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Clarks Hill: Level: 2.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 70 degrees. Clarity: Clear except for a stain on the upper end. Bass: Excellent. Guide Dale Gibbs reports, “Bass fishing is white hot right now on ‘The Hill.’ Topwaters are the norm right now for big bass. Heddon’s Zara Spook and Lucky Craft’s Sammy and Gunfish…
Carters: Level: Full pool. Temp: 65 to 69 degrees. Clarity: Clear on main lake; stained up the river. Bass: Good. Louie Bartenfield reports, “The bite here is good and improving. There’s been a huge wave of fish move up this month and will soon complete their spawn. The next month will be a great time…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: 63-65 degrees. Clarity: Clear Bass: Excellent. Eric Welch, of Reel Job Fishing, reports, “The fishing is still on fire. Some of the bass are on bed, while some of the bass are looking for a place to bed. We have been catching some big largemouths and spotted bass. I’ve been…
Blue Ridge: Level: 26.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 63 degrees. Clarity: Cloudy. Bass: Fair. Eric Welch, of Reel Job Fishing, said the lake is rising quickly. “We are still catching fish on drop-shots and tubes, but there has been no pattern. With the lake coming up daily, the fish are moving around looking to…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 78 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good, according to tournament pro Jim Murray Jr. “The shad spawn is in full swing, and the bass are feeding heavily in the mornings around these locations. Seawalls, grass and trees are the most common places for the shad spawn,” Jim said. “Lures such as…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: Full pool. Temp: 66-71 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. Dennis Hudson said he was expecting his Saturday, April 16, tournament to be on fire, but the weather messed things up a bit. It took a little more than 15 pounds to win. The fish are up on the banks and in all…
Allatoona: Level: Full pool. Temp: 70 degrees. Clarity: Stained and full of trash on the north end; slight stain mid lake; clear on the south end. Bass: Very good. Matt Driver reports, “May is one of my favorite times on Allatoona. This month is topwater month for sure. Bass are postspawn and are starting to…
Legislators passed House Bill 277, “The Baiting Bill,” but they did little to silence the divide and emotional debate among hunters over the issue. HB 277 legalizes baiting for deer in the Southern Zone while keeping it illegal to hunt deer within 200 yards of bait in the Northern Zone. HB 277 will become law…
Shooting-up crappie can be the quickest and easiest way to fill a limit. Following the spawn, when the fish pack-in under docks like canned sardines, they are hungry. Getting a bait into the deepest, darkest recesses beneath a dock is the only thing standing between the angler and a mess of crappie. And if you’re…
Close your eyes for a second and think back to when you were a kid. Picture yourself fishing with your dad, or maybe it was your grandfather or grandmother. Chances are the first fish you ever caught was a bream. Burned in many anglers’ minds are fishing trips with Grandaddy. Now, each time you lay…
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