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Fishing Reports
Eufaula: Level: 2.3 feet below full pool. Temp: High 70s to low 80s. Clarity: Good stain. Bass: Decent. Sam Williams, with S&K Outdoors, which is relocating to the Rebel Guard store on 14th Street in Phenix City, said the nights have been cooler, but water temps are still warm, and you have to fish slowly…
Clarks Hill: Level: 6.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 75 degrees. Clarity: Clear-green on the lower end; stained in the tributaries. Bass: Good. Dale Gibbs said there has been a lot of surface chasing going on, and the fish are keying on small threadfins. The bite can go on all day, but it’s best from…
Chatuge: Level: 4.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 75-76 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eric Welch, of Reel Job Fishing, reports, “Keep a Sammy tied on for morning breaking fish. The fish are suspending between 10 and 30 feet around baitfish. If you watch your electronics, you will see the fish. They are off points…
Carters: Level: 2.4 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Excellent. Louie Bartenfield reports, “The fishing on Carters is on the edge of really breaking loose. The spots are starting to make fall transitions following shad in and out of the creeks. You’ll be seeing a lot of surface schooling going on…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: 73-74 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eric Welch, of Reel Job Fishing, reports, “The fish are running bait early in the morning. Keep a Zoom Fluke and a Sammy tied on for these fish. I have been catching fish on a shaky head with a Zoom, green-pumpkin Trick Worm. The…
Blue Ridge: Level: 11.1 feet below full pool; all ramps are open. Temp: 74 degrees. Clarity: Clear; 7-8 feet of visibility. Bass: Good. Eric Welch, of Reel Job Fishing, reports, “Topwater is on at daylight. We’re catching fish on Sammys, Zara Spooks and Zoom Flukes on the main body of the lake. I would also…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.4 feet below full pool. Temp: High 70s to low 80s. Clarity: Clear with a light green stain back in some creeks. Bass: Fair and improving. Tournament weights have been light over the last few weeks, but Dennis Hudson said the bite has been improving with cooler nights. The University of Georgia…
Allatoona: Level: 6.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 74 degrees. Clarity: Stained up the lake; clear at the dam. Bass: Excellent. Matt Driver reports, “October is one of the best months on Allatoona. This month temps are cooling, and the winter drawdown is under way. Bass are really feeding up and getting ready for the…
From a hospital bed, Daryl Caldwell, of Concord, warned Georgia hunters to watch out for trees killed by the drought when looking for a place to hang their climbers this year. Daryl had seen a good buck in the area of his Meriwether County club where he hung his climber the afternoon of Monday, Sept.…
Many of us met Rufus for the first time at GON’s Outdoor Blast in Macon in July. Rufus is a 9 1/2-year-old whitetail that was born in Lowndes County. Rufus’ latest rack has been estimated at a little more than 200 gross inches. Rufus’ owner, Gary O’Neal, of Valdosta, found the newborn buck hung in…
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