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Fishing Reports
Weiss: Level: 3.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 48-53 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Very good. Guide Mark Collins reports: “Bass fishing is great, and the bass are starting to stage on secondary points and brush in 3 to 6 feet of water. Shallow-running crankbaits like the new GIZZ 3 from Smack Tackle are working awesome…
Tobesofkee: Level: 3 feet below full pool and rising. Temp: 54-56 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain. Bass: Good. Clayton Batts reported: “The lake is coming up after the winter draw down. The bass are still up shallow and biting a variety of baits. The fish are biting in 1 to 6 feet of water. The fish…
Sinclair: Level: 1.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 54 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Slow, which was updated to fair when David Lowery caught a dock fish on a shaky head while giving this report. David said it was on fire in mid-February until a couple of cold fronts blew through and shut the fish down.…
Seminole: Level: 1.16 feet below full pool. Temp: High 50s to low 60s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Very good. “This time of year is my favorite because you can catch them pretty much any way you want to — prespawn, post-spawn or spawning,” said Mike Sloan. “They’ll be in full-blown spawn on the full moon in…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. Robert Barnette reports, “The whiting have had the spotlight in February, they are being caught on the edge of the deeper spots in the sounds, from 8 to 18 feet of water. Your best bet for them will be dead or frozen shrimp, fish them on the bottom fish a slip sinker…
Russell: Level: 4.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 55 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Bass: Fair. Trad Whaley reports, “I believe they’re in transition right now. The deep, drop-shot bite for spotted bass has been off, and the shallow bite isn’t really there either. My dad went up the river, and there wasn’t that shallow, dirty-water…
Paradise PFA: Report filed by area manager Charles West. Temp: 61 degrees. Clarity: Lakes lightly stained. Most lakes are slightly below full pool. Bass: Excellent. Bass are taking junebug, red, black and Pumpkin-seed colored plastic worms in lakes Patrick, Bobben and Russell. The red and green lizards have been a good choice in March and…
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: Good. Mike Harris reports: “Chrome-and-blue, 1/2-oz. Rat-L-Traps, jig ’n pigs in natural colors and slow-rolled spinnerbaits in shad colors are working on secondary…
Nottely: Level: 16.4 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 40s degrees. Clarity: Clear on the main lake; stained in the creeks. Bass: Good. Guide Nathan Lewis said you can catch some good spotted bass on the main-lake rocky points right now throwing crankbaits or jerkbaits. He likes a Husky Jerk, Rapala or Lucky Craft jerkbait.…
Lanier: Level: 14.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 48 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Spotted Bass: Improving. Ryan Coleman reports, “Fishing has been tough in February. The fish have been deep and slow to react in the low water temps. We had water temps in the mid to low 40s here this late January and early February…
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