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Fishing Reports
Clarks Hill: Level: 14.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 49-52 degrees. Clarity: Clear toward the dam; muddy on the upper ends. Largemouths: Guide Dale Gibbs said fishing has been feast or famine. “Some have experienced trips where not even a strike could be had, yet others have loaded the boat. A record tournament catch of…
Chatuge: Level: 6.4 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid to high 40s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow. In the depths of winter, the fishing has been slow, but a February thaw could come to pick things up, and the fish could move into prespawn patterns by the end of the month. It’ll be time to get…
Carters: Level: 3.3 feet above full pool. Temp: 46-49 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Zack Foster reports: “Big spots are really turning on right now. It’s not the most fun way to catch them, but the slow methodical approach is really producing quality fish this month. I went a few hours without a bite until I…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid 40s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Very good. Anthony Rabern reports: “February is traditionally big-bass month on Lake Burton. Pig ’n jig combinations in the fallen trees near the Hwy 76 bridge, in Wildcat Cove and on other main-channel locations are productive this time of year. Spotted bass will also move…
Blue Ridge: Level: 18.33 feet below full pool. Temp: Frozen and 35 degrees up the river. 45 degrees on the main lake. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Heath Pack reports he’s catching very good numbers of spots and smallies with a few largemouths mixed in fishing 20- to 30-foot drops off the ends of the lake’s…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 46-49 degrees. Clarity: Good color, just a tinge of stain. Bass: Good. Ernie Broughton reports: “We had some good catches in our last tournament, including a couple of 7-pounders. I had 9 pounds, and we caught them all on Carolina rigs on the railroad trestle. The trestle also produced some…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.6 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 50s. Clarity: Good stain in some of the creeks, decent stain on the main river. Bass: “The fish are biting like crazy,” said Dennis Hudson, who won his Saturday pot tournament Jan. 10 with a 19-11 sack. With the cold weather the weekend of Jan.…
Allatoona: Level: 9.4 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 40s. Clarity: Stained all the way to Bethany. Bass: Good. Guide Mike Bucca reports: “The best bite going right now by a landslide is the Float-n-Fly. Many different structures are holding fish — lots of humps and brushpiles, as well as boat houses, marinas and bluff…
Jackson: Level: 0.5 feet above full pool. Temp: Low 40s. Clarity: Clear in the main lake; lightly stained in the rivers. Bass: Fair. Eric Perkins reports: “Fishing is hit and miss right now due to the cold weather we have had here lately. I fished Saturday (Jan. 24), and the water was very cold 43…
West Point: Level: 3.2 feet below full pool and rising. Temp: Mid 50s. Clarity: Stained on the main lake. Muddy up the creeks and up the Chattahoochee. Bass: Fair. Ken Bearden said the same patterns from the December report are still working, but that the deep bite has picked up a little more with dropping…
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