bass fishing can be great this month at Bartletts as long as you focus on the bait. This time of year the shad tend to move toward the backs of the creeks…
Allatoona: Level: 9.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 66 degrees. Clarity: Stained to clear with turnover. Bass: Great. Matt Driver reports “It’s time to get cranking on Allatoona! The month of November is time to get shallow and break out the crankbait box. There are no set standards on just one style crankbait to throw.…
“When I heard the commotion, I spun around. I had thought the bear was dead, but he was on me before I could move. All I could see was a mouth full of teeth, right in my face. He wadded me up like he would a dog, and we went down together.” In that instant…
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