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Fishing Reports
Chatuge: Level: 6.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 41 to 43 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow. Eric Welch, of Reel Job Fishing, reports, “This time of year I like to fish slow and pick the laydowns and brushpiles apart with a Strike King 3/8-oz. jig in black/brown/amber. You can also catch fish using a shaky…
Carters: Level: 2.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 43 to 45 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Louie Bartenfield reports, “Fishing has gotten tough. Everything I’ve been catching is deep to super deep (40 to 80 feet). Most fish are suspended around bait. Most of the bait is 60 to 100 feet deep in the creeks.…
Blue Ridge: Level: 65 feet below full pool. Temp: 39 to 41 degrees. Clarity: Partly clear to stained. Bass: Tough. Eric Welch, of Reel Job Fishing, reports, “Some fish can be caught on float-n-fly off the bends of what used to be a point, and if you can find any rock. But the best pattern…
Blackshear: Level: 0.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 48 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Slow. Jim Murray Jr. reports, “With the cold weather, the bite has been slow. CBT finesse jigs and medium-diving crankbaits have been producing the few bites. As the weather warms, look for areas on a north bank where the sun is shining…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low 40s. Clarity: Pretty clear. Bass: Fair. Dennis Hudson said a few weeks ago there had been a pretty good crankbait bite on windy, rocky banks in Halawakee Creek. It wasn’t tough to get bit on a Fat Free Shad in sexy shad. However, all that changed with the…
Allatoona: Level: 13.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 39 to 41 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Craig Miller at the Dugout said with the extreme cold water temperatures there is a tremendous shad kill on the lake. “The best technique is still the float-n-fly. Use a 12- to 14-foot leader, and fish steep banks and…
West Point: Level: 4.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 50s. Clarity: Stained up the Chattahoochee; clear on the main lake and creeks. Bass: Good. Micah Frazier said the best numbers are going to come from the deep bite on drop shots and jigging spoons. The fish will be bunched up wherever the…
Weiss: Level: 4.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 40s. Clarity: Lightly stained. Bass: Fair to slow. Guide Warren Barnes reports, “Both largemouths and spotted bass are scattered out on the deeper river ledges. The main baits I have been using to catch these fish are a 1/4- to 1/2-oz. Tackle Doctor finesse jigs worked…
Sinclair: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low 50s. Clarity: Varies from clear to stained. Bass: Eric Perkins likes Sinclair in January because the water stays pretty stained and the fish never get really deep. He’s usually working in the Little River and Crooked Creek areas. “Just tie on a 100 crankbaits and go to chunking,” said…
Seminole: Level: 0.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 52 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Matt Baty reports, “The cold weather has really dropped the water temperatures. That has put the shad on the move toward deeper water. The best place to fish this time of year is in Spring Creek, which is loaded with deep…
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