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Nottely: Level: Down 5.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 83 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Heath Pack won a mid July Tuesday-night tournament by pitching a jig to blowdowns. “I’m using a 1/2-oz. Jewel jig in green-pumpkin orange,” said Heath. “Usually the fish hit the jig on the fall. If they don’t they will follow it…
Lanier: Level: Down 15.8 feet below full pool. The lake is dropping each week, but not at the rate it was last month. A lot of the ramps are closing. Web users can go to <http://lanier.sam.usace.army.mil/BoatRampElevations.htm> for ramp info. Temp: 84-86 degrees. Clarity: Very clear. Spotted Bass: Fair. “Fishing has slowed a bit as the…
Jackson: Level: Down 1 foot below full pool. Temp: 86-88 degrees. Clarity: Fairly clear with a 2 foot-visibility. Bass: Early morning and late evening are best, and midday can be real tough, according to Aaron Batson. “Look on seawalls early in the day very near to deep water,” said Aaron. “Try a buzzbait or topwater…
Hartwell: Level: Down 12 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 80s. Clarity: The main lake and the rivers are clear; the backs of the creeks are a good fishing color. Bass: Bass fishing has been fair the past few weeks, according to Hartwell guide Josh Fowler. “I am still catching fish, but you have to…
Eufaula: Level: Full pool. Temp: High 80s. Clarity: Clear on the main lake. Major creeks have some stain. Bass: Good. Guide Billy Darby said the typical ledge bite was tough until he was tipped off on a very deep pattern by a friend. Hydrilla is getting thick on anything shallower than about 14 feet, and…
Clarks Hill: Level: Down 12.5 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 80s. Clarity: Very clear. Bass: Bill Crompton recently fished with 14-year-old Austin Hopson, and they surprisingly found some fish shallow. “We started out with a 4-lb., 6-oz. fish that I caught on a floating worm,” said Bill. “The next fish was 4-lbs.,…
Chatuge: Level: Down 3 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Heath Pack said he has been targeting largemouths at Chatuge by heading into the creeks and the river and fishing a 1/2-oz. jig in brush and laydowns. On a late July trip he caught 10 largemouths, mostly around wood cover. The…
Carters: Level: Down 1 foot below full. Temp: 82 degrees. Clarity: Fairly clear. Bass: Fair. Buddy Callahan at Bart’s Bait & Tackle reports plenty of fish in the 25- to 30-foot range on DNR structures and main-lake points and humps. During they day, he says drop shots and jigging spoons work well. “The drop shot…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Start the morning at Burton with topwater baits tied on, said Nathan Lewis. Sammys, Super Flukes and buzzbaits around shoreline cover or cast to breaking fish may catch fish. As the day progresses, slow down with plastic worms in deep brushpiles. Tube baits, a jig…
Blue Ridge: Level: Down 6 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 80s. Clarity: The main lake is clear. Bass: The better fishing at Blue Ridge is early and late, said guide Nathan Lewis. “There are some fish breaking early, but they are usually out in the middle of the lake. If you see five or…
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