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Fishing Reports
Chatuge: Level: 1.2 feet low. Temp: 50-52 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “The lake is almost at summer pool and is stained, but the bite has been picking up. We’ve been catching fish on main-lake points and rocky banks on a drop shot with a 4.5-inch red crawler Roboworm and a Z-Man…
West Point: Level: It’s 3.7 below full, but it’s coming up and then being yanked back down between rains. Temp: Mid to upper 50s. Clarity: Heavily stained. Bass: Good. Guide Keith Hudson reports, “Expect big changes as we move into March. Warming weather and a stained lake should move many of the largemouth shallow very…
Carters: Level: 6.8 feet above full pool. Temp: 51 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Guide Bill Payne reports, “We’ve had more than enough high water to make fishing fairly tough. Many times in the high and stained waters, there are opportunities for there to be some great shallow fishing on moving baits, like spinnerbaits, ChatterBaits and…
Weiss: Level: 0.2 feet above full pool. Temp: 51-53 degrees. Clarity: Stained to muddy. Bass: Guide and tournament pro Mike Carter reports, “Weiss is flooded due to the recent heavy rains, and with this the fishing has been extremely tough. It’s not only the flood but the muddy conditions paired with it has made finding…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: 48 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Capt. Wes Carlton reports, “The bass bite has been great the last few weeks. Most of our fish have been caught on topwater and jerkbaits. The spotted bass seem to be piled up toward the backs of the creeks. They are aggressive and will bite…
Blue Ridge: Level: 1.5 feet below 1681. Temp: 50-52 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “The lake has been a little stained with all the rain we’ve been getting. Water levels have come up fast, and water temps have been creeping up. We’ve been catching fish on a Z-Man Ned rig with a green-pumpkin…
Sinclair: Level: 0.4 feet low. Temp: According to Ed at Lakeside Chevron, the pockets were 55 to 57 degrees yesterday. Cooler temps upriver. Clarity: The whole lake is stained to muddy. Bass: Tournament angler Karl Pingry reports, “There is a strong dock pattern right now. Jigs accounted for first and second place in the last…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. Judy Helmey reports, “I believe that all fish look forward to March. This is the month when water temperatures will start to rise and not even a passing cold front can stop it. My father used to say, ‘When it’s 65, everything is alive!’ Bottom fishing is great in the sound because…
Oconee: Level: Full pool. Temp: Main-lake temps are 54 to 56 degrees with the pockets 56 to 58. Clarity: Pretty much muddy over the entire lake. Tournament angler Tony Couch said the lake would still be muddy in a month, even if it stopped raining today. Bass: Tournament angler Karl Pingry reports, “I went fishing…
Seminole: Level: 1.3 feet above full pool. Temp: 62 degrees. Clarity: Stained up the Flint and Chattahoochee; lightly stained in Spring Creek. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Baty reports, “Slow. The recent rains, water fluctuations and unpredictable weather really have the fish confused. There are very few big prespawn schools staged up like there normally are…
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