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Fishing Reports
Blue Ridge: Level: 3.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 58-62 degrees. Clarity: Clear in the river but stained in the mid lake. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “The bite is picking up. The smallmouth and spotted bass have moved up around the spawning flats and long pebble-rock points and bank lines. I’ve been targeting these fish…
Blackshear: Level: 0.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 63-70 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain. Crappie: Rusty Parker reports, “It’s been raining a lot, and it’s not helping on the crappie biting. Even with the rain, I have had several reports of limits being caught. From these reports, most of the crappie are being caught by longline trolling…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 60s. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Tournament director Dennis Hudson reports, “We’ve had a real fast lake warm-up, and we had bass already spawning in the end of March. There should be another wave on the full moon in April. You can’t go wrong throwing soft…
Allatoona: Level: 4.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 62-66 degrees. Clarity: Clear to slight stain. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “Fishing on Lake Allatoona is probably the best it has been all year. Most largemouth have begun to go on bed, and the spotted bass are schooling and feeding up and will be going to…
West Point: Level: 6.0 feet below full pool. See the special note from the corps at the end of this report about new sandbars up the river. Temp: 50-55 degrees. Clarity: Stained to muddy. Bass: Good. Guide Keith Hudson reports, “Expect big changes as we move toward and on into March. Warming weather and a…
Weiss: Level: 3.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 40s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Fair. Guide Mark Collins reports, “Cold fronts have shut down the largemouth. The spotted bass are still biting fair in the Chattooga and Little rivers. Drop-shot rigs, Carolina rigs and Alabama rigs are catching fish. Look for some good largemouth to turn…
Tobesofkee: Level: Full. Temp: 54 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Tournament angler Clayton Batts reports, “The shallow bite has really turned on with the stable warmer weather. Look for bass to start moving to the backs of the creeks and around spawning areas as the month of March moves on. Throw a Spro Little John around…
Sinclair: Level: 1.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 48-52 degrees. Clarity: Stained to muddy. Bass: Tournament angler Aaron Batson reports, “Bass fishing has been good for quality fish, but numbers have been difficult. We have been catching bass on Texas-rigged Zoom Magnum Lizards in junebug on docks and seawalls in 3 to 8 feet of…
Seminole: Level: Full pool. Temp: 56 degrees on the main lake, 62 in the backwaters. Clarity: Backwaters are clear, and the main lake is stained but clearing. Bass: Slow. Tournament pro Matt Baty reports, “The lake is fishing really strange right now. The first full moon in February saw warm temperatures, and you would think…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. Judy Helmey reports, “When water temperatures reach 65, everything is alive. Bottom fishing is great in the sound, because everything is on the move. Bull whiting should show near sandbars in the sound. The best bait is going to be small pieces of peeled shrimp laced on small hooks fished directly on…
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