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Fishing Reports
Hartwell: Level: 10.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 50s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Josh Fowler reports, “The cold start to the month of March has kept the fish on the lower end of the lake deep, and we are still catching fish close to the timber in 30 to 40 feet of water. Look…
Eufaula: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid 60s to low 70s. Clarity: Mostly stained except clear on the lower main lake. Clearing in the backs of creeks and some sloughs. Bass: Good. Stephen McCord said the first wave of bedding fish moved up the first weekend in March. With the stained water, Stephen said finding bedded…
Clarks Hill: Level: 8.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: Slightly stained. Bass: Good. Dale Gibbs reports, “The largemouth bite is getting better every day. Bass have been hitting shallow- to medium-running crankbaits in firetiger patterns and anything with a little red on it. As fish begin bedding, be sure to throw spinnerbaits…
Chatuge: Level: 4.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 50s. Clarity: Slightly stained to clear. Bass: Fair. Nathan Lewis said you can catch some spotted bass fishing a Shad Rap on wind-blown, main-lake points, and you can also fish a small worm on a drop shot in 15 to 20 feet of water…
Carters: Level: 1.9 feet above full pool. Temp: 50 degrees. Clarity: Clear to slightly stained. Bass: Zack Foster reports, “The fishing was good this month. I found the best fish around the dam area. The best days came with the wind blowing straight into the chunk rock of the dam. Flipping a spinnerbait or a…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: 46-49 degrees. Clarity: Clear on main lake; slight stain up the creeks and up the river. Bass & Trout: Antony Rabern reports, “The bite is definitely picking up in Lake Burton as the lake temps rebound from record lows this winter into the low 50s by the first of April.…
Blue Ridge: Level: 8.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 50s. Clarity: Clear on main lake; slight stain up the creeks and up the river. Bass: Good. Nathan Lewis said the spotted bass are biting pretty well in the 15-foot range on main-lake rocky points. A calm day and a drop shot are…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 62 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: The fish are on the banks bedding, and some good fish are starting to show up in tournament sacks. Fish around cypress trees and grasslines shallow with spinnerbaits, crankbaits, jerkbaits, floating worms or a Carolina rig. Crappie: Very good. Rusty Parker said the crappie are…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low 60s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. “Everything is running to the banks,” said Dennis Hudson. Recently he caught nine fish in about 30 minutes from one 75-yard section of seawall. The biggest fished weighed about 2 1/2 pounds, and they were mostly spots. He said the fish should be…
Allatoona: Level: 1.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 52-60 degrees. Clarity: Clear in the dam area; stained up the lake. Bass: Good. Mike Bucca reports, “Due to the rains last week we have a good bit of debris on the water from one end of the lake to the other. Like clockwork the big-bait bite…
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