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Fishing Reports
West Point: Level: 6.7 feet below 635. North of Highway 219 is dangerous, so be careful if you choose to go up. Temp: Upper 40s to mid 50s. Clarity: Really clear in most areas. Bass: Guide Keith Hudson reports, “Fair. January is typically a slow month for bass fishing in general. The shallow bite for…
Clarks Hill: Level: 8.1 below 330. Temp: 52-56 degrees. Clarity: Very clear. Bass: D.J. Hadden with Hadden Outdoors says with the lake low, deep bass will be the major target. Look for them in 20- to 30-plus feet of water in deep ditches and the ends of points that run out to channels. Fish a…
Lanier: Level: 8.1 feet below 1071. Temp: 55 degrees and slowly dropping. Clarity: Most of the lake is clear except for a light stain in the backs of the creeks. Bass: Guide Jimbo Mathley with Jimbo’s Lake Lanier Spotted Bass Guide Service reports, “While the outside elements are not always favorable, January can offer some outstanding…
Allatoona: Level: 12.7 feet below 840. Temp: 46-52 degrees. Clarity: The north end above the S-turns has a heavy stain, the mid-lake was clear, and the south end is green to murky due to turnover. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “Lake Allatoona continues to be hot, even though the water temperatures are cooling off…
Warm, cold, warm, cold… get used to it. Winter is almost upon us. The bite can be fantastic if you find them and pretty poor if you don’t. We have gotten just enough rain to raise the rivers but not blow them out yet. Altamaha/Ocmulgee Rivers: A Fitzgerald angler and his fishing buddy fished the…
The Spalding County Sportsman Club fished our tournament at Sinclair on Nov. 26 the Sunday after Thanksgiving. I started the day shallow around grass with a weightless Trick Worm and quickly hooked and fought a 3-lb. bass to the boat. I watched my worm come out of its mouth and go one way while it…
This cold snap will move fish toward their winter patterns. Oftentimes winter fishing is feast or famine, and it’s a hoot when it’s feast! Reports this week were mostly just that—very good or nothing happening. Altamaha/Ocmulgee Rivers: I didn’t receive any specific reports from the river this week, but it is still in fishable shape…
Clarks Hill: Level: 7.5 feet below 330. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: Clear over most of the lake, with some stain in the creeks from the Thanksgiving week rain. Bass: Jon Hair with Greenfish Tackle says to fish a Bad Little Dude Jig around rock or brush in 5 to 25 feet of water. Try greens…
Hartwell: Level: 7.3 feet below 660. Temp: 60-62 degrees. Clarity: Clearing. Bass: Tournament angler Kerry Partain reports, “The fishing has been slow for most of us the last few weeks as the lake is still turning over. We finally got some rain, so hopefully December will be a full-blown slugfest just in time for the…
Chatuge: Level: 6.5 feet below 1925. Temp: 59-61 degrees. Clarity: Clear Bass: Guide Eric Welch, of Welch’s Guide Service, reports, “Fishing is good. The lake is down at winter pool. There has been some topwater action starting off in the morning, and it has been getting better throughout the day once the sun gets out. I would…
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