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Fishing Reports
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…
Sinclair: Level: 1.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 88-89 degrees. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Tournament pro Aaron Batson reports, “Bass fishing is slow, but some good fish are being caught at night around the many dock lights. This is your best bet for numbers and size. Run a buzzbait or spinnerbait around the light edges…
Seminole: Level: 0.9 feet below full pool. Temp. Low 90s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow. Tournament pro Matt Baty reports, “The dog days of summer are officially here, and the bass seem to know it. There have been several days of 100-degree heat, and this has really warmed up the water temps all over the place.…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. David Newlin reports, “July has been real hot and windy. Big southwest winds have blown almost constantly until today (July 25), and we got a 25 knot northeaster. The fishing has been good but not always with the usual predictable patterns. This past week we caught some real nice trout, a lot…
Oconee: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low 90s. Clarity: Clear down the lake; light stain up the lake.Bass: Tournament pro Aaron Batson reports that fishing is tough. “We are right in the middle of the dog days of summer. Fish are mostly deep,” Aaron said. “Think about slow baits. Carolina rigs and football jigs in 20…
Lanier: Level: 2.6 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid to upper 80s. Clarity: Clear.Bass: Getting a bit tougher. Guide and tournament pro Ryan Coleman reports, “The summer has hit us here on Lanier, and the spotted bass know it. We are still catching some nice fish, but we are working much harder for them. The…
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