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Fishing Reports
Jackson: Level: 0.5 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid to high 50s. Clarity: Stained up the river; slight stain near the dam. Bass: Eric Perkins reports, “With the recent heavy rains the boards tripped at the dam, and they let the lake way back down for the second time. Fishing is always great on Jackson…
Hartwell: Level: 1.4 feet above full pool. Temp: 60 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair over the last few weeks. “The high water level combined with the lake trying to turn over has scattered the fish,” said Josh Fowler. “The largemouths are just starting to show up in the backs of the major creek arms, but…
Eufaula: Level: 0.7 feet above full pool. Temp: 62 to 66 degrees. Clarity: Muddy. Bass: Very good. Stephen McCord is on a couple of very good patterns right now at Eufaula. He’s won the last two tournaments he’s fished there with weights of 19 and 22 pounds. The first thing he’s been doing to get…
Clarks Hill: Level: 2.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 64 degrees. Clarity: Clear to slightly stained downlake; muddy up the river. Bass: Poor. Dale Gibbs reports, “Rising water on ‘The Hill’ did not improve our fishing. Recent rains brought Clarks Hill over 2 1/2 feet above full pool, but the largemouth didn’t seem to care.…
Chatuge: Level: 4.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 55-60 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Poor. Charlie Baldwin said recent rains have fluctuated the water levels, and the bass fishing has been pretty dead. He also thinks the lake may have turned over a couple of weeks ago, and the fish have not yet settled back into…
Carters: Level: 3.9 feet above full pool. Temp: 62-63 degrees. Clarity: Three feet of visibility. Bass: Guide Eric Crowley said one of his favorite ways to catch big spots in December is to slow roll a 6-inch, soft-bodied Spro swimbait. On sunny days, work the bait 10 to 22 feet deep around wood or any…
Burton: Level: 0.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 59 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain; a little trash on the water from rains. Spotted Bass: Very good. “The spots are hungry,” said Wes Carlton. “They’ll eat anything you put on them.” Wes said the fish are in the backs of mid-lake creeks and pockets in 12 to…
Blue Ridge: Level: 10.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 60s. Clarity: Clear. Smallmouths: Hit or miss. Nathan Stuart said the smallmouths are biting really well one day, and they’re gone the next. But the bite should intensify as the water temps continue to cool. Nathan said to look for fish busting on top up…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 55-60 degrees on main lake; 60-65 degrees in the backwater. Clarity: Muddy with some cleaner water in the backs of the pockets. Bass: Tough. Ernie Broughton said with all the muddy water rolling down the river, they are seriously moving some water on Blackshear. “You’d need an anchor to weight…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.8 feet above full pool. Temp: High 50s. Clarity: Good stain. Bass: Good. During the low water of the last few weeks, Dennis Hudson said the fish were really feeding up in falling water temperatures. It was taking 15 to 20 pounds to win his weekly pot tournaments, which is very good.…
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