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Fishing Reports
Clarks Hill: Level: 16.3 feet below full pool. Even with low lake levels, there are plenty of places to launch a boat. However, courtesy docks are tough to find. Temp: The temperature is all over the place, according to guide William Sasser. An average temperature is the mid 50s, but he’s seeing five or six…
Chatuge: Level: 7.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 50-53 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good for spotted bass, tough for the largemouths, said Heath Pack. Heath fished a two-day tournament the weekend of Nov. 22 and did pretty well, catching some good-sized spots on main-lake points and drops. “You’ve got to have a break line,” he…
Carters: Level: 11.4 feet below full. Temp: Mid 50s. Clarity: Mostly clear. Bass: Good. Bass have already gone deep, and some catches have been coming out of 60 feet of water on spoons. “The fishing has been good,” said Buddy Callahan at Bart’s Bait & Tackle. “It took 16 pounds to win over there Saturday.”…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid 50s. Clarity: Clear. Guide Wes Carlton said, “December is the month on this lake.” He said to always keep a rod with either a white fluke or a Heddon Torpedo in blue or silver tied on. If you see schooling activity, these baits are likely to catch you hybrids,…
Blue Ridge: Level: 17.5 feet below full pool. Temp: High 40s to low 50s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Nathan Lewis said the smallmouths are on main-lake points in 15 to 18 feet of water, and they are biting a 1/4-oz. tube jig in either brown or green pumpkin. “Anything that imitates a crawdad,” he said.…
Blackshear: Level: Down 3.7 feet. Temp: 51-53 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Clint Brownlee said the primary pattern right now and through the winter months, especially with the lake down, is to find the deeper docks at the mouths of pockets and sloughs. “You can get bit with crankbaits or split-shot, green-pumpkin Trick Worms. Those…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 50s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good for numbers. Dennis Hudson has won two of the four pot tournaments he’s held on Bartletts since they switched from Tuesday evening to Saturday with the time change. The average sack is weighing about 7 to 9 pounds right now,…
Allatoona: Level: 12.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 52-53 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Excellent. Matt Driver said they’re catching terrific numbers of spotted bass, and the quality is getting better as it gets colder. For lots of bites, fish a drop-shot rig on rocky secondary points. Matt recommends a No. 6 or No. 4 Gamakatsu…
West Point: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low 70s and falling. Clarity: Clear on the main lake; stained in the backs of the creeks; muddy up the Chattahoochee. Bass: Fair. Largemouths and spots are in their fall transition, said guide Paul Parsons. He said to try small crankbaits like a Shad Rap or a 1/4-oz. Rat-L-Trap.…
Weiss: Level: 3.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 60s, low 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Great, according to Warren Barnes. “The largemouths are in the creeks and pockets following the schools of shad. I’m using War Eagle spinnerbaits and buzzbaits and varying the bait color depending on the water color. After the sun gets high,…
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