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Fishing
If you like topwater action, June is a good month to throw your favorite bait early and late. And if a good chance of hooking a 5-lb. spotted bass turns you on, plan a trip to Carters Lake this month. Carters is about an hour north of Atlanta and is a pretty lake with steep…
It’s amazing the number of trout anglers you’ll see trudging toward the parking lot to head home an hour or two before dark, just about the time the fish begin to really ramp up their feeding in the waning light of day. If you’re one of the folks hoofing it off the river when the…
The Scat II beat its way southeasterly into the 4- to 6-foot seas that were being pushed north by a stiff 20-knot breeze. The clear May dawn promised fair weather, but a bumpy ride and rocking horse fishing at the snapper banks. At her helm, perched in the captain’s chair, sat her designer and…
It was an overcast morning a few weeks ago as Will Sizer and I left the boat ramp in Beaverdam Creek. In short order we were fishing spinnerbaits on a rocky bank just off a main-lake point. Threadfin shad began to flicker on the surface. “Shad are spawning,” said Will. Indeed they were. One of…
Friends of Dr. Al West would be pleased to recall a recent Saturday on Lake Oconee, and more similar Saturdays to come. Dr. West had a special interest in helping those with special needs and was particularly fond of taking these special people fishing. When Dr. West passed away, many of his friends thought…
A new lake-record hybrid mark was set on April 20, 2009 when Steve Jones, of Lakemount, reeled in a 9-lb., 8-oz. hybrid bass from Lake Rabun. Hybrid bass are a hatchery-made cross between white bass and striped bass. Hybrids are more warm-water tolerant and do much better than stripers in reservoirs that don’t have cold-water…
West Point: Level: 0.4 feet above full pool. Temp: Low to upper 70s. Clarity: Clear in the main lake; lightly stained in the backs of the creeks; muddy up the Chattahoochee. Bass: Good. There is good topwater fishing first thing in the morning. Pop-Rs and Tiny Torpedos have been working the best. During the day…
Weiss: Level: 0.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 70s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Great: Guide Warren Barnes reports, “Bass fishing has been great. The shad have started spawning all over the lake, and the bass are holding close to them. I have been catching both largemouths and spots in and around grass and…
Tobesofkee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 76-78. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Good. Clayton Batts reports, “Fish are biting well right now feeding up after the spawn. Early and late, fish a Spro Hydro-Pop around main-lake grass and seawalls that have deep water close by. When the sun comes up, it’s time to go fish the docks…
Sinclair: Level: Full pool. Temp: 70-71 degrees. Clarity: Various stages of stain. The mid area has the heaviest stain. Bass: Shad were still spawning last week, according to guide Barry Stokes. He caught quite a few bass on a Pop-R and Cold Steele’s new frog called, “The Last Hop.” Be on the lake at daylight,…
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