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Fishing Reports
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: High 70s to low 80s. Clarity: Normal for Blackshear. Bass: Fish should be on the deeper trees and brushed-up docks. Fish areas where the bream are bedding. These areas can be productive all day long, but the best beds will be where you can find shade. A Pop-R and a…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Derrick Millirons said the most consistent places to catch fish this month will probably be around boat docks, but he prefers fishing grass and brushpiles instead. His top bait for fishing the grass is a floating worm. “Zoom makes a…
Allatoona: Level: 0.1 feet above full pool. Temp: Mid 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Matt Driver reports, “Fishing is good this month, but it will slow toward the end of month. Fish are on or nearing their summer haunts. Brush and rockpiles offshore are getting better but are at their peaks at night. Deep cranking with…
West Point: Level: 1.2 feet below pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Excellent. Chris Bell reports, “Bass fishing is excellent. Fish are in all phases. With the stained water, seeing bedded fish will be difficult. The best pattern in these conditions seems to be pitching 3/8-oz. black/blue jig with a Z-Man black-with-blue-fleck Chunkz. My…
Weiss: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low 60s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. Guide Warren Barnes said both largemouths and spots have been in the very late stages of spawning. “I have been catching some quality largemouths around the whole lake using Jackall Susteki Craws along the banks back in the creeks, and also flipping Georgia Tackle…
Tobesofkee: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. Clayton Batts reports, “The spawn is almost over, but there are still a few late spawners on bed. Look for these beds in the backs of pockets around dock posts and on sandy flats. Look for bass that have already spawned to start feeding…
Sinclair: Level: 1.4 feet low. Temp: 69-73 degrees. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Right now fishing is great for numbers of bass, but it’s only fair for quality fish. You’ll find lots of buck bass guarding fry all over the lake. Throw topwater baits like Spooks and Pop-Rs early in the morning on main-lake points. However,…
Seminole: Level: 0.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid to high 70s. Clarity: Clearing. Bass: Good. Matt Baty reports, “The shad are spawning early in the morning in shallow grass. To catch bass on the shad spawn, a spinnerbait and a topwater are hard to beat. For a spinnerbait, you need double willow blades to…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. Bob Barnette reports, “We are looking forward to May and the rest of the summer. Trout fishing has been at an all time low, but if you wish to try your hand, use the normal method — mouths of creeks and large shell mounds. I like the float rig or plastic bait…
Russell: Level: 0.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 65-72. Clarity: Clear for the most part, but up Beaverdam has some stain. Bass: Trad Whaley said the bass fishing is not very good right now (April 25). The biggest wave of bedded bass were up shallow at presstime, and there will be a period of postspawn…
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