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Fishing Reports
Oconee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 65-69 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Linesides: Guide Mark Smith reports, “May is the time of year when we change from spring to summer. The first of the month we will still be fishing like April, and by the end of the month, we will be fishing like it is June. The…
Nottely: Level: 3.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 67-71 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Linesides: Guide Jeremy Seabolt reports, “Stripers are still up the river and in the creeks. You can catch them on large herring and shad by pulling freelines and planer boards. We have been pulling our freelines about 50 to 80 feet behind the…
Lanier: Level: About 1 foot low. Temp: High 60s. Clarity: Clear on the main lake and stained in the backs of the creeks. Spotted Bass: Excellent. Guide Ryan Coleman reports, “The full moon in late April brought up a huge wave of spots and largemouth to the shallows for the spawn. There are fish all…
Jackson: Level: 1.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 66-72 degrees. Clarity: Clear down the lake and a medium stain in the rivers. Bass: Very good. Keith Dawkins reports, “The largemouth are in shallow coves and pockets now and should be back out on points and humps by the end of the month as the water…
Hartwell: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: Clear. Linesides: Guide Preston Harden reports, “April fishing has been good with most fish hanging in very shallow water. Stripers and hybrids are around points, shoals and shallow flats. As we move into May, the herring will be shallow and spawning. The stripers, hybrids and bass will…
Eufaula: Level: 2 feet below 190 pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Some stain. Bass: Topwater early is a great bet for hungry postspawn bass at Eufaula in May. Think frogs and swim jigs in the shoreline grass and pads, and Pop-Rs and Spooks on points around the mouths of main-lake pockets. A Bang-O-Lure with a…
Clarks Hill: Level: Nearly full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Clear in most parts of the lake. Bass: Tournament angler William Hooker reports, “The topwater bite is on at the moment. The herring are spawning, and the bass are shallow. Flukes, spinnerbaits and topwater are what you need to catch bass or hybrids.” Linesides: Guide…
Chatuge: Level: 1.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 66 degrees. Clarity: Light stain in the creeks, but the main lake is clear. Linesides: Guide Jeremy Seabolt reports, “The hybrid and spots are on fire up the creeks and around the dam. We’ve been catching hybrids on planer boards with large herring and picking up a…
Carters: Temp: 64 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Spotted Bass: Great. Guide Louie Bartenfield reports, “I’ve been out six days or nights per week since early March, and this spring has possibly been the best since 2011 for overall numbers of quality 3-lb. plus fish. Our biggest wave of fish has just moved up to spawn, and…
Burton: Level: 2 feet below full pool. Temp: 67 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Brown Trout: Guide Wes Carlton reports, “The brown trout have made their way to the main lake channels. They are schooled up in age classes. We are seeing a lot of young fish toward the southern portions of the lake. These fish have…
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