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Fishing Reports
Lanier: Level: 2 feet above full pool. Temp: Upper 40s. Clarity: Clearest water is down the lake. Bass: Very good for spotted bass. Guide and tournament pro Ryan Coleman reports, “The water cooled a few more degrees this weekend with the cool weather, and temps are getting closer to where they should be in mid…
Hartwell: Level: 0.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 50s. Clarity: Stained to muddy in the creeks and river. Bass: Tournament angler Kerry Partain reports, “The lake is full again with the recent rains, and the fishing is changing weekly with the water levels fluctuating. The majority of the bass are deep on the main-lake…
Eufaula: Level: 0.5 feet below 190 pool. Temp: Low 50s. Clarity: Very Stained. Bass: The flooding after Christmas sent the lake to 4 feet over full pool. It hit 193.9 msl, and then yo-yoed between 191 and 187.5 for a period. Tough conditions have kept our fishing-reports advisors off the water.
Clarks Hill: Level: 0.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 50s. Clarity: The water was extremely stained due to the spillway gates being open on the lower dam, but it is beginning to clear up now. Linesides: Guide William Sasser reports, “Hybrid and striper fishing has been exceptional for this time of year. Downline fishing…
Carters: Level: 0.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 40s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Louie Bartenfield reports, “Fishing has been fantastic! Tournament weights have been higher down the board the past few weeks than in a long time, maybe since 2012. All the fresh run-off rain water colored our water clarity a bit, but all…
Burton: Level: 1 foot below full pool. The water level fluctuations have finally subsided, and fishing is getting back to normal. With excessive amounts of rainfall over the last few weeks, the fish had almost gone into a holding pattern. Temp: 45 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Wes Carlton reports, “Most of the big bass…
Blue Ridge: Level: 8.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 48-50 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “What a crazy winter. With all the rain the past month, the lake has hit full pool twice and has been pulled back down to winter pool twice. With the rising water level, it has pushed the fish up…
Blackshear: Level: 0.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 49-52 degrees. Clarity: Stained with clearer water down the lake and in the backwaters up the lake. Bass: Stephen Birchfield reports, “The crazy water levels and cold weather have made the fishing pretty tough. The best bite has been off of points or flats near deeper water. Keep…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 2.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 49 degrees. Clarity: The river arm is heavily stained. Bass: Tournament director and angler Dennis Hudson reports, “Bass fishing hasn’t been very good all winter, but we are hoping things will pick up in February if the lake stabilizes a little. The water temperature has been…
Allatoona: Level: 4.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 52 degrees. Clarity: Visibility 2 to 3 feet. Linesides: Robert Eidson, of First Bite Guide Service, reports, “The bite is very good right now—probably the best January we have seen in years. The fish and bait have moved south with the changing of the water color and the…
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