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Fishing Reports
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. David Newlin reports, “The water temperature is right around 60 degrees. Usually everything starts biting when the water gets in the low 60s. The big redfish have been biting in the sound and on the beach front. Sight fishing in the shallow marsh flats and on the mud bars has been producing…
Russell: Level: 0.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 56 to 57 degrees in the pockets; cooler up the Savannah River. Clarity: Stained in the creeks. Bass: Very good. “The spots are getting ready to spawn on the long, rocky points,” said Trad Whaley. “Everybody in the tournament (March 27) had 8 to 10 pounds, and…
Oconee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 58-62 degrees. Clarity: Clearing in Richland Creek with a light stain on the Oconee River side. Bass: Fair to good. Todd Lowe reports, “Oconee is finally acting like its old self. The bass are on the banks and eating pretty well. The best pattern right now is moving baits like…
Nottely: Level: 9.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 40s to low 50s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Tournament angler Scott Hughes said the fish are starting to move up into a prespawn pattern. He has done well lately targeting fish shallow on the sunny points where the water is warmest. The spotted bass and largemouths…
Lanier: Level: 0.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 52-57 degrees. Clarity: Clear, with a light stain up the rivers. Spotted Bass: Good. Ryan Coleman reports, “The shallows are full of fish right now, and they are holding in the backs of pockets, around the shallow boat docks and in the grass. That’s right, in the…
Jackson: Level: 5.0 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid to high 50s. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Good. “It really hasn’t turned all the way on, and that’s because the water level fell so much in the last week,” said Eric Perkins. “We have been doing the best covering a lot of water with the Spro…
Hartwell: Level: 0.9 feet above full pool. Temp: 53 degrees. Clarity: Stained in the backs of drainages. Bass: Good. Josh Fowler reports, “The shallow cranking bite has been the best deal going, and it should continue to produce until the fish go on the bed. On March 13 Greg Kellum and I won the NSA…
Eufaula: Level: Full pool. Temp: High 50s to mid 60s. Clarity: Muddy on the main lake and main creeks, especially down the lake. A little clearer in some of the backwaters. Bass: Very good. Stephen McCord said the prespawn bite is strong right now in the shallows. He’s been catching most of his fish in…
Clarks Hill: Level: 2.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 54 degrees. Clarity: The main lake is lightly stained; up the rivers and creeks are stained. Bass: Dale Gibbs reports, “Fishing has been improving over the last month for largemouths and will continue to get better as the water warms. The full moon at the end…
Carters: Level: 1.1 feet above full pool. Temp: 55 degrees. Clarity: Stained up the river. Bass: Louie Bartenfield reports, “The best patterns so far this month have been small crankbaits, jerkbaits and jerk shads like the Big Bite Jerk Minnow fished early around flats and points close to spawning areas. As the water temps rise…
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