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Fishing Reports
Blue Ridge: Level: 18 feet below 1686. Temp: 44-46 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Eric Welch, of Welch’s Guide Service, reports, “Fishing has been decent. We’ve had some pretty cold weather the past month with nights in single digits and days not getting above freezing. It’s been a good many years since we had a cold winter.…
Sinclair: Level: 1.4 feet below 340. Temp: Upper 30s to low 40s. Clarity: Stained up the Oconee River and above Twin Bridges. Clear from Nancy Creek south. Bass: Karl Pingry reports, “There hasn’t been too much activity on the lake lately. The last tournament took only 11 pounds to win.” Ed at Lakeside Chevron said…
Blackshear: Level: Full at 237. Temp: 42 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Tournament angler Chris Gray reports, “After receiving about 8 inches of snow on Jan. 21, the water temperature has dipped as low as I’ve ever seen it at Blackshear, nearing the 40-degree mark in some places. I don’t expect it to stay that way long,…
Seminole: Level: 0.5 feet below 77.5. Temp: 50-53 degrees. Clarity: Spring Creek is clear. The Flint and Chattahoochee river arms are stained. Bass: Capt. Paul Tyre reports, “The bass fishing on Lake Seminole has been good the first month of the new year. As we move into February, the bass fishing on Lake Seminole will…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1 foot below 521. Temp: Mid 40s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Tyler Morgan, with Summerland Outdoors, reports, “At the end of January, it took only 9.5 pounds to win a local tournament. The water was very clear and unusually cold. Without a warming trend, fishing will be tough. Even with cold…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. David Newlin reports, “January has been one of the coolest in a long time. We have had snow on the dock for five days. I have never seen that before. The stripers and redfish bite has been really good in the Ogeechee. I have been catching most of my fish on the…
Allatoona: Level: 12.2 feet below 840. Temp: 39-44 degrees. Clarity: 3 to 5 feet. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “Fish are still in their winter pattern, and the jig bite has been great all winter. Brush, bluffs and rock on red clay banks have been the most productive. A green-pumpkin Picasso Little Spotty in…
Russell: Level: 1.4 foot below 475. Temp: 45-48 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Kerry Partain reports, “The bass fishing is still good and should continue to get better with the longer days and warmer temperatures. Looking at my Lowrance graphs all day really takes a toll on my back and neck, so I’d like…
Oconee: Level: Full at 435. Temp: 38 degrees above I-20 and 46 in the mid lake. Clarity: Stained, but clearer than normal. Bass: Guide Nick Knapp, with Elite Guide Service, reports, “The month of February can be some of the toughest fishing all year. With all the cold weather we have had, the water temperatures…
This is some incessant cold! And after the slight warm-up late this week and weekend, it’s forecasted to be rainy AND cold—and maybe even a little wintry weather. For those who have toughed it out, the fishing has been very good for most this week. Oconee River: Some exciting news this week is that the…
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