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Fishing Reports
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 80s. Clarity: Slight stain in the creeks; clear on the main lake. Bass: Good, said tournament angler James Murphy. James said the fish are up shallow on trashpiles and wood structure in the creeks. It’s been taking 11 to 13 pounds to win the Tuesday-night…
Sinclair: Level: 1.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 78-81 degrees. Clarity: Slightly stained. Bass: Good, said tournament angler Mike Cleveland. “The water’s turning over, so you can expect there to be a shallow bite from now into December,” he said. “Right now, it’s following the shad. The shad are just now starting to go into…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 78 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Improving as the water temperature drops. Jimmy Sharp said the fish are starting to move back into the creeks. At a Tuesday night pot tournament Sept. 16, he said most of the fish were caught on shallow-running crankbaits and spinnerbaits. A Rat-L-Trap was one bait…
Tobesofkee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 82-84. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Bass are staging on main-lake points and docks, and as the water cools, they’ll make a move back into the pockets, according to Clayton Batts. “These fish can be caught on the points with a Stanford Lures deep-diving Cedar Shad, a No. 6 Fat Free…
Blue Ridge: Level: 14 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 70s. Clarity: The main lake is clear. Bass: There are still a few bass breaking at Blue Ridge, said fishing guide Nathan Lewis, but they are still out in the middle of the lake. “The fish are still out in open water, following the bluebacks,…
Weiss: Level: 1.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 78 degrees. Clarity: The main lake is clear; stained up the Coosa. Bass: Fair. The bass are deep and in their summer pattern on the old river-channel ledges and main-lake points in 8-14 feet of water, said Weiss fishing guide Mark Collins. “Deep-running crankbaits in shad patterns,…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid 70 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good according to Burton guide Wes Carlton. “The largemouths are in shoreline cover and hitting buzzbaits and finesse worms on drop-shot rigs. Spots are hitting Pointer jerkbaits and Yozuri Crystal Minnows. I have been catching fish on shallow channels rather than on main-lake points.”…
West Point: Level: Full pool. Temp: High 70s to low 80s. Clarity: Clear; light stain in the backs of the creeks. Bass: Tournament angler Micah Frazier said it’s pretty tough at West Point for bass right now, but you can still catch some fish by targeting deep roadbeds. He recently fished all the roadbeds between…
Carters: Level: 0.8 feet below full. Temp: 75 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Buddy Callahan at Bart’s Bait & Tackle said October is setting up to be good with anglers starting to catch lots of numbers. “You can catch buck bass in 5 feet of water,” said Buddy. “Fishing 15 to 25 feet you’ll catch a…
Chatuge: Level: 6 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: “This time of year, usually the cooler water temperature gets the surface activity going,” said John Hembree. “Sometimes you will see them breaking out in the middle of the lake, and other times you can call them up with a big topwater…
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