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Fishing Reports
Tobesofkee: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid 50s. Clarity: Muddy. Bass: Clayton Batts said the water is still cool and stained, but the bass are starting to feed and getting ready to bed. “Look for fish feeding in the first third of wind-blown pockets. Fish a variety of moving baits, such as a Spro Aruku Shad…
Sinclair: Level: 0.7 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid to upper 50s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. “The most consistent pattern has been grass, and it will stay hot throughout April,” said Kip Carter. “In April the water temp will warm to 65 plus, and the fish will begin to bed. Use lizards and spinnerbaits in…
Seminole: Level: 0.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 64 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. Matt Baty reports, “The bass are either on the bed spawning or very near to these areas. The places where I have been catching the prespawn bass are not producing anymore, because the fish have moved up near sand. Anywhere you…
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…
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