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Fishing Reports
Oconee: Level: Full pool. Temp: Upper 50s to mid 60s. Clarity: Clear down the lake to stained and muddy up the rivers. Bass: Good. Al Bassett reports, “There are a lot of fish being found very shallow. Some of the fish have already gone on bed, and more will be going to bed in April.…
Nottely: Level: 10.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 50s. Clarity: Clear on the main lake; slight stain in the creeks. Bass: Good. John Hembry said the fish are beginning to pull up a little, but they should be moving up into the pockets shallow with a good warming trend in April. John said a…
Lanier: Level: 11.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 50s to low 60s. Clarity: Clear down the lake a slight stain up the lake. Spotted Bass: Excellent. Ryan Coleman reports, “As you would expect, April is here and the spotted bass are on fire. Look for fish on secondary points adjacent to hard-bottom spawning pockets…
Jackson: Level: Full pool. Temp: High 50s to low 60s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. Eric Perkins reports, “We have been catching a bunch of fish on chrome/blue and chartreuse Rat-L-Traps and Spro Aruku Shad rattle baits just running and gunning flats, red-clay points and secondary points. Other good baits have been No. 5 and No.…
Hartwell: Level: 10.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 50s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Josh Fowler reports, “The cold start to the month of March has kept the fish on the lower end of the lake deep, and we are still catching fish close to the timber in 30 to 40 feet of water. Look…
Eufaula: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid 60s to low 70s. Clarity: Mostly stained except clear on the lower main lake. Clearing in the backs of creeks and some sloughs. Bass: Good. Stephen McCord said the first wave of bedding fish moved up the first weekend in March. With the stained water, Stephen said finding bedded…
Clarks Hill: Level: 8.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: Slightly stained. Bass: Good. Dale Gibbs reports, “The largemouth bite is getting better every day. Bass have been hitting shallow- to medium-running crankbaits in firetiger patterns and anything with a little red on it. As fish begin bedding, be sure to throw spinnerbaits…
Chatuge: Level: 4.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 50s. Clarity: Slightly stained to clear. Bass: Fair. Nathan Lewis said you can catch some spotted bass fishing a Shad Rap on wind-blown, main-lake points, and you can also fish a small worm on a drop shot in 15 to 20 feet of water…
Carters: Level: 1.9 feet above full pool. Temp: 50 degrees. Clarity: Clear to slightly stained. Bass: Zack Foster reports, “The fishing was good this month. I found the best fish around the dam area. The best days came with the wind blowing straight into the chunk rock of the dam. Flipping a spinnerbait or a…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: 46-49 degrees. Clarity: Clear on main lake; slight stain up the creeks and up the river. Bass & Trout: Antony Rabern reports, “The bite is definitely picking up in Lake Burton as the lake temps rebound from record lows this winter into the low 50s by the first of April.…
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