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Fishing Reports
Eufaula: Level: 0.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 80s. Clarity: Slight stain on the north end; clear with 3 to 5 feet visibility on south end. Bass: Good. Capt. Sam Williams reports, “There are plenty of grass and pads for early morning cover, and the ledge fishing is getting back like the…
Clarks Hill: Level: 8.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 78-80 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Linesides: Guide William Sasser reports, “July is a great month for stripers. The fish will be grouping up in large numbers along the river channel over deep water. We will fish herring and small gizzard shad on downrods over the trees. Hybrids…
Chatuge: Level: 1.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 83 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eric Welch, of Reel Job Fishing, reports, “The fish are deep. We’ve been catching fish around deep docks in 10 to 30 feet of water drop-shotting a 4 1/2-inch Roboworm and throwing a shaky head. Also, a Texas-rigged Zoom Finesse Worm…
Carters: Level: 1.8 feet above full pool. Temp: 75-80 degrees. Clarity: Great; 5-7 feet visibility. Bass: Good. Louie Bartenfield reports, “We’re catching fish from 15 to 35 feet on Spotsticker jig heads and drop shots rigged with Big Bite Shaking Squirrel worms and Spotsticker Hand-Poured Worms in green pumpkin, bold gill and the new crushed…
Blue Ridge: Level: 17 feet below full pool. Temp: 83 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eric Welch, of Reel Job Fishing, reports, “We are catching some fish in the mornings on Zara Spooks and Sammys around Point 1. We are also catching fish on drop shots and tubes. The fish are scattered around on main-lake…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 84 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Dennis Hudson said the bite has been a little slow unless you can get into some mayflies. It’s been taking about 9 pounds to win his three-hour evening tournaments, but a good hatch of flies can turn things around pretty…
Allatoona: Level: 0.4 feet above full pool. Temp: 86 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair to good. Matt Driver said to think deep. “Fish are offshore and will only move shallow for short periods of time. Right now the best thing is to scout for brush and other offshore irregularities. The bad thing with these areas…
West Point: Level: 4.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 80s. Clarity: Lightly stained. Bass: Poor. Chris Bell reports, “Higher water than last year at this time is keeping some of the remaining fish up shallow. If water levels continue to rise, look for more fish to move up on laydowns and isolated cover. You…
Weiss: Level: 0.6 feet low. Temp: Upper 70s. Clarity: Lightly stained. Bass: Good. Guide Mike Carter reports, “Lake Weiss has really turned on with the fish coming off of their spawn and moving out to most of the shallow grasslines early, and then out to deeper ledges up in the day. Swimming a jig and…
Sinclair: Level: 1.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 80 degrees. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Guide Walker Smith reports, “Bass fishing has been good. It has been a blast catching numbers all month and should remain that way through June. Quality fish have been a little tougher to come by, however. The recent cool nights we’ve…
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