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Fishing Reports
Oconee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 85-89 degrees. Clarity: Mostly clear except for light stain in the backs of creeks. Bass: Good. Try topwater first thing along seawalls and docks. During the day, fish jigs and big worms under docks on bright, sunny days. If water is moving, fish the main-lake points and humps with Carolina-rigged…
Nottely: Level: Down 5.1 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 80s. Clarity: The main lake is clear, but the backs of the creeks are stained. Bass: Slow, according to guide Nathan Stuart. There is some brief topwater early on things like a fluke or chugger-type topwater baits — Pop-Rs or Chug Bugs. Once the sun…
Lanier: Level: Down 14.3 feet below full pool and falling about an inch a day. Humps, rocks and treetops are just below the surface, and many are unmarked. Temp: 81-85 degrees. Clarity: Very clear. Visibility of 10 feet on the lower end. Spotted Bass: Good. “It’s a pretty typical summer pattern out there for spotted…
Jackson: Level: 1.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 86-88 degrees. Clarity: Fairly clear with a 2 foot-visibility. The rivers are slightly stained. Bass: 2008 Eliminator Series Championship qualifier Aaron Batson said fish will be concentrated deeper in the main lake and also up the rivers in search of cool water. “Main-lake bass will be found…
Hartwell: Level: Down 9.7 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 80s. Clarity: The main lake and the rivers are clear, the backs of the creeks are good fishing color. Bass: Good despite the heat wave, said Hartwell fishing guide Josh Fowler. “The Bassmaster Weekend Series fished Lake Hartwell on June 14, and it took 15…
Eufaula: Level: 0.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 88 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain. Bass: Very good. With water temps moving into the mid to high 80s, the ledge bite should be going strong, and it is, but according to both guide Billy Darby and Tim Malcolm, there are still a lot of fish being caught…
Clarks Hill: Level: 10.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 85 degrees. Clarity: Very clear. Bass: Bill Crompton said the bass have gone into summer patterns. “Early in the morning fish can be found in the backs of creeks, rip-rap and around bridges and roads,” said Bill. “On a windy morning throw a double-bladed white buzzbait.…
Chatuge: Level: 2.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good, said John Hembree. John and his brother won a recent night tournament on Chatuge with a four-fish limit that weighed 13.3 pounds. “The fish have been biting pretty good,” said John. “Second and third place both had more than 12 pounds.”…
Carters: Level: Full pool. Temp: 78-82 degrees. Clarity: With strong algae blooms, the lake is pea green. Bass: Slow. “They’re in a full-blown summer pattern,” said Buddy Callahan of Bart’s Bait & Tackle. It’s been taking an 11- or 12-lb. five-fish limit to win local tournaments, and the most consistent bite is fishing a jig-head…
Burton: Level: Up 0.1 feet above full pool. Temp: 80 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: In June the fishing was excellent, according to Burton fishing guide Wes Carlton. “We caught several largemouths in the 6- to 9-lb. range on flukes and bass minnows. By the first of July the bass fishing should be great with postspawn…
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