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Fishing Reports
Chatuge: Level: 4.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 60s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: “Fishing’s not bad; leaves are pretty,” said Charlie Baldwin. After being at full pool with all the rains, the plug has been pulled at Chatuge, and the water has dropped significantly over the last couple of weeks. Charlie said there’s…
Carters: Level: 1.7 feet above full pool. Temp: 66 to 67 degrees. Clarity: Three feet of visibility. Bass: Danny Hall said November is a transition period on Carters. If the water temperature stays in the 50s, there will still be some fish shallow. Throw 1/2-oz. spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Danny likes a Bandit that’ll run 5…
Burton: Level: 0.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 63 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain; about 8 feet of visibility. Bass: Good. Wes Carlton said the spots are on the main-lake points in about 30 feet of water. They’re coming up in the mornings and evenings to gorge on blueback herring. When they’re schooling on top, he’s…
Blue Ridge: Level: 10 feet below full pool. Temp: 65 to 66 degrees. Clarity: About 5 feet of visibility. Bass: Good. Guide Eric Crowley reports, “Blue Ridge’s fall bite is under way. The smallmouth are still feeding on topwater throughout the day with no pattern to it at all. You can catch these fish throwing…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Heavy stain. Crappie: Fair. Rusty Parker said he’s caught some good messes of crappie shooting deep-water docks with an Old Reliable jig made by Micro Spoons. It’s a black/green/chartreuse jig. The best docks have been in 18 to 20 feet of water just off the main channel,…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 6.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 70s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Fair. Fluctuations in the water level have the fish and the fishermen confused, said Dennis Hudson. In the rapidly moving water, there has been a pretty good crankbait bite, though. The fish are keying heavily on shad, and you just have…
Allatoona: Level: 0.7 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: Clear to stained. Bass: Good. Mike Bucca reports, “Numbers are very good right now. It’s catching quality fish that’s tough. Lots of different baits are working, which is typical for fall. I usually end up with about a dozen rods on my front deck…
The striper on Carters Lake are getting big. About a year and a half after a new mark was set for the Carters Lake striper record, the bar has been raised again. Angela Hawes, of Fairmount, landed a 36-lb., 42-inch striped bass on Aug. 22, beating the old record by a little more than 5…
Hundreds of miles from the nearest rapid waters of north Georgia lies a stretch of the Flint River reminiscent of anything but south Georgia. Tall river banks and steep clay and rock walls tower high above some of the fastest-moving water south of the gnat line. When one thinks of south Georgia fishing, what normally…
J.D. Blevins, of Buford, said his wife was livid when he decided to go fishing on the Chattahoochee River the morning of Sept. 4. He was very late for their trip to the beach, but she calmed down once she found out why. He caught this 16-lb., 13-oz. brown trout with a No. 5 countdown…
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