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Fishing Reports
Oconee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 42-45 degrees on the lower end; 47 degrees up the lake. Clarity: Mostly clear, but some stained water up the rivers and some of the creeks. Bass: Slow. Guide Al Bassett reports: “The bass have moved into a little deeper water. Look for schools of baitfish, and use a Flex-It…
Nottely: Level: 12.5 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid to high 40s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow. Look for a few warm days to move the fish to wind-blown points and pockets. A pearl-colored Zoom Super Fluke on a 1/8-oz. lead is a good bait to try if you can find a mud line. If that…
Lanier: Level: 14.5 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 40s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Ryan Coleman reports: “With the water coming up, the fish have come with it. I have been doing very well up shallow the past week on sunny rock banks in 8 to 15 feet of water. Big spotted bass are roaming…
Hartwell: Level: 13.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid to upper 40s. Clarity: Clear on the main lake but stained in the creeks. Bass: Fair to good. Josh Fowler reports: “The lake has come up a few feet, and we can finally use the ramps again. Through the early part of the month, there was…
Eufaula: Level: 0.8 feet above full pool. Temp: degrees. Clarity: Muddy. Bass: Good. Guide Billy Darby said the spooning bite should be going on right now, and it should produce through the month of February whenever there is a cold snap. Find fish on the humps and ledges in about 12 to 16 feet of…
Clarks Hill: Level: 14.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 49-52 degrees. Clarity: Clear toward the dam; muddy on the upper ends. Largemouths: Guide Dale Gibbs said fishing has been feast or famine. “Some have experienced trips where not even a strike could be had, yet others have loaded the boat. A record tournament catch of…
Chatuge: Level: 6.4 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid to high 40s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow. In the depths of winter, the fishing has been slow, but a February thaw could come to pick things up, and the fish could move into prespawn patterns by the end of the month. It’ll be time to get…
Carters: Level: 3.3 feet above full pool. Temp: 46-49 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Zack Foster reports: “Big spots are really turning on right now. It’s not the most fun way to catch them, but the slow methodical approach is really producing quality fish this month. I went a few hours without a bite until I…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid 40s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Very good. Anthony Rabern reports: “February is traditionally big-bass month on Lake Burton. Pig ’n jig combinations in the fallen trees near the Hwy 76 bridge, in Wildcat Cove and on other main-channel locations are productive this time of year. Spotted bass will also move…
Blue Ridge: Level: 18.33 feet below full pool. Temp: Frozen and 35 degrees up the river. 45 degrees on the main lake. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Heath Pack reports he’s catching very good numbers of spots and smallies with a few largemouths mixed in fishing 20- to 30-foot drops off the ends of the lake’s…
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