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Fishing Reports
Hartwell: Level: 7.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 53-54 degress in the mornings and warming. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Tournament pro Trad Whaley said there’s a good shallow bite on the ditches in the stained pockets, especially on the warm, sunny days. Use a Pulse Jig, spinnerbait or square-billed crankbait. Also on sunny days, look…
Eufaula: Level: 1.4 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 50s. Clarity: Good stain. Bass: Good. Sam Williams said bass are biting well. “Jigs and bottom rigs are catching good fish around the shorelines. Topwater early and late will produce some bites. Fishing deep around sunken structure is good with jigs or crankbaits. The lake level…
Clarks Hill: Level: 8.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 55 degrees. Clarity: Main lake is clear; stained in most tributaries. Bass: Good. Guide Dale Gibbs reports, “The spawn is close, and the bass are loaded with eggs. Most of the bass are shallow and feeding well. During March, you will need several items to fish…
Carters: Level: 1.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 50 degrees. Clarity: Very clear; 8 feet visibility. Spotted Bass: Fair. Guide Louie Bartenfield reports, “The bite here has been a little slower as of late, but that’s very typical February fishing on Carters Lake. Although we’ve caught good numbers most of the month, the bigger spotted…
Burton: Level: 6.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 48 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Georgia Lake fishing guide Tyler Clore reports, “With the mild winter temperatures we have had, there are a lot of fish that never pulled out to deeper water. We have done really well with white Bomber crankbaits in the mornings and…
Blue Ridge: Level: 9.1 feet below full pool. Temp: High 40s to low 50s. Clarity: Clear. Smallmouths: Good. Eric Crowley, with Lake and Stream Guide Service, reports, “March on Blue Ridge is all about two things — crawfish and climbing temps. The crawfish will start to gather for the spawn, and the smallies love crawfish.…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 58 to 62 degrees. Clarity: Stained; about 2 feet visibility. Bass: Excellent. Jim Murray Jr. and his 10-year-old son, Flint, won a Blackshear tournament Feb. 26 with a sack that weighed 28 pounds. Jim said they had big fish for the tournament, an 8 1/2-pounder, and two more that weighed…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 54-55 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. Dennis Hudson said the weights are increasing in his weekly pot tournaments, and it’s taking a 15- to 20-lb. sack to win on Bartletts right now. The largemouths are starting to pull up and stage on primary and secondary points,…
Allatoona: Level: 6.6 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 50s. Clarity: Clear to light stain. Bass: Excellent. “Bass fishing is great,” said tournament angler Matt Driver. “With the weird weather we’ve had, the water temps are already in the mid 50s at the beginning of March and will most likely hit the magic 60-degree mark…
West Point: Level: 3.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 52 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. Chris Bell reports, “Patterns have remained consistent with continuous cool evenings and periodic rain. Offshore hotspots for spotted bass have continued to produce with drop-shot rigs and jigging spoons. If largemouths are your focus, you are going to need to…
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