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Fishing Reports
Oconee: Level: Full pool. Temp: Upper 60s to low 70s. Clarity: There is a very heavy mud line working its way down the lake, and it’s stained to the dam. Bass: Good. Guide Al Bassett reports, “The shad spawn in under way and should last for most of the month. Being on the water at…
Russell: Level: 1.85 feet below full pool. Temp: High 60s. Clarity: Clear in most of the lake; muddy in Beaverdam. Bass: Steve Levi said to look for some bedding bass up the lake this month as the last wave of fish pull up to spawn. He’ll pitch a white Zoom tube to any bedding fish.…
Saltwater: Inshore: From the Richmond Hill area, Capt. David Newlin reports, “The water temp is right at 68 to 69 degrees in the river. The redfish and trout have been doing pretty good. We’ve had a lot of freshwater coming out of the Ogeechee, so the trout are out in the sound, and they’re catching…
Seminole: Level: 1.08 feet below full pool. Temp: 70 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. Matt Baty reports, “Most of the fish on the lake have already spawned and are heading toward their deep-water postspawn areas. These postspawn fish can be caught on grass points on the rivers and grass flats on the lake. Spinnerbaits or…
Sinclair: Level: 1.1 feet below full. Temp: 65-71 degrees. Clarity: The lower end is stained, but the upper ends are still heavily stained. Bass: Mike Cleveland said a few bass are still on the bed, and the shad spawn has kicked off in the mid-lake area. The Little River arm has yet to see any…
Tobesofkee: Level: Full Pool. Temp: 68-71 degrees. Clarity: Heavily stained. Bass: Fair. Clayton Batts reports, “The bite is tough right now. Some fish are still on the bed, but most of them have already spawned. There is a shad spawn first thing in the morning around grassbeds and rip-rap, but most of the fish around…
Weiss: Level: 0.10 feet above full pool. Temp: 65-67 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. Guide Warren Barnes reports, “Try the backs of the pockets and creeks for largemouths, and fish the points for spots. The most productive patterns have been spinnerbaits, swimbaits and lipless crankbaits. If the bite gets slow, I have been using shaky…
West Point: Level: 1.6 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: The main lake and near the mouths of the creeks is lightly stained, and it’s muddy in the backs of the creeks. The main lake is clear. The upper river is stained to muddy. Bass: Excellent. Guide Paul Parsons will still look for…
About 200 hunters packed a recent Gilmer County meeting, upset over what they heard were the county commission’s intentions for the Cartecay Tract, a state-owned property east of Ellijay managed by WRD as a WMA. While some may have had hopes to develop the Cartecay Tract with more park-like features, hunters had other ideas, and…
An interim rule to close red-snapper fishing in federal waters from North Carolina to Florida was passed in a 7 to 6 vote by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) the first week of March. Once approved by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMF), the ban could begin as early as June, a devastating…
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