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Fishing Reports
Crappie: Guide Payton Caldwell reports, “The water is muddy, 59-62 degrees and 2 feet low. This combination has crappie all over the place. You can catch them in 25 feet all the way up to 3 and 4 feet. Live minnows work great as always, and a dark-blue tube jig or a blue-and-black curly tail…
I fished Eufaula from Wednesday, March 13 through Sunday, March 17 with a Potato Creek Club Tournament Saturday and Sunday. The lake level was 1.3 feet above full pool after a heavy rain, and the water was very stained. The surface temperatures were in the mid to upper 60s. Most of my fishing was from…
Bass: Guide Keith Hudson reports, “After last week’s heavy rains and the water rising to above full pool briefly, becoming a minefield of debris, the lake is back down to slightly above winter level and pretty heavily stained overall. You may find some clearer water in the back halves of major creeks as the runoff clears. Also,…
Maurice Van Hall said it’s officially catching season at Lake Oconee! “Over the years I have fished every day of the year in various places,” Maurice said. “I have learned—the hard way—that any day is a fishing day, but relatively few days are what I call catching days. I went to Oconee on Tuesday morning…
There were some VERY good reports this week. Bass and crappie are up shallow spawning in ponds and lakes in southeast Georgia. Saltwater fishing is picking up as the water warms. The Okefenokee is dropping out, and the water is warming. It’s on! Savannah River: Mark Vick and Daniel Rhodes had a small window Saturday…
Maurice Van Hall made his first trip of the year to Blackshear on Monday, March 4. “The lake is full and water clarity is well recovered from the heavy rains a few weeks ago, stained but fishable,” Maurice said. “Surface temperatures are 58 main lake and reached 60 degrees in the creeks I fished. “I…
I fished Lake Allatoona on Sunday, March 3 with Dane Huner for an upcoming feature article that will appear in GON. The lake level was 836.77, which was 3.23 feet below full pool. Most of the lake had a light stain, and the surface temperature started at 49 degrees that morning and warmed to 52 degrees…
Happy Leap Year! The fishing has really picked up this week with the warmer weather. Winds have been pretty crazy mid-week, but the bites in the swamp, ponds and saltwater have been good. Crappie and bass are shallow thinking about their spring spawning ritual. Give it a try! Satilla River: Wayne Johns has been running…
Blackshear: Level: 0.2 below 237. Temp: 59 degrees. Clarity: Still very muddy on the main lake and stained off the main lake. Bass: Tournament angler Chris Gray reports, “March is the best month of the year to catch a big bass on Blackshear. This month, as the lake stabilizes and continues to warm up, big female…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1 foot below 521. Temp: High 50s to low 60s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Tournament angler Tyler Morgan with Summerland Outdoors reports that fish are wanting to spawn, and many will be on the bed by the full moon on March 25. Stained water warms fast, so look for a big push of prespawners…
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