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Fishing Reports
Carters: Level: 1.9 feet above full pool. Temp: 50 degrees. Clarity: Clear to slightly stained. Bass: Zack Foster reports, “The fishing was good this month. I found the best fish around the dam area. The best days came with the wind blowing straight into the chunk rock of the dam. Flipping a spinnerbait or a…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: 46-49 degrees. Clarity: Clear on main lake; slight stain up the creeks and up the river. Bass & Trout: Antony Rabern reports, “The bite is definitely picking up in Lake Burton as the lake temps rebound from record lows this winter into the low 50s by the first of April.…
Blue Ridge: Level: 8.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 50s. Clarity: Clear on main lake; slight stain up the creeks and up the river. Bass: Good. Nathan Lewis said the spotted bass are biting pretty well in the 15-foot range on main-lake rocky points. A calm day and a drop shot are…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 62 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: The fish are on the banks bedding, and some good fish are starting to show up in tournament sacks. Fish around cypress trees and grasslines shallow with spinnerbaits, crankbaits, jerkbaits, floating worms or a Carolina rig. Crappie: Very good. Rusty Parker said the crappie are…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low 60s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. “Everything is running to the banks,” said Dennis Hudson. Recently he caught nine fish in about 30 minutes from one 75-yard section of seawall. The biggest fished weighed about 2 1/2 pounds, and they were mostly spots. He said the fish should be…
Allatoona: Level: 1.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 52-60 degrees. Clarity: Clear in the dam area; stained up the lake. Bass: Good. Mike Bucca reports, “Due to the rains last week we have a good bit of debris on the water from one end of the lake to the other. Like clockwork the big-bait bite…
West Point: Level: 5.3 feet below full pool and rising. Temp: Upper 40s to mid 50s. Clarity: Clear in the main lake and clear in the main creeks; lightly stained in the back of the creeks. Bass: Very good, said guide Paul Parsons. He reports: “Largemouth and spotted bass are in a prespawn pattern. Largemouth…
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.…
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