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Fishing Reports
Clarks Hill: Level: 8.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 60s to low 70s. Clarity: Very clear. Bass: The fishing in May this year will be a little different than in years past, said guide Craig Johnson. He said the low-water conditions will cause the herring to relocate to other non-traditional spawning grounds. “I am…
Chatuge: Level: 2.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. The spots that are coming off the beds are running down Shad Raps and jerkbaits on rocky main-lake points and banks. The topwater bite has just begun. Sammys will work, but a smaller profile bait like a Pop-R is better. As…
Carters: Level: Up 3.9 feet above full pool. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Off and on, said Buddy Callahan at Bart’s Bait & Tackle. “Some of the largemouths had started to bed, then the lake came up 4 feet on top of them, and that has really pushed them back. The spots are just…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Excellent with several days of 30-plus spotted bass, a few in the 5-lb. range and one 6.4 pounds, said Burton guide Wes Carlton. Large swimbaits have been working well (Strike King Shadalicious). Try throwing a Spot Sticker, too. The next couple of weeks should be…
Blue Ridge: Level: 1.1 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: The main lake is clear, the creeks are good fishing color. Bass: Good. Blue Ridge fishing guide Nathan Lewis was on the lake April 26 with Clayton Chambers and in a half day they caught 27 bass. The fish were a 50/50 mix…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 69-74 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good, according to tournament angler Clint Brownlee. The postspawn pattern is picking up on the lake. Clint recommends a handful of lures that will catch bass in May. The fish will stage on grassbeds and trees as they gradually migrate back out to main-lake points…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: Down 0.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Clear on main lake; slight stain in some of the creeks. Bass: Good numbers, but most are smaller spotted bass, said Dennis Hudson. “Fish are in all stages of the spawn right now,” Dennis said. He has been catching some fish tight…
Allatoona: Level: Up 0.2 feet above full pool. Temp: 70-72 degrees. Clarity: Mostly clear. Bass: Good for numbers. The bite for quality bass has been fair, said guide Mike Bucca. “The spots are being finicky. Some days they are busting shad from the backs to the mouths of coves, some days they aren’t. Just keep…
DNR Parks can be applauded for taking action to control deer overpopulations on several state-park properties. Last year, deer-management hunts were allowed on three additional parks, Mistletoe, Bobby Brown and Tugaloo. Overall, hunting was allowed on 10 state parks. This year, DNR’s proposed hunting regulations include a management hunt on the state’s largest park, the…
The legislative session closed Friday, April 4, and just a few of the many bills sportsmen have been watching this year have made it to the governor’s desk for a possible signature. There was also some last-minute political finagling that killed one bill of interest to sportsmen and allowed one issue important to dog hunters…
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