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Fishing Reports
Oconee: Level: 0.9 feet below full pool. Temp: High 50s. Clarity: Slight stain upriver; clear on main lake. Bass: Aaron Batson reports, “Fishing is fair to good. Bass have moved out of the backs of the creeks to the main lake. Look for them deep in 15 to 25 feet of water. Try to drop…
Nottely: Level: 15.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 48-53 degrees. Clarity: Very clear. Stripers: Guide Josh Garrison reports, “December has produced some great fish with the biggest being a 37-pounder in the snow and wind during a front in the middle of the month. With the cooling water, look for the fish to concentrate around…
Lanier: Level: 12.4 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 50s. Clarity: Clear. Spotted Bass: Ryan Coleman reports, “As usual for Lake Lanier in December, the spotted bass are on fire. Fishing has been fantastic now for a few weeks and should remain good through the winter. We are catching good numbers of fish out deep…
Jackson: Level: 4.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 45-49 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Eric Perkins said, “Fishing has been good here lately, and I think it will continue as long as the mild temps stay with us. There hasn’t been enough cold weather yet to keep the majority of the fish out deep. We’re catching…
Hartwell: Level: 9 feet below full pool. Temp: 55 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Shayne McFarlin said there were still some fish shallow in the backs of any major-arm creeks, and he has been doing pretty well with a 6- to 12-foot-diving crankbait like a Norman Deep Little N or Bomber Flat A in firetiger…
Eufaula: Level: 2.7 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 50s. Clarity: Good stain. Bass: Good. Sam Williams said bass are hitting jigs and Texas rigs in green and purple colors. “Lipless and lipped crankbaits are also doing the trick. Trolling these fairly fast on top of ledge drops is producing. Bouncing spinnerbaits works…
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.…
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