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Fishing Reports
Chatuge: Level: 0.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 65 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eric Welch with Reel Job Fishing reports, “Most of the good spotted bass are coming off bed. You can catch a lot of the buck bass on spinnerbaits, Shad Raps and drop shots. Wind-blown points and any brush will get you…
Carters: Level: 4.2 feet above full pool after heavy storms. Temp: 65-70 degrees. Clarity: Stained up the river. Bass: Excellent. Louie Bartenfield reports, “Fish are in all three stages of the spawn and in all water columns. There is a great topwater bite the first couple of hours. I’m having my best luck early using…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: 65 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eric Welch with Reel Job Fishing reports, “There have been some bass that have spawned, but most of the spotted bass and largemouths I’ve been catching have not spawned yet. I’m catching them on points that have a drop and around docks that have…
Blue Ridge: Level: 1.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 63 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eric Welch with Reel Job Fishing reports, “A lot of the big smallmouths are on bed. Most of our catches have been buck bass; same with the spotted bass. You can catch a lot of fish in the 2- to…
Blackshear: Level: 0.1 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Clear for this time of year, with 1 1/2 feet of visibility. Bass: Good. Brian Davis said there were still a few fish on the beds in late April, but the spawn was over for the most part. He said the best bites right…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.2 feet above full pool. Temp: Upper 60s to low 70s. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Fair. Dennis Hudson said the fish finally moved up to spawn and moved back out in record time over the last couple of weeks. “I’m sure there are some in all stages right now — there are…
Allatoona: Level: 2.6 feet above full pool. Temp: 67 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Excellent. Mike Bucca said, “Fishing for numbers now is outstanding. We are averaging 30 to 50 fish a trip now with some size mixed in. Pointer 78s and Flashminnow 95MRs are great for numbers. So is wacky-rigging or shaky-heading. Topwater is starting…
One-thousand one-hundred thirteen bass 10 pounds or better and counting. No, that was not a typographical error… 1,113 bass 10 pounds or heavier. That is not the number of double-digit bass caught in all of Georgia over the last decade. It is the number caught by one individual, Pat Cullen, of Valdosta, over the last…
When Jackson County’s Bear Creek Reservoir was built in 2001 and stocked with F1 bass and plenty of forage, the intent was to open and manage the 505-acre lake as a trophy-bass fishery. Nearly a decade later in September 2009, the lake’s new boat ramp finally opened for business, and aggressive bass are open for…
The lake-record for flathead catfish on Lake Hartwell was set at a mark that’s going to be tough to top. On April 10, 2010, Darrin Sealey caught a flathead that pulled certified scales to 66 pounds. The Georgia state record for flathead is a tie between two Altamaha River cats that weighed 83 pounds. (Most…
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