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Fishing Reports

Bartletts Ferry Fishing Report – December 2018

Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1 foot below full pool. Temp: Mid 50s. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Tournament director Dennis Hudson reports, “The bass are moving into the creeks and coves. Good numbers can be  caught using squarebill crankbaits around the mouths of the coves to about halfway in the creeks and coves. Shad-colored baits work better…

Lake Burton Fishing Report – December 2018

Burton: Level: Down 5 feet. Temp: 58 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Wes Carlton reports, “The bass bite has been steady over the last few weeks. We have been catching some really big largemouth and spotted bass. The topwater bite has been great. We have been starting our mornings off in the backs of creeks throwing swimbaits and jerkbaits.…

Lake Chatuge Fishing Report – December 2018

Chatuge: Level: 5.6 foot below full. Temp: 55-56 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “Fishing got tough. We’ve had a lot of rain and weather changes, not to mention water temps dropping. I’ve not seen any topwater action going on. I’ve been catching fish on the A-rig, throwing it around docks, brush and points. Most of the baitfish…

Lake Seminole Fishing Report – December 2018

Seminole: Level:0.7 feet above full pool. Temp: Low to mid 60s, but temperature will vary greatly with water released from upstream. Clarity: Clear to slightly stained. Bass: Guide Aaron Crews reports, “Many of the grassbeds were literally ripped from the lake bottom during the hurricane, so bass fishing resembles a spring bite. Rat-L-Traps in blue back and chrome and…

Lake Oconee Fishing Report – December 2018

Oconee: Level: Full. Temp: Mid 50s. Clarity: Light stain from I-20 to past Lick Creek and in the back of Richland Creek. Muddy above I-20 up the Oconee and Apalachee rivers. Stained in backs of some pockets. Bass: Tournament angler Karl Pingry reports, “Fish are hitting a variety of baits, including spinnerbaits, ChatterBaits, small crankbaits and Rat-L-Traps. Also, try a…

Lake Allatoona Fishing Report December 2018

Allatoona: Level: 6.2 feet low. Temp: 62 degrees. Clarity: Mostly clear with some mixed areas of stain. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “Fishing on Lake Allatoona in the month of December is very good. In the beginning of the month, we will continue to see some schooling activity as fish feed up and prepare to move deeper in…

Lake Blue Ridge Fishing Report – December 2018

Blue Ridge: Level: 13.5 feet below full. Temp: 55-56 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “Fishing got a little tough with all the rain and weather changing. The water temps have been dropping with the colder nights, and there’s not been much topwater going on, and most of the bait you mark on your electronics are in the 12-…

Clarks Hill Fishing Report December 2018

Clarks Hill: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid 50s to lower 60s. Clarity: There has been some debris and stain due to the winds and rains, but this should clear up fairly quick. Bass: Tournament angler Josh Rockefeller reports, “Clarks Hill is heating up. I have been catching a lot of fish up shallow cranking a shad-colored squarebill crankbait. These fish…

Lake Eufaula Fishing Report December 2018

Eufaula:Level: 1.9 feet below 190 full pool. Temp: 60-65 degrees. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Cole Burdeshaw and Peyton McCord, bothAuburn University tournament anglers and guides, report, “The fishing is good and will continue to get better as the weather cools off. There are a lot of good Eufaula bass being caught shallow on a number of…

Lake Jackson Fishing Report December 2018

Jackson:Level: 4 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 60s. Clarity: Muddy to stained. Bass: Tournament angler Brian Lee reports, “The bass fishing is on fire on Jackson. There is no better time to fish this lake than now, the winter. Throw a Spro RkCrawler in a bright color on rocks and rails in main-lake pockets. The depth is very important,…

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