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Fishing Reports
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…
Blue Ridge: Level: 8.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 50 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. “Look for the topwater action to turn on with the smallmouths as the temps keep climbing,” Eric Crowley said. “Around the marina and main-lake points are a good places to start. Look for them to be chasing bait, and throw…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid 50s. Clarity: Good stain. Bass: Good. Ernie Broughton said the fishing has turned on over the last few weeks. There were a few fish on the beds at the time this report was taken, but they weren’t quite there yet. His Blackshear Buddies tournament is beginning to weigh in…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid to upper 50s. Clarity: Good stain; about a foot of visibility. Bass: Good for numbers of small fish. Dennis Hudson thinks the fishing could blow wide open at any time. The current bite he’s on is seawalls in 3 to 5 feet of water using…
Allatoona: Level: 3.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 54-59 degrees. Clarity: Stained, clearer water around Iron Hill. Bass: Good. Mike Bucca said, “The fish are moving up shallow. I got two 5-lb. spots in my boat last week, both on 8-inch swimbaits. I am fishing the ditches on flats leading into spawning areas.” He’s using…
Five turkeys — four longbeards and a jake — hit the dirt opening day, thanks to a youth turkey hunt outside of Eatonton. Hosted by Crossroads Baptist Church and God’s Great Outdoors Ministries, the Youth Turkey Hunt hosted 24 young turkey hunters for opening weekend. Many of the young, camo-clad hunters said the birds were…
On Monday, March 8, DNR Law Enforcement officers recovered the body of a man who drowned on the Chattahoochee River in Suwanee after his boat flipped following a water release at Buford dam. The body of Ira Braitsch, 64, of Lawrenceville, was pulled from the water just south of McGinnis Ferry Road about 24 hours…
Lake Hartwell, on the Georgia/South Carolina border, has long been known as an excellent bass fishery. Both largemouth and spotted bass are present in good numbers, and anglers can land strings of quality fish if they know the territory and habits of the bass. But, right now is arguably the best time of year to…
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