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Fishing Reports
Oconee: Level: 0.6 feet down. Temp: 54-56 degrees. Clarity: Apalachee and Oconee rivers down to Lick Creek are heavily stained. The rest of the lake is stained or moderately stained, including Richland creek to the dam. Bass: Tournament angler Karl Pingry reports, “Special thanks to Morgan Arnold for taking me fishing while my boat trailer is out of commission. The…
Blackshear: Level: 0.2 feet low. Temp: 55-60 degrees. Clarity: Dependent on any recent rain but was good as of Feb. 20. Crappie: Brad McDaniel at Flint River Outdoors reports, “The crappie bite is just about to bust loose, but it will depend on the weather. Right now, they are being caught in about 15 feet of water with jigs and…
Sinclair: Level:0.5 feet low. Temp: Mid 50s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Tournament angler Mark Denney Jr.reports, “March is a great time to be on the water as fish become more predictable for traditional springtime patterns and start to relate to visible cover in shallower depths. With warming temperature trends, look for bass to start spawning in shallow coves and…
Eufaula: Level:0.5 feet high. Temp: Low 60s. Clarity: River is clearing up. Bass: Capt. Sam Williams reports, “Bass are moving to the shallows, so ChatterBaits and spinners around old pad stems are working. Plastics are also working in the same areas. Rip-rap is holding fish, so small-lipped crankbaits are working. Deeper fish are hitting heavy jigs and Carolina rigs.…
Hartwell: Level:2.7 feet high. Temp: 50-60 degrees. Clarity: Mostly stained. Bass: Guide Matthew Justice reports, “Right now the largemouth and spotted bass are holding on staging areas around docks, points and secondary points. The fish are biting jigs, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, swimbaits and underspins, depending on water clarity. Fishing the submerged grass with chartreuse spinnerbaits in dirty water can produce.…
West Point: Level: 6.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 50s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Fair. Guide Keith Hudson reports, “Predicting the fishing has been really tough so far this winter. Up and down water temps, lake levels, clear to muddy water, wind or no wind, generating and not generating—all of these varying conditions affect the bite. With the…
Weiss: Level: Full pool. Temp: Upper 40s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Guide and tournament angler Capt. Mike Carter reports, “Weiss has been constantly changing water levels with all of the hard rains. With these constant changes, it can also make the fishing conditions a little tough. Still, this is the time of year that getting out…
Sinclair: Level:0.6 feet below full pool. Temp: High 40s to low 50s. Clarity: Stained to muddy. Bass: Tournament angler Tucker Sweat reports, “The bass fishing is tough, but if you come across the right area you can certainly catch a few in a hurry. The bass are abnormally shallow right now due to the recent rains around Lake…
Seminole: Level: 1.8 feet above full. Temp: 54 degrees. Clarity: Lots of stain. Bass: Guide Aaron Crews reports, “The temperature on the main lake varies due to rains and water released from the lakes upstream. Saunders Slough, Fish Pond Drain, Spooner Fields and Cypress Pond Drain areas are clear to slightly stained. These clearer areas have better grass, and most…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. David Newlin reports, “February is sheepshead time. We are catching sheepshead now and will catch them great through the next couple of months. Inshore and offshore drops will have sheepshead on them. A live fiddler crab is always the best bait. Catching a good day to go offshore in February can be tough. A…
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