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Fishing Reports
Carters: Level: 3.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 54-57 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Spotted Bass: Good. Louie Bartenfield reports, “Bass fishing is at its peak for the season. We are catching spots from 5 to 60 feet deep on a variety of baits from spoons and drop shots to jerkbaits and float-n-fly rigs. The best bite…
Burton: Level: 9.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 50 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Trout: Wes Carlton reports, “The brown trout have been biting good this month and should continue to for the next month or so. We have been catching eight to 15 trout per trip with an occasional 6-pounder. The topwater trolling bite has proven…
Blue Ridge: Level: 13.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 55-58 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eric Crowley reports, “The fish are feeding good at first light on all the main-lake points that are getting sun first. Look for bait either on the sonar or just under the surface, and the smallmouths won’t be too far.…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 56 degrees. Clarity: About 3 feet visibility. Bass: Good. Jim Murray Jr. said the bite is good, fish are moving into their winter patterns and it’s taking about 17 pounds to win tournaments. He said there are some fish on the creek channels in 6 to 8 feet of water…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 56 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Dennis Hudson said it took a little more than 19 pounds to win his most recent Saturday tournament. That angler was onto a shallow crankbait bite, catching fish in 2 feet of water with a Fat Free Shad thrown right up…
Allatoona: Level: 16.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 53 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Matt Driver reports, “January in the past has been the worst time of the year on Allatoona because of the super cold temps. Historically, when temps get into the low 40s, we begin to see a shad kill. Due to the…
West Point: Level: 11.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 64 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. With lake levels well below normal winter pool, bass and fishermen alike may be a little confused at West Point right now. The standard fall and winter bites should be going on, but your standard hotspots might not be producing.…
Weiss: Level: 3.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 55-60 degrees. Clarity: Clear to light stain. Bass: Good. Warren Barnes reports, “The bass on Lake Weiss are feeding heavily on the groups of shad all over the lake. Lipless crankbaits and flat-sided crankbaits like the Jackall Bling have been producing very well. One of my best…
Tobesofkee: Temp: Low 60s. Bass: Good. Clayton Batts reports, “Fishing has been good and should remain consistent until the really cold weather hits. Look for bass in transition areas leading from the pockets to the main lake and around any rip-rap or rocks. The key to catching fish right now is covering a lot of…
Sinclair: Level: 1.6 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 60s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eric Perkins said, “I like a wide variety of brightly colored shallow-diving crankbaits for fishing Sinclair in December — Shad Raps, Gulps, chrome/blue Rat-L-Traps and Deep Wee-Rs. Fish can be caught shallow all month long. I like the Little River arm,…
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