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Fishing Reports
Carters: Level: 1.8 feet above full pool. Temp: 75-80 degrees. Clarity: Great; 5-7 feet visibility. Linesides: Guide Eric Crowley reports, “Linesides have moved into the summer pattern and are starting to school up. Look for fish schools to gather on humps, points or any structure from 25 to 60 feet of water, depending on time…
Blue Ridge: Level: 7.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 75-79 degrees. Clarity: Great; 8-plus feet visibility. Bass: Guide Eric Crowley reports, “The topwater bite is pretty steady around points 1 and 2 at dawn. I like to throw the new Smackjack from Smack Tackle in herring color. I have been tying it to a 5-foot…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 80s. Clarity: Slight stain up the river and in the creeks; clear on the main lake. Bass: Tough. Dennis Hudson said it’s hard to figure anything out on Bartletts right now with the way conditions are changing day-to-day. There are a few fish in the…
Allatoona: Level: 0.3 feet above full pool. Temp: High 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair to good. Matt Driver said most of the bass have moved to a summer pattern already. “You can catch them on top early,” Matt said. “Fish are moved out to summer areas, mostly main-lake stuff, and a lot are suspended 15…
West Point: Level: 4.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 74 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. Chris Bell reports, “Look for fish to be positioned in the middle of pockets along ditch lines. Based on moon phases, fish were beginning to spawn lake-wide this past week. But with the weekend cold front, fish pulled back to…
Weiss: Level: 1.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 65-72 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. Tournament pro and guide Warren Barnes reports, “The bass are in the postspawn mode all over the lake. Largemouths are being caught around docks. I have been fishing jigs trailed with a Sweet Beaver and stickbaits like Senkos under the docks…
Tobesofkee: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Slight stain. Bass: Good. Clayton Batts reports, “The bass spawn is over, and the bass are beginning to feed up for the summer. First thing in the morning, look for the shad to be spawning around main-lake grass and rip-rap. The best baits for the shad spawn…
Sinclair: Level: 0.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 70-74 degrees. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Fair. Aaron Batson reports, “Fishing has been a bit tougher. Most bass are in the postspawn blues—slow and sluggish while they recover. The good news is there is great fishing ahead. These fish will be active at daylight on the remaining…
Seminole: Level: 0.5 feet low. Temp: 77 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Matt Baty reports, “The fish are starting to group up together in schools and are beginning the postspawn patterns. Look for the first breaklines that are near the edges of the spawning flats. These breaklines can range anywhere from 7 to 10 feet or…
Saltwater: Inshore: Good. Water temp is now in the high 60s and warming every day. “The action along the coast has really picked up over the last few weeks,” said Capt. Bob Barnette, “with sea trout over 2 pounds and one that was 5-lbs., 12-ozs. caught. Now that is a jumbo trout. The whiting bite…
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