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Fishing Reports
Clarks Hill: Level: 5.7 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 80s. Clarity: Very clear. Bass: Look for fish to pull back shallow and start schooling on top. Turn to page 22 for info. Linesides: Good. “We’ve had an oxygen problem on the lower end of the lake, but mid-lake up we are still catching limits…
Chatuge: Level: 1.9 feet below full pool. Temp: High 70s to low 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow. John Hembry said the catch has been 90 percent spotted bass, and they have been small. “Some fish have been suspended, and they’re hard to catch, or they’re buried right in the middle of the brush, and they’re…
Carters: Level: 0.7 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Danny Hall said the fish should start pulling into the creek mouths and eventually work their way to the backs. The migration should begin once water temperatures get into the 70s. Danny likes to burn a 1/2-oz. spinnerbait in shad…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low to mid 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Wes Carlton said the good-sized spots are schooling on points off the main-river channel all over the lake. Catch them on a 1/2- or 3/4-oz. Hopkins spoon in chrome. A fluke will also do the trick. Wes has also been catching some…
Blue Ridge: Level: 4.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 83-85 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Smallmouth: Fair. “Fish are scattered over the main lake and holding close to structure and rocky points in 20 to 30 feet of water,” said guide Eric Crowley. “Early in the morning you can still find fish busting around the marina and…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 82 degrees. Clarity: Good stain. Bass: Slow. Blackshear has been tough in the hot weather for Ernie Broughton. He said the only pattern he found recently that has produced a few good fish is fishing docks on the main lake with their fronts in about 6 to 10 feet of…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.5 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tough. Dennis Hudson said the best bite is on shaky-head worms on brushpiles in 8 to 15 feet of water. Look for brush around secondary points and boat docks. A Net Boy Baits worm in Bama bug or summer craw has…
Allatoona: Level: 2.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 83 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Guide Mike Bucca said bass and whites are schooling. “There are some big spots mixed in with the white fish, and they are hitting 5- and 6-inch Bull Shad swimbaits in gizzard or blueback color. They are also hitting Sammy 105s…
The alligator has roamed this planet for millions of years. It has gone from predator to prey and survived near eradication from the continent in the 1950s. These beasts have been around since the time of the dinosaurs; they are the true Jurassic Park of our time. After three years of waiting for a tag…
It was his last cartridge and his last hope. The 192-lb. wild boar had already gored Dr. Joseph “Larry” Jackson Sr. twice and had him right where it wanted him. It had all happened in a whirlwind… the quick tremble of leaves in the thicket, the scrape of tusks and teeth against his rifle. Dr.…
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