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Fishing Reports
Burton: Level: 0.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Slight stain; lots of debris. Bass: Wes Carlton said spots are schooling from one end of the lake to the other in tight pockets off the main lake. A white Pointer jerkbait with a feather on the back is doing the trick on these…
Blue Ridge: Level: 3.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 72-76 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eric Crowley reports, “Smallmouths are feeding on topwater and chasing bait all over the main lake. The fish will be off the Morganton Point beach early and late in the day. The smallmouths are keying on the bluebacks, so I…
Blackshear: Level: 0.1 feet below full pool. Temp: High 70s to low 80s. Clarity: Clear with a stain upriver. Bass: Tough. Ernie Broughton said it took 13 pounds to win his pot tourney, and the weights dropped off sharply. The high, muddy water experienced by most other lakes in the state had not yet hit…
Bartlett’s Ferry: Level: 0.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 80s. Clarity: Halawaka Creek is clear, but the river is swollen and muddy with tons of trash in the water. Watch how you run because there are trees floating in the water. Bass: Good. Dennis Hudson said the creeks are about normal with a slight…
Allatoona: Level: 12.8 feet above full pool. Ramps open include Stamp Creek, Gaults and Gatewood. Temp: 78-80 degrees. Clarity: Surprisingly clear on the main lake. Bass: Fair. Mike Bucca reports, “The lake level is insane. You can barely get under Bethany Bridge at Red Top. Fishing is OK. The biggest thing is to fish as…
West Point: Level: 0.8 feet above full pool. Temp: Mid 80s. Clarity: Clear on the main lake; stained up the Chattahoochee. Bass: Good. Guide Paul Parsons said bass are in a summer pattern. There has been a good topwater bite first thing in the morning around the main-lake shoal markers and shallow brushpiles. Bass are…
Tobesofkee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 86-88 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. “Fishing is tough with all the hot weather. The best time to catch them right now is early and late in the day and at night,” said Clayton Batts. “There is a pretty good topwater bite going on early and late on a Spro…
Russell: Level: 9.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 84-88 degrees. Clarity: Stained mid-lake up; clear down the lake. Bass: Slow. “It’s tough,” said Trad Whaley. “During the week when they’re generating is stronger than weekends. Fish a Deep Little N on main-lake points on the Savannah. The fish are surprisingly a lot more shallow than…
Seminole: Level: 1.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 86 degrees. Clarity: Clear to light stain. Bass: Good around shallow lily pads and grass. Matt Baty reports, “The Chattahoochee and the main lake have been good. The best baits are frogs and flipping baits. There are two frogs that work extremely well. For fishing sparse vegetation,…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. David Newlin reports, “In the sounds the trout and redfish action is heating up. Shrimp are plentiful almost everywhere. In St. Catherine’s Sound, the redfish seem to be on every drop, with a few big fish, but most of them are 13 to 13 1/2 inches. Live shrimp under a cork have…
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