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Fishing Reports
West Point: Level: 4.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 55-59 degrees. Clarity: Mostly clear. Bass: Good. Guide Keith Hudson reports, “Expect the largemouth bite to continue to be fair around any shallow wood or brush cover or around baitfish schools, especially north of Highland in the Hooch. These bass will hit shallow-water baits such as…
Weiss: Level: 3.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 55-57 degrees. Clarity: Stained.Bass: Guide Mark Collins reports, “Bass fishing is good. Most bass are shallow in the bays and coves following the shad. Rat-L-Traps, flat-sided crankbaits and spinnerbaits are producing good right now. Look for this cold front (Nov. 17) to shut the bass down for…
Sinclair: Level: 1.6 feet low. Temp: 54-56 degrees. Clarity: Light stained. Bass: Fair. Tournament fisherman Aaron Batson reports, “Bass have moved out of the coves and out on the main-lake points, humps and channel ledges. Carolina-rigged worms are getting bit. Try a Trixster Custom Baits 6-inch Money Maker worm in redbug and junebug for bites.…
Seminole: Level: 0.7 feet low. Temp. 57 degrees. The Spring Creek Landing is now open. Bass: Guide Aaron Crews reports, “The team of Brad Reynolds and Scott Barefoot won the Big Bass Battle Tournament with a 7-lb. bass caught on a KVD jerkbait in sexy-ghost-shad color (KVD J200). This was good for an $11,000 pay…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. David Newlin reports, “The weather has been crazy, windy, cold and just plain miserable. The trout have been biting good, catching a lot of keeping-size fish mixed with a whole lot of small fish. All the usual artificial baits have been working, as well as the old reliable live shrimp under a…
Russell: Level: 2 feet below full pool. Temp: 53-56 degrees. Bass: Kerry Partain reports, “The spotted bass on Russell are absolutely gorging themselves on shad right now, and December should be one of the best months to catch them. There are a lot of gulls and loons starting to show up, so always keep an…
Oconee: Level: Full. Temp: 54-56 degrees. Clarity: Lightly stained. Bass: Good. Tournament fisherman Aaron Batson reports, “Bass fishing is fair. Colder-than-normal weather has really hurt the shallow bite. Bait and bass are moving toward deeper water. Look for fish in 15 to 25 feet of water with your graph, and fish vertically over them with…
Lanier: Level: 3.9 feet, which is up a bit after recent rains. Temp: Mid 50s. Clarity: Clear on the main lake and lightly stained in the creeks and rivers.Bass: Guide Ryan Coleman reports, “There are a good many fish still up shallow and holding in the backs of the creeks. They are in 10 to…
Jackson: Level: 0.9 feet low. Temp: 52-56 degrees. Clarity: Light stained.Bass: Aaron Batson reports, “Bass have moved deep into 18 to 28 feet of water. I am catching fish on deep-diving crankbaits, like a 5XD or 6XD and also a 3/4-oz. Net Boy Baits FootBall Jig. Tip the jig with a 5-inch Trixster Custom Baits…
Hartwell: Level: 5.5 feet low. Temp: Mid 50s. Bass: Tournament fisherman Kerry Partain reports, “The bass are starting to stack up in creeks, ditches and major pockets, so December should be a good month to load the boat. With the water temperature dropping into the 50s, the bass are really keying on bait to fatten…
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