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Fishing Reports
Lanier: Level: 5.5 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: Mostly clear except shoreline stain from waves. Spotted Bass: Excellent. Ryan Coleman reports, “The lake has come up to 6 feet below full pool, and the surface temps have rocketed up. The abnormally warm spring has pushed everything ahead a few weeks. The largemouth…
Jackson: Level: 4.3 feet below full pool. Temp: High 60s to low 70s. Clarity: Clear on main lake; light stain up the rivers. Bass: Excellent. Eric Perkins reports, “Fishing has been great with the warm weather. The warm temps have moved everything further along this year. I expect to be fishing for postspawn fish in…
Hartwell: Level: 7.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 68-70 degress. Clarity: Clear. Stripers: Very good. “April is the month to fish,” said guide Preston Harden. “More boats come out fishing in April than any other month. April might be more like May this year, but no one knows what to expect as this winter has…
Eufaula: Level: 1.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 67 to 71 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Slow. Guide Sam Williams said it was tough. He said the water level had been falling over the past week which was messing with the fish that were moving up to spawn. Sam said the fish were in all stages,…
Clarks Hill: Level: 7.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 68-72 degrees. Clarity: Savannah arm is stained. Little River super clear. Bass: Excellent. Ronnie Garrison said it was easy to catch 15 keepers a day at the Georgia Bass Chapter Federation Top-Six, “and I don’t know how many short fish. I saw a 6-pounder on the…
Carters: Level: Full pool. Temp: 64-67 degrees. Clarity: Clear; 4-8 feet visibility. Bass: Good. Guide Louie Bartenfield reports, “Spotsticker jig heads fished slowly with Big Bite finesse worms and Shaking Squirrel worms are working fished near spawning areas and flat banks. Flukes, jerkbaits and topwater baits like Pop-Rs and prop baits are all producing fish…
Burton: Level: 2.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 61 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Largemouth: Excellent. Wes Carlton reports, “The largemouth bite has been phenomenal the last couple of weeks. We have boated fish over 10 pounds with the largest being 12 pounds. These fish have been feeding early in the morning up until about 11 a.m.…
Blue Ridge: Level: 11.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 67 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Smallmouths: Good. Eric Crowley, with Lake and Stream Guide Service, reports, “Look for the smallie bite to take off. Topwater action early in the morning on the main lake is on fire. Large baits like the Smack Tackle Smack Jack wake bait…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 73 degrees. Clarity: Light stain; about 2 feet visibility. Crappie: Excellent. Rusty Parker said the crappie are biting like crazy, and you can catch them any way you want to right now. He said if you want to catch them on a cork and minnow or with a jig pitched…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Slow. Bartletts is running ahead of schedule, according to Dennis Hudson. “It’s not right, we should be catching prespawn fish right now,” he said. “Apparently, the fish are on bed, and if you ain’t looking at ’em, you can’t catch…
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