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Fishing Reports
Jackson: Level: 0.5 feet above full pool. Temp: 82-83 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Aaron Batson reports, “Big spotted bass are being caught on Sammys, Fish Head Spins and swimbaits. Look for them to be at the mouths of creeks and coves on rocky points. Schools of bait are moving into the places, and they are…
Hartwell: Level: 4 feet below full pool. Temp: 73-77 degrees. Clarity: Clear in most areas and off colored in others. Bass: Tournament fisherman Kerry Partain reports, “The bass fishing has improved as the cooler weather has the shad moving in the creeks, and the spotted bass are feeding up. The schooling activity has also really…
Eufaula: Level: 2.7 feet below 190 full pool. Temp: Falling into the 70s. Clarity: Clear to slightly stained. Bass: Shad are the key to October bass on Eufaula, according to tournament anglers Wayne and Lisa Cox. The baitfish move into the creeks as the water warms, and bass follow them, feeding on the drops leading…
Clarks Hill: Level: 4.1 feet below full pool. Temp: Falling into the 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Look for fish to continue pushing shallow as water temps fall. Look for an early bite on Zoom Trick Worms, buzzbaits and Pop-Rs. Later on, fish the edges of the grass or any brush with a 1/4-oz. shaky…
Carters: Level: 3.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 77-79 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Spotted Bass: Good. Guide Louie Bartenfield reports, “The baitfish are most definitely starting to move a lot more than they were during summer. As typical with fall, look for windy days to really position the fish for you. I’m a big believer in…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: 73 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain. The lake is turning over. Bass: Guide Wes Carlton reports, “The bass are biting sporadically. The early morning largemouth bite around the shoreline brush and timber is great. We have been catching the bigger fish on plastic swimbaits and hard-jointed swimbaits in the 6-inch range…
Blue Ridge: Level: 4 feet below full pool. Temp: 77-79 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Crowley reports, “October on Blue Ridge can be a great time or a great time to do something else. A lot of this is to do with the annual drawdown of water by the TVA and the annual turnover…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: Falling into the 70s. Clarity: Light stained. Crappie: Rusty Parker reports, “Since the cooler weather is setting in, the crappie have started biting great. I went crappie fishing just a couple of days ago and didn’t think I would do that good but ended up with a limit of decent-sized…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.6 feet below full pool. Temp: Falling into the 70s. Clarity: Lightly stained. Bass: “Bass fishing is terrible,” reports tournament director and angler Dennis Hudson. “We had a tournament won here the other night with two fish weighing 4 pounds. There were only four fish caught in the tournament. They have sprayed…
Allatoona: Level: 1.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 81 degrees and dropping. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament fisherman Matt Driver reports, “The first of the month with be much like September but will be getting much better as the month progresses. This month the crankbait and swimbait bites get real good. The bait and bass are…
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