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Fishing Reports
Seminole: Level: 1.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 78 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Matt Baty reports, “The topwater bite has really picked up all over the lake. Any topped-out grass that can be found has the potential to produce nice fish. The grasslines with shad present are obviously much better. Once you find where the…
Saltwater: Capt. Bob Barnette reports, “The water temperature has reached 80-plus degrees along the coast, and the water is clear on most days. The redfish are still biting with some very large fish being landed. Flounder are showing up on the mud flats, and tripletail action has started. If shark is your forte, then you…
Russell: Level: 0.6 feet below full pool. Temp: High 70s to low 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. First thing in the morning, there’s been some topwater action. For spotted bass, hit the rocky points down the lake where you find some baitfish activity or see them on the electrontics. Try a Pop-R style topwater or…
Oconee: Level: 1 foot above full pool. Temp: 77 to 82 degrees. Clarity: Clear on the south end; stained from mid-lake up and in the pockets. Bass: Good. Mike Cleveland said you can catch all the 2- to 2 1/2-lb. fish you want right now, but the bigger fish have been hard to find. In…
Nottely: Level: 1.3 feet above full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: The early morning topwater bite should be going on at Nottely right now as the spotted bass feed up after the spawn and get ready to move into a summer pattern. Look for fish busting on top on main-lake points, and throw…
Lanier: Level: 0.2 feet above full. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Clear. Largemouth: Billy Booth reports, “The largemouths are starting to move into their typical summertime patterns. Start out early on the main river points with a small wake bait. I’m using a ghost minnow Mann’s Baby Waker, and the fish are taking it a lot…
Jackson: Level: 0.5 feet above full pool. Temp: High 70s. Clarity: Stained in the rivers but clear in the main lake. Bass: Aaron Batson reports, “Fishing is fair but improving. Fish are presently in a transition stage right now moving out toward main-lake summer holes. Look for a continued early morning bite on seawalls and…
Hartwell: Level: 1.6 feet above full pool. Temp: 76 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Josh Fowler reports, “Bass fishing on Lake Hartwell is starting to improve. On Saturday, May 15, it took 22 pounds to win the NSA Team Trail Tournament, and I expect these kinds of weights to hold up over the next few weeks.…
Eufaula: Level: Full pool. Temp: 86-87 degrees. Clarity: Clearing, good fishing color. Bass: “If you don’t catch them early, it’s a long day,” said Steve Holt. “The lake is up, and the fish are in the grass. They are just feeding on the shad early, and then it’s pretty much over.” Two weeks ago, Steve…
Clarks Hill: Level: 2.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 78 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Bill Harvey said the BASS Elite Series pros struggled at the Clarks Hill tournament. Fishing just isn’t that good, he said. “There’s some topwater early, with a Pop-R or Gunfish, and a Fluke, obviously,” said Bill. “It’ll last maybe 40 minutes.…
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