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Allatoona: Level: 3.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 77-78 degrees. Clarity: Clear except for stain around wind-blown banks. Bass: Good. Guide Mike Bucca said the bite just before cold fronts is on fire. Last week two clients stopped counting at 40 spotted bass in the 2-lb. and under size range. “We are catching a lot…
Seminole: Level: 0.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 81 degrees and dropping. Clarity: Slight stain. Bass: Slow, but getting better. Guide Mike Sloan said, with falling water temps, the fish have started to back off a little deeper, but they are not yet in their fall patterns. With another 2- or 3-degree drop in surface…
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…
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