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Fishing Reports
Carters: Level: 1.4 feet above full pool. Temp: Mid 80s. Clarity: Clear.Stripers: Guide Eric Crowley reports, “Carters… what can I say but hero or zero! Been a crazy month of ups and downs with striped fish. I watched the water temps jump from 78 to 88, back to 76 degrees and even had 67-degree water…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: 84 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Wes Carlton reports, “The bass bite has really picked up. The spotted bass are over a little deeper water than normal but have been following the herring schools up and down the lake. Most of these bass are in schools of 20 to 30…
Blue Ridge: Level: Full pool. Temp: 84-86 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “Mornings and late afternoons are your best times for catching fish this month. The bass we are catching have been deep. We’re targeting steep, shady bank lines and any laydowns. The main bait this month is a drop-shot rig with…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 90 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. “Bass fishing is pretty slow,” said tournament director Dennis Hudson. “You can catch bass some on topwater early around the grass with a frog and a Texas rig, but later in the day most people have been catching the bass…
Allatoona: Level: 0.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 89 degrees. Clarity: Mostly clear. Bass: Slow. Tournament pro and radio host Matt Driver reports, “August can be a very tough month. Bass are deep, with the best concentration around 18 to 25 feet deep. Drop-shot finesse worms and shad baits like the Jointed Jerk Minnow are…
West Point: Level: 0.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Guide Keith Hudson reports, “Expect some largemouth to begin to show up on some of the deeper structure as the water temps really start to heat up over the next few weeks. Zoom Ol Monster worms either Texas-…
Weiss: Level: 0.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 80s. Clarity: Light stain.Bass: “Bass fishing has been very good,” says Bill Hamlin at Little River Marina. “It took 23 pounds to win a tournament here last week. The fishermen are concentrating on the deeper docks and the ledges. On the docks, black-and-blue jigs and summer-craw…
Tobesofkee: Bass: Tournament angler Clayton Batts reports, “The bite has been good for the most part of June but will begin to slow down as the water temperatures begin to the upper 80s by the first part of July. The best bite will be early and late with a Pop-R around main-lake grass and seawalls…
Seminole: Level: 0.9 feet below full pool. Temp. 86-88 degrees. Clarity: Chattahoochee and Flint are slightly stained and Spring Creek is clear. Bass: Tournament pro Matt Baty reports, “The weather is on fire, and so is the bass fishing on Seminole right now. A local tournament was won with more than 30 pounds, and second…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. David Newlin reports, “The heat of summer is here in full force. Water temps are around 86 degrees all over the rivers and sounds. The good news is that we have a big crop of redfish on the way—small redfish seem to be everywhere. This past week we caught trout, redfish, sheepshead,…
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