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Fishing Reports
West Point: Level: 5.1 feet below full pool. Temp: The water temps have risen to 60 degrees in some areas. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. Guide Keith Hudson reports, “As we move into March, the warming weather and a slightly stained lake should move many of the largemouth very shallow quickly, especially if we have a continued warming…
Allatoona: Level: The lake has come up close to 14 feet in the last two weeks and is now 2 feet above full pool and rising. Temp: 52 degrees. Clarity: It is rolling mud on the north end and on the far south end. The better water is in between Bartow Carver and Iron Hill. Bass: Tournament angler…
Weiss: Level:6.9 feet high. Temp: Mid 50s to 60. Clarity: Moderate stain. Bass: Capt. Mike Carter reports, “Weiss Lake has been an extreme up and down fiasco the past couple of months, and it seems it just keeps on going. The previous and current hard rains has had the lake levels up and down constantly, and now…
Clarks Hill: Level: 2.8 feet low. Temp: 53-55 degrees. Clarity: Stained in the rivers and clear on the lower lake by the dam. Bass: Tournament angler Josh Rockefeller reports, “Fishing has gotten tougher with all the changing weather. We are still catching fish in the ditches on the Buckeye Lures Jiggin’ Blade in the clearer water where you can…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. Judy Helmey reports, “Bottom fishing is great in the sound because everything is on the move. Bull whiting should start showing up near sandbars in the sound. The best bait is going to be small pieces of peeled shrimp laced on small hooks fished directly on the bottom. The best hook size is a No. 4 to No.…
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.…
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