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Fishing Reports
Lanier: Level: 8.6 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 80s. Clarity: Clear. Spotted Bass: Fair. Guide and tournament pro Ryan Coleman reports, “The fishing is decent right now. I would not call it great or bad. It’s about where it should be. The spotted bass are mostly holding out in the deeper water around the…
Jackson: Level: Full pool. Temp: High 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Eric Perkins reports, “Fishing has improved a little, and I expect it to really turn on if we get some cooler temps this month. There’s a pretty good topwater bite right now early on the main-lake walls and long points. You can also catch a…
Hartwell: Level: 10.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 80s degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. The bass seems to be in the summer doldrums, but the bite should definitely improve my mid to late September. Right now, try drop-shotting deep brush in 24 to 32 feet of water for spotted bass. Use 8-lb. test line…
Eufaula: Level: 1.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 86 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain to clear. Bass: Fair. Capt. Sam Williams reports, “Fish cover early around edges. Frogs and topwater are fun. Jigs and Texas-rigged soft plastics worked slowly are working when the early bite slows up. Cover and trashpiles on the drops and ledges are…
Clarks Hill: Level: 11.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 82 and up to 87 degrees in the afternoons. Clarity: Clear in Georgia Little River and on the Savannah arm up to Highway 378. Bass: “Water temps will be falling, and the largemouth fishing will be improving this month. As water temps drop, bass will be…
Chatuge: Level: 2.5 feet above full pool. Temp: 80 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eric Welch, of Reel Job Fishing guide service, reports, “The fish are scattered. You can find them on points and flats in 12 to 30 feet of water. You can pick up two or three fish using a drop-shot. Just keep…
Carters: Level: 0.4 feet above full pool. Temp: 80 degrees. Clarity: Very clear; 8 feet visibility. Bass: Good. Louie Bartenfield reports, “The bite in August was as good as I remember since going full-time guiding in 2008. Thre were great numbers of spots out deep, and some days the stripers and hybrids showed up good,…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eric Welch, of Reel Job Fishing guide service, reports, “I’ve been catching some big spotted bass on deep banks and points in 15 to 35 feet of water. Throw a shaky head with a Zoom green-pumpkin-green Trick Worm. I’ve also been drop-shotting 4 1/2-inch Roboworms…
Blue Ridge: Level: 14.8 feet below full pool. Temp: degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eric Welch, of Reel Job Fishing guide service, reports, “We’ve been catching fish on the lower end of the lake drop-shotting 4 1/2-inch Roboworms on points and drops in 12 to 28 feet of water. With the water temps dropping due…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 84 to 87 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Dennis Hudson said the fishing has been good if you can still find mayflies, which have been coming off heavily on some days. Keep your eyes open for them around overhanging brush, and fish a Pop-R in bream…
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