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Fishing Reports
Jackson: Level: 2.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 50 to 58 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. Aaron Batson reports, “This will be a big transition month. With much warmer weather lately, begin to look for fish to move to the back half of spawning coves. You can just about throw any shallow-running bait (spinnerbaits, crankbait…
Hartwell: Level: 2.6 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 40s to low 50s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. “It’s taking around 20 pounds to win the tournaments up here, and I expect these types of weights to continue as we get into March,” said Josh Fowler. “The prespawn shallow cranking and jerkbait bite has fired up…
Eufaula: Level: Full pool. Temp: High 40s to low 50s. Clarity: Muddy. Bass: Poor, but look for a quick turn around with warmer temperatures. Sam Williams reports, “Bass fishing has been very tough to say the least. The cold, muddy water has them all over the place. Slow, slow presentations have been the trick to…
Clarks Hill: Level: Full pool. Temp: 48 degrees on the main lake to 52 in some creeks. Clarity: Clear on the lower end with a light stain up both Little Rivers. Bass: Good. Capt. Dale Gibbs said the bite is turning on with the recent warm spell and moving fish well into their prespawn pattern.…
Carters: Level: 1.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 46-50 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Louie Bartenfield reports, “The water has warmed almost 5 degrees in just a few days. The warm trend has moved the fish up in the water column as well. I’ve seen the fish go from an average of 35 to 45…
Burton: Level: 4 feet below full pool. Temp: 48 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Capt. Wes Carlton said after a cold winter, we have rebounded quickly with warm temperatures. “The fish have come alive from their dormancy. The spotted bass have been biting the drop-shot rig with a brown 4-inch Robo Worm. Most of our…
Blue Ridge: Level: 61.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 44 to 47 degrees. Clarity: Partly clear to stained. Bass: Fair. Eric Crowley reports, “Look for climbing temps and sunshine to wake up this lake. Even with the lake being down, the fish are still here, and the month of March is usually a good month.…
Blackshear: Level: 0.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 60s. Clarity: Heavy stain. Bass: Very good. Jim Murray Jr. said it’s been taking sacks weighing in the mid-20s to win at Blackshear recently. The fish are staging in ponds and stump rows, and they are biting lipless crankbaits. Jim likes a 1/2-oz. Red Eye Shad…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1.1 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 50s. Clarity: Good stain. Bass: Good. Dennis Hudson said the fishing has been good over the past month, and winning weights in his Saturday tournaments have gone from 12 to 13 pounds up to 15 to 17 pounds. He said in early February they were…
Allatoona: Level: 11.8 feet below full pool. Temp: High 40s to low 50s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair and improving. “The month of March is by far the best time to fish jerkbaits on the lake,” said Craig Miller, of the Dugout. “Fish Spro McSticks in Norman-flake and spooky-shad colors. Fish main-lake points and flats. Be…
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