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Fishing Reports
Blue Ridge: Level: 7 feet below full pool. Temp: 79-80 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “Fishing has been a little tough, with all these crazy weather changes, but the main thing is we’re heading in the right direction. TVA has started dropping the lakes down, and the water temps are starting to fall.…
Clarks Hill: Level: 1.3 feet above full pool. Temp: 75-80 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Josh Rockefeller reports, “The lake has come up and flooded the grass, and the frog fishing is doing well. Finding grass on points and fishing a Horny Toad around the points is taking some good fish. This is mostly…
Carters: Level: 5 feet low. Temp: 76 degrees. Clarity: 6 feet. Bass: Guide Louie Bartenfield reports, “Spotted bass are starting to spread out from main-lake humps and points closer to creek mouths and channel swings. Expect lots of surface schooling throughout the day as we move into fall. Flukes and topwater baits like Pop-Rs and…
Sinclair: Level: 0.9 feet low. Temp: Water temps have dropped into the 70s after the last tropical storm and cool morning temps. Clarity: Above the railroad trestle is heavily stained, and you will find various levels of stain in the backs of most pockets. The south end is clear right now, but that may change…
Lanier: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid 70s and steadily dropping. Clarity: The main lake is clear, and the creeks are only slightly stained. Bass: Guide Ryan Coleman reports, “Fishing is excellent right now on Lanier. The fish are up on humps and points and feeding very well. There is still a great topwater bite right…
Allatoona: Level: 0.3 feet below full. Temp: 76 degrees. Clarity: 5 feet. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “The month of October is amazing on Lake Allatoona. This is a month where the shad begin to migrate into the creeks, and the feeding frenzy begins. Early morning and late afternoon the buzzbait bite is phenomenal.…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. Judy Helmey reports, “I consider the month of October as being one of the best fishing months since fish are in full migration mode. With water temperatures on the fall, the redfish, spotted seatrout and flounder bites gets more predictable. Places where you caught them last year most likely will be great places…
Hartwell: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid 70s. Clarity: The main lake has that turnover look, and the creeks are stained. Bass: Tournament angler Kerry Partain reports, “The bass fishing was already tough on Hartwell, and to make matters worse, with all the rain and cool weather, it is turning over. That being said, it cooled…
Eufaula: Level: 1.7 feet below 190 full pool. Temp: Low 80s. Clarity: Stained to slightly muddy in some creeks. Bass: Tournament angler Les Bratcher, of Big Bite Baits, reports, “The water at Eufaula was steadily on the fall for repairs on the dam. With that being said, the fishing on the lake right now is…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 80s. Clarity: Clear on the main lake, stained in the rivers and creeks. Bass: Tournament angler Adam Byrd said the shallow bite starts to get much better at Bartletts as the nights and days get cooler in late September and through October. For a scattered…
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