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Fishing Reports
Lanier: Level: 3.9 feet low. Temp: Low 50s. Clarity: The water is clear on the main lake and lightly stained in the creeks and rivers. Stripers: Big Fish On Lake Lanier Guide Service reports, “Striper fishing is good, and the shallow-water bite is picking up. The key on the south end has been sea gulls…
Jackson: Level: 0.7 feet low. Temp: 50-53 degrees. Clarity: Clear to lightly stained.Bass: Fair. Tournament fisherman Aaron Batson reports, “Look for big spots down the lake. They are eating jerkbaits and Fish Head Spins. Look for them suspended in 15 to 20 feet of water out over points and timber in 30 to 35 feet…
Hartwell: Level: 5.6 feet low. Temp: Mid 50s. Stripers: Guide Preston Harden reports, “January is a transition month on Lake Hartwell. Stripers, hybrids and bass are still active early in the month. If we have a cold winter, fishing usually slows down by late January. Fish will eat small flukes on jig heads and bucktails.…
Clarks Hill: Level: 6.2 feet low. Temp: Mid 50s. Bass: Good. Tournament fisherman Jon Hair reports, “The better fish are coming in ditches or pockets with hydrilla. Start out in 20 feet, and work shallower. Use Greenfish Tackle Shin Spin jig heads with a Super Fluke or Super Fluke Jr. Also throw Greenfish Tackle Creeper…
Carters: Level: 2.4 feet low. Temp: 52 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Guide Louie Bartenfield reports, “The fish are in full winter pattern and are from shallow to deep across the lake and river. My guys have boated fish on everything from Float-n-Fly and jerkbaits in 10 feet of water to football jigs and SpotSticker…
Burton: Level: 12.5 feet low. Be careful. The ramp is just below the water level. Be sure to check closely before trying to launch. Temp: 48 degrees. Clarity: Clear.Bass: Guide Wes Carlton reports, “Start out the morning alternating a Super Fish (Super Spin) tipped with a white fluke and a jerkbait on the main-lake points.…
Blue Ridge: Level: 15 feet low. Temp: 47-48 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Crowley reports, “The spots and smallies are cruising the rocky bottoms in the creek mouths and the transition areas from rock to hard-clay bottom near the bends in the river. Star Creek, the area around Point 1 and the middle section…
Blackshear: Level: 2.7 feet low. Temp: 50-53 degrees. Crappie: Rusty Parker reports, “The Crisp County Power Commission started raising Blackshear to its normal level back on the Dec. 15, and so far it’s kind of slow. Rain is coming the next few days and should have it full soon. The crappie have been biting fairly…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 50 degrees. Clarity. Clear.Bass: Tournament angler and trail director Dennis Hudson says the bass were scattered leading into January, but they are now starting to settle down as they get in that typical dominant January pattern. “In January, you look for those nice cold days when…
Allatoona: Level: 16.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 50s, warmer closer to dam. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “Fishing is great as we enter into 2015. Expect things to slow a little toward the end of the month as temps begin to get into the lower 40s. This time of year…
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