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Fishing Reports
Eufaula: Level: 1.7 feet below the 190 full pool. Temp: Mid to upper 80s. Clarity: Some stain.Bass: Tournament angler Les Bratcher reports, “The fishing on Eufaula has slowed somewhat, but there are some nice bags still being caught. It took more than 18 pounds to win a recent Eufaula Bass Trail Saturday, and it took…
Clarks Hill: Level: 3.6 feet below full pool. Temperature: 84-86 degrees. Clarity: Mostly clear. Bass: Tournament angler Kerry Partain reports, “The bass are biting pretty good right now, and there are several patterns working. The hydrilla is holding some fish, but you have to fish a lot of it to find where the bass are…
Chatuge: Level: 2.2 feet below full pool. Temperature: 80 degrees. Clarity: Clear.Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “The topwater bite has picked up. I’m throwing Strike King Sexy Dawgs and Zara Spooks the first couple of hours after daylight and before dark. It’s also a good time of year to start throwing Zoom Flukes around boat…
Carters: Level: Full pool. Temp: 82 degrees. Clarity: Fairly clear. Bass: Guide Louie Bartenfield reports, “Fishing is average here at Carters for August. Most of our spotted bass are staying in the 25- to 30-foot depths like they have the majority of summer, but I’m finding them sliding off a bit deeper some days. I…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: 81 degrees. Clarity: Clear.Bass: Guide Wes Carlton reports, “The largemouth bite has been decent early in the mornings on topwater or around docks. Try using a white fluke or a Super Spin tipped with a white fluke. Spotted bass have been schooling mid-morning in and around humps and points. We…
Blue Ridge: Level: 0.6 feet above full pool. Temp: 78-82 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “The bite has been steady. We’re still catching fish deep on a drop shot with a 4.5-inch Roboworm and a shaky head with a Zoom Trick Worm. There has been some fish breaking early in the mornings…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.1 feet below full pool. Temp: High 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: “Fishing is really slow right now,” said tournament director and angler Dennis Hudson. “A few bass are being caught upriver in the afternoons when they are running water using hollow-body frogs fished in the bank undercuts and the eddies. A few…
Allatoona: Level: Full pool. Temp: 88 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “September on Allatoona starts a progression to better fishing. The water temperature is slowly, and I mean slowly, lowering. September is a great time to fish topwater. The buzzbait and SPRO Hydro-Pop are great from the middle to the end…
West Point: Level: 0.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 85-90 degrees. Clarity: Mostly clear down the lake; the river is slightly stained. Bass: Fair. Guide Keith Hudson reports, “Many of the largemouth have shown up on some of the deeper structure as the water temps heated up over the last few weeks. Zoom Ol’ Monster…
Weiss: Level: 0.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 87-89 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Guide Mark Collins reports, “Most bass have moved to deeper structure like brushpiles and river-channel ledges, but some good bass have been caught shallow around the weedbeds on deeper banks, especially after the big storms and rain. For the ledge fish, try…
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