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Fishing Reports
West Point: Level: 0.2 feet below full pool. Temp: High 80s. Clarity: Clear on the main lake; stained up the creeks and up the Chattahoochee. Bass: Fair. Micah Frazier said bass will be holding on deep structure like rock piles and brush on the ledges, roadbeds and humps. Fish hard until you find the bass,…
Weiss: Level: 0.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 89 degrees. Clarity: Lightly stained. Bass: Very good. Guide Warren Barnes reports, “Largemouths and spotted bass are still up on the flats early and are being caught on all types of topwater baits. The best producers are hard baits like the Jackall Bonnie or the Mud Sucker.…
Tobesofkee: Level: 0.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 90-92 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain. Bass: Clayton Batts reports, “Bass fishing has been tough with all the hot weather and boat traffic, and it probably will not get any better next month. The best bite has come during low-light hours and at night. Fish a Spro Hydro…
Sinclair: Level: 0.7 feet below full pool. Temp: High 80s to low 90s. Clarity: Slight stain. Bass: Good. Kim Carver said there’s a good bite for numbers on Sinclair. There’s a buzzbait bite first thing in the morning around grass up the Oconee River. Once the sun gets up, fish docks with a shaky head…
Seminole: Level: 1.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 86 to 92 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Note: The corps is hammering the grass. “Spring Creek has been the target thus far, with grass nearly gone from Sealy’s up. They are spraying it with some type of chemical on airboats, and it works in just a few days.…
Saltwater: Capt. David Newlin reports, “Everything is in the usual late-summer pattern. The small redfish seem to be everywhere. They will hit anything you throw at them. The big redfish can still be found on high tide up in the marsh grass. High tides late in the day with no wind have been really productive.…
Russell: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low 90s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Trad Whaley said the bite is about the same as it’s been all summer, and the patterns should continue through the month. The small spots are easy to catch when there’s moving water, but the big fish are harder to find, and the bite…
Oconee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 89-90 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow. Kim Carver said you can catch a few fish early on rip-rap and seawall rock on a Sammy in shad color. The best bite has been mid-lake in the Lick Creek area. Once the sun gets up, switch to fishing main-lake structure deep and…
Nottely: Level: 0.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 84-85 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Stripers: Good. “They’re finally schooled up good and tight,” said Jeremy Seabolt. He said you’ve got two options on Nottely right now. You can either fish between points 4 and 6 to catch a mixed bag of smaller stripers and hybrids, or you…
Lanier: Level: 0.7 feet below full pool. Temp: High 80s to low 90s. Clarity: Clear. Spotted Bass: Tough. Ryan Coleman said the size is pretty good, but the numbers are off. Mid-lake to down-lake has been much better than up the lake for spots. He said he’s getting a good reading of the thermocline at…
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