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Fishing Reports
Lanier: Level: 3.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 60 degrees. Clarity: Clear to slight stain. Spotted Bass: Very good. Ryan Coleman reports, “The fishing is getting very good right now with three or four different patterns working. Fish are starting to move back in the creeks and can be caught in less than 10 feet…
Jackson: Level: Full pool, but drawdown should begin Dec. 1. Temp: Mid to high 50s. Clarity: Light stain to clear.. Bass: Aaron Batson reports, “Small crankbaits, flippin’ jigs and spinnerbaits will all catch fish this month while fish are still shallow early in the month. Later in the month, football jigs and spoons will get…
Hartwell: Level: 5.62 feet below full pool. Temp: 63 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Josh Fowler reports, “It’s taking weights in the mid teens to win the local pot tournaments, but 10 pounds will put you near the money. We are still seeing some affects of the fall turnover, and the fish seem to be…
Eufaula: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid to high 60s. Clarity: Slight stain on the upper end; clear below the causeway. Bass: Good. Stephen McCord said he’s tickled to be catching five fish a day right now for sacks that weigh 14 to 18 pounds. He’s sticking with two patterns, and he really hasn’t needed to…
Clarks Hill: Level: 6.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 63 degrees. Clarity: Perfect color. Bass: Fair to good. Dale Gibbs reports, “The baitfish are migrating into the backs of creeks and will be a little easier to find this month. Check the back end of creeks early in the mornings for bass feeding on these.…
Chatuge: Level: 6.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 59 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Spotted bass: Bob Borgwat, of Reel Angling Adventures, reports, “Spotted bass have local anglers targeting schooled fish in 20 to 30 feet. Best locations appear to be main-lake points with lone brushpiles where blueback herring gather. Work deep-diving hard jerkbaits in long, slow…
Carters: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low 60s. Clarity: Clear to slight stain. Bass: Good. Guide Louie Bartenfield reports, “Numbers on my trips are averaging 15 to 25 spots and some days a handful of hybrids, stripers and whites. I’m fishing 15 to 40 feet deep around ditches and creek mouths. Points will produce a few…
Blue Ridge: Level: 61.8 feet below full pool. Boating access limited to the low-water ramp, located a quarter-mile off the point at Blue Ridge Marina. Boating travel limited from dam to Marker 6. Temp: 57 to 60 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Slow. Bob Borgwat, of Reel Angling Adventures, reports, “The low water seems to have…
Blackshear: Level: 4 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: Clear; 2-foot visibility. Bass: Good. Jason Bryan, winner of the Blackshear Buddies Nov. 20 tournament with 17.7 pounds, caught a lunker 7.7-pounder that hit a DT10, CBT shad-pattern crankbait. Jason reports, “The bass are moving with the shad this month as usual. In the…
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