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Fishing Reports
Jackson: Level: 4.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 45-49 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Eric Perkins said, “Fishing has been good here lately, and I think it will continue as long as the mild temps stay with us. There hasn’t been enough cold weather yet to keep the majority of the fish out deep. We’re catching…
Hartwell: Level: 9 feet below full pool. Temp: 55 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Shayne McFarlin said there were still some fish shallow in the backs of any major-arm creeks, and he has been doing pretty well with a 6- to 12-foot-diving crankbait like a Norman Deep Little N or Bomber Flat A in firetiger…
Eufaula: Level: 2.7 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 50s. Clarity: Good stain. Bass: Good. Sam Williams said bass are hitting jigs and Texas rigs in green and purple colors. “Lipless and lipped crankbaits are also doing the trick. Trolling these fairly fast on top of ledge drops is producing. Bouncing spinnerbaits works…
Clarks Hill: Level: 10.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 50s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Look for fish deep, and fish slowly for them. Try creeping a jig around rocky points along the main lake. Using a heavy 3/4-oz. jig will keep you in better contact with the bottom. A 3/4-oz. jigging spoon bite will help…
Carters: Level: 3.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 54-57 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Spotted Bass: Good. Louie Bartenfield reports, “Bass fishing is at its peak for the season. We are catching spots from 5 to 60 feet deep on a variety of baits from spoons and drop shots to jerkbaits and float-n-fly rigs. The best bite…
Burton: Level: 9.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 50 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Trout: Wes Carlton reports, “The brown trout have been biting good this month and should continue to for the next month or so. We have been catching eight to 15 trout per trip with an occasional 6-pounder. The topwater trolling bite has proven…
Blue Ridge: Level: 13.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 55-58 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eric Crowley reports, “The fish are feeding good at first light on all the main-lake points that are getting sun first. Look for bait either on the sonar or just under the surface, and the smallmouths won’t be too far.…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 56 degrees. Clarity: About 3 feet visibility. Bass: Good. Jim Murray Jr. said the bite is good, fish are moving into their winter patterns and it’s taking about 17 pounds to win tournaments. He said there are some fish on the creek channels in 6 to 8 feet of water…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 56 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Dennis Hudson said it took a little more than 19 pounds to win his most recent Saturday tournament. That angler was onto a shallow crankbait bite, catching fish in 2 feet of water with a Fat Free Shad thrown right up…
Allatoona: Level: 16.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 53 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Matt Driver reports, “January in the past has been the worst time of the year on Allatoona because of the super cold temps. Historically, when temps get into the low 40s, we begin to see a shad kill. Due to the…
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