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Fishing Reports
Eufaula: Level: 0.8 feet above full pool. Temp: 38-45 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Slow. Anthony Goggins reports, “The fish are holding shallow, as usual, although some are holding deep. Some can be found schooled up in the pockets off the main lake where they prefer to do their spawning. They will begin to bite spinnerbaits…
Clarks Hill: Level: 1.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to high 40s, getting up to 52 on sunny days. Clarity: Muddy in the creeks; slight stain in the main river and lower lake. Bass: Dale Gibbs reports, “Fishing for largemouths remains poor, but it should begin to change for the better. February can be…
Chatuge: Level: 7.5 feet below full pool. Temp: High 30s to low 40s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Poor. At the end of January, Charlie Baldwin said there was a sheet of ice across the lake, and it wasn’t even worth fishing. However, the February thaw should make it fishable again. Doodling a Zoom Finesse worm in…
Carters: Level: 3.6 feet above full pool. Temp: 45-47 degrees. Clarity: 2 to 4 feet visibility. Spotted Bass: Eric Crowley reports, “The spots are on and off compared to last month. Big fish have been caught at night on live trout and 4-inch and bigger spoons with and without feather trailers. During the day, spotted…
Burton: Level: 8.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 42 degrees. Clarity: Clear to slight stain. With the bottom dropped out of Burton, Murray’s Cove ramp is the only public ramp open. Spotted Bass: Decent. Wes Carlton said the spots are biting pretty well now that the ice has melted. He’s finding them in the 20-foot…
Blue Ridge: Level: Down 15.7 feet. Temp: 42-45 degrees: Clarity: Good; 3 to 6 feet. Bass: Eric Crowley reports, “Main lake is where the best action is for smallies. Look for dead baitfish to find the fish. Small baits like white-ice-and-silver colored Zoom Flukes, Smack Tackle Flitter Baits in white and black back, or even…
Blackshear: Level: 0.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 44-46 degrees. Clarity: Muddy. Bass: Fair. Ernie Broughton said springs are key to his February bassing on Blackshear. They provide good flowing water that is normally warmer and clearer than the body of the lake. Also, with the abundant rains, good current in the creeks can make…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1.6 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 40s. Clarity: Good stain. Bass: Tough. With the cold weather and frigid water temperatures, Bartletts has been tough of recent, said Dennis Hudson. The flood gates have finally closed, and generation schedules have gone back to normal, changing the pattern from what was working when…
Allatoona: Level: 10.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 38 to 47 degrees. Clarity: Stained to muddy. Bass: Slow. Mike Bucca reports, “Fishing is tough on Allatoona. The Etowah arm is fishing very hard now. We had ice on almost the entire north end of the lake, and not much fishing was done. We also had…
For the serious trout angler, nothing much compares to hooking and landing a wild trout. Most purists would rather land a small wild fish over a large stocked fish especially if they had to work harder for it. A case in point is anglers hiking deep into the hills to fish the headwaters of a…
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