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Fishing Reports
Allatoona: Level: 0.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 82-85 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Guide Mike Bucca said topwater fishing is good at first light, with lots of whites and hybrids chasing bait as well. “Lots of people are throwing popping corks with flies on the back, but the 5-inch Bull Shad from Nature’s Tackle…
West Point: Level: 0.2 feet above full pool. Temp: Low 80s. Clarity: Clear on the main lake; stained in the creeks; stained up the Chattahoochee. Bass: Good. Ken Bearden said the bass are between patterns right now. He said there are still a few fish up shallow, and some have moved out onto the ledges…
Weiss: Level: 0.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 80s. Clarity: Slightly stained. Bass: Very good. Guide Warren Barnes reports, “Bass fishing has been great. I have been catching both largemouths and spots in and around grass and seawalls during the early hours, and then flipping docks and fishing creek ledges after the sun gets…
Tobesofkee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 86-88 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Clayton Batts reports, “Bass are in their summer pattern right now around docks and on deep-water humps and points. Fish deeper docks where the channel sweeps in on them with a green-pumpkin or red-bug Big Bite Baits Biobait finesse worm. The fish will be on…
Sinclair: Level: 0.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 85 degrees. Clarity: Stained up the Oconee and Little rivers but clear in Rooty Creek. Bass: Mike Cleveland reports that a 13 1/2-lb. sack was the top Sinclair bag from more than 100 boats fishing the Berry’s Classic two weeks ago. “They’re not biting worth nothing,” said…
Seminole: Level: 0.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 88 degrees. Clarity: Lightly stained. Bass: Good. Matt Baty reports, “There is a pretty good topwater bite going on early in the morning. Fish any topped-out grassbeds that are visible on the main lake. Throw a Big Bite Baits 3 1/2-inch Top Toad in junebug/chartreuse swirl. Swim…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. Bob Barnette reports, “July is here, and so are the tarpon and tripletails. Look for the tarpon on the edges of the shallow drops in the sounds where the baitfish are washed across the sand bars. Baits of choice will be pogies and mullet fished on a float or freelined. If you…
Russell: Level: 1.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 87-88 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Terry “TJ” Johnson said it’s a tough bite right now, and most of what he’s catching are spotted bass. “I’m staying down the lake fishing deep trees,” TJ said. “We won Friday night with 12 1/2 pounds. I’m hunting deep drop-off…
Oconee: Level: Full pool. Temp. 85-88 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain. Some of the pockets from Sugar Creek down the lake are green from algae blooms. Bass: Good. “There have been a lot of mayflies around the lake,” Al Bassett said. “Two of the baits that have been good around the mayflies are a Pop-R and…
Nottely: Level: 1.7 feet above full pool. Temp: High 70s to low 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Decent. Nathan Stuart said there’s a good mid-day to evening topwater bite for a mixed bag of spots and small linesides. He said to go wherever the wind is blowing and the bait is being pushed up on main-lake…
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