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Fishing Reports
Lanier: Level: 5.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 67-69 degrees. Clarity: Light stain up the lake and in some of the creeks. Spotted Bass: Very good. Ryan Coleman reports, “The spotted bass are now 90 percent finished with the spawn and are starting to make a move out to the main lake. The water temps…
Jackson: Level: 0.8 feet above full pool. Temp: Low to mid 70s. Clarity: Clear in the main lake and stained up the rivers. Bass: Eric Perkins reports, “It’s topwater time on Jackson, and soon the fish will pull on out deep. The shad spawn is over, and the mayfly hatch will be here soon. I…
Hartwell: Level: 3.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Mostly clear. Bass: Fair to good, depending on the weather. Josh Fowler reports, “The postspawn topwater bite that Hartwell is famous for has been slow. The combination of cooler water temps, high water and plenty of shallow cover has kept most of the largemouths…
Eufaula: Level: 2.6 feet above full pool. Temp: Mid to upper 70s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Very good. Guide Sam Williams reports, “The stained water has been a big help to the fishermen this week. The bass are still working the grass lines on the feeding cycles. If you locate the outer grass lines, the water…
Clarks Hill: Level: 3.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 69-75 degrees. Clarity: Clear on the main lake; light stain in the upper ends and up Georgia’s Little River. Bass: Excellent. Dale Gibbs reports, “Clarks Hill has been red hot now for about a month. Largemouths are still chasing herring on major river-channel points the first…
Chatuge: Level: 0.9 feet above full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Very clear. Bass: Excellent. John Hembry said a win at the night tournaments going on right now takes 14 or 15 pounds, and the vast majority of the fish are spotted bass. The big fish has been averaging 3 or 4 pounds. “The fish…
Carters: Level: 0.3 feet above full pool. Temp: 70 degrees. Clarity: The lower end of the lake is clear; it’s a little stained on the north end. Bass: Zack Foster reports, “May is always a great month for fishing, but it tends to taper off toward the end. I caught a lot of fish early…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: High 60s to low 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. The fish are in a postspawn pattern, with Flukes and swimbaits catching some good spotted bass early on main-lake points. Big spots in the 5- to 6-lb. range can be caught on big swimbaits like a Strike King Shadilicious. The spots…
Blue Ridge: Level: 0.2 feet above full pool. Temp: 68 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. The morning topwater bite is good for smallmouths and spots right now, said guide Nathan Lewis. “This is the best lake I’ve ever fished for breaking fish,” he said. “If they’re breaking, they’ll hit whatever you throw at them.” Look…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 69 to 73 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. “There are a lot of small fish being caught, but the big fish over the last couple of months have been 4 or 5 pounds,” said Ernie Broughton. “It’s been a weird year. We never really did see any big fish bedding.”…
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