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Fishing Reports
Hartwell: Level: 1.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 50-53 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Josh Fowler reports, “The two weeks of frigid weather in mid December caused a drastic drop in water temperature, and the bite has been slow to recover. The cold snap really hurt the shallow cranking bite in the creeks, and that…
Eufaula: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low 50s. Clarity: Varies from light to heavy stain. Bass: Slow. Capt. Sam Williams reports, “Bass fishing has slowed some as the water temperatures continue to drop. Very slow presentations are producing some bass. Cover where pads were and grassy banks are holding baitfish.” Crappie: Good. Sam reports, “Crappie are…
Clarks Hill: Level: 2.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 47 to 52 degrees. Clarity: Clear down the lake; the upper end has a great fish-catching color. Bass: Fair. Dale Gibbs said the best bite on Clarks Hill for about the next six weeks will be slow and deep. Try hopping a jig ’n pig around…
Chatuge: Level: 6.4 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 40s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Charlie Baldwin said you won’t have any 30-fish days, but there is a decent deep bite in 20 to 30 feet of water doodling over brush. A jigging spoon or shaky head will do equally well for this bite. On a…
Carters: Level: 3.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 50s down the lake and upper 40s up the river. Clarity: Clear to slight stain. Bass: Good. Louie Bartenfield said, “Quality is great. Numbers are good some days, some days not so much. I’m primarily using five baits right now. Spoons, drop-shot rigs, big jigs, jerkbaits…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low 40s. Clarity: Clear. Largemouths: Good. Wes Carlton said this is the time of year to catch big bass on Burton. Fishing with a client recently, they caught six fish heavier than 5 pounds and one that weighed more than 10 pounds. Wes said channel ledges that drop from 5…
Blackshear: Level: 1.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 49 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Fair. Jim Murray Jr. reports, “The lake is slowly returning to full pool. For numbers, a Shad Rap or medium-diving crankbait around creek channels and shallow ledges have been producing. For the larger bites, flipping a CBT jig around boat docks usually…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 48 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Pretty good. Dennis Hudson said his tournaments have been weighing in some pretty good sacks recently. The best bite, when it is on, is with shallow-running, square-billed crankbaits. The best fish have been caught running those baits through shallow brush up…
Allatoona: Level: 11.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 48 degrees on the main lake. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Craig Miller at the Dugout said it’s float-’n-fly time on Allatoona. “This is by far the best way to catch numbers, as well as decent-sized fish. Fish any steep, main-lake banks and points. Ten to 12 feet…
“If I had to pick one month in the year to fish Lake Jackson, it would be January,” said Josh Kelly, of Jackson. Josh lives on Jackson and has been fishing it regularly since he was a small boy. Josh, a local tournament fisherman, started going to the lake by himself as soon as he…
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