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Fishing Reports
Jackson: Level: 1 foot above full pool. Temp: 57-60 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. Tournament angler Aaron Batson reports, “Fish are being caught staging at the mouths of coves and pockets on Lucky Craft Pointer jerkbaits, 300 Bandits, and 1/2-oz. Rat-L-Traps. Once they commit to shallow cover to spawn, flip any wood cover and docks…
Hartwell: Level: 1.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 50s. Clarity: Some stain.Bass: Guide Preston Harden reports, “After a cold winter, March has been warmer, and the fishing has been good. We have been throwing small flukes to the banks in the afternoon catching largemouth and spots. April will still be good for artificials in…
Eufaula: Level: Full pool. Temp: Upper 50s to low 60s. Clarity: Stained to muddy. Bass: Good. Many bass moved into the pockets during the quick warm-up. Run spinnerbaits beginning at the mouths of pockets and working your way back in. If you spot movement in the water around shallow structure, fish with a Texas-rigged creature…
Clarks Hill: Level: 1.6 feet below full. Temp: 60 degrees. Clarity: About 6 feet visibility.Linesides: Guide William Sasser reports, “The hybrids and stripers are starting to move toward the lower branches of the lake and are still being caught from a mix of freelines, planer boards and downlines. The best bite is coming on either…
Carters: Level: Full. Temp: 55-57 degrees. Clarity: About 6 feet visibility.Bass: Guide Eric Crowley reports, “The big, fat, prespawn spotted bass are on the move to clay banks and shoreline flats in the main creeks and secondary pockets. Jerkbaits and Scroungers are my go-to artificials for the green fish this month. Pretty much everywhere in…
Burton: Level: 2.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 52 degrees. Clarity: Clear.Bass: Guide Wes Carlton reports, “The bass bite has been a little slow up until this week. These fish are moving up shallow to feed. We have been catching some big largemouth on Creepy Crawls and Super Spins tipped with plastic swimbaits. We have…
Blackshear: Level: 0.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 65 on the lower end, and 69-70 degrees on the upper end. Clarity: Stained.Crappie: Rusty Parker reports, “The crappie have been doing great the past few days. I have been doing great on Sore Lip Crappie Jigs in chartreuse/pink/chartreuse and the black/chartreuse colors. I have had several…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 60 degrees. Clarity: The main lake is clear; creeks have some stain. Bass: Tournament director Dennis Hudson reports, “You can start looking for bedding fish. They’ll be in most of the pockets on the lake. Everybody will be sight fishing with Trick Worms and Senkos in…
Allatoona: Level: 5.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 54 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Great. Tournament angler Matt Driver said, “April is the best month to catch a bass on Lake Allatoona. The spawn has begun, but it doesn’t happen all at once. The largemouth began first, and the spots will go on mid month. Right…
West Point: Level: 4.6 feet below full. Temp: Upper 40s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Fair. Guide Keith Hudson reports, “We still seem to be stuck in this winter weather pattern for at least a little longer. As long as the weather remains cold and the lake continues to drop and clear up, expect the largemouth bite…
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