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Fishing Reports
Clarks Hill: Level: 8.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 60s to low 70s. Clarity: Very clear. Bass: The fishing in May this year will be a little different than in years past, said guide Craig Johnson. He said the low-water conditions will cause the herring to relocate to other non-traditional spawning grounds. “I am…
Chatuge: Level: 2.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. The spots that are coming off the beds are running down Shad Raps and jerkbaits on rocky main-lake points and banks. The topwater bite has just begun. Sammys will work, but a smaller profile bait like a Pop-R is better. As…
Carters: Level: Up 3.9 feet above full pool. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Off and on, said Buddy Callahan at Bart’s Bait & Tackle. “Some of the largemouths had started to bed, then the lake came up 4 feet on top of them, and that has really pushed them back. The spots are just…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Excellent with several days of 30-plus spotted bass, a few in the 5-lb. range and one 6.4 pounds, said Burton guide Wes Carlton. Large swimbaits have been working well (Strike King Shadalicious). Try throwing a Spot Sticker, too. The next couple of weeks should be…
Blue Ridge: Level: 1.1 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: The main lake is clear, the creeks are good fishing color. Bass: Good. Blue Ridge fishing guide Nathan Lewis was on the lake April 26 with Clayton Chambers and in a half day they caught 27 bass. The fish were a 50/50 mix…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 69-74 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good, according to tournament angler Clint Brownlee. The postspawn pattern is picking up on the lake. Clint recommends a handful of lures that will catch bass in May. The fish will stage on grassbeds and trees as they gradually migrate back out to main-lake points…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: Down 0.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Clear on main lake; slight stain in some of the creeks. Bass: Good numbers, but most are smaller spotted bass, said Dennis Hudson. “Fish are in all stages of the spawn right now,” Dennis said. He has been catching some fish tight…
Allatoona: Level: Up 0.2 feet above full pool. Temp: 70-72 degrees. Clarity: Mostly clear. Bass: Good for numbers. The bite for quality bass has been fair, said guide Mike Bucca. “The spots are being finicky. Some days they are busting shad from the backs to the mouths of coves, some days they aren’t. Just keep…
Russell: Level: 0.2 feet above full pool. Temp: High 50s in the mornings, low 60s on warm afternoons. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good, said tournament angler Trad Whaley. Trad and his father finished seventh in the Hwy 72 Marine tournament March 15 with 12.8 pounds. They caught bass on spinnerbaits in the trees, and they found…
West Point: Level: 2.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 60s. Clarity: Light stain on the main lake. Heavy stain in the creeks. Muddy upriver. Bass: Very good. “Largemouth and spotted bass are really close to spawning,” said guide Paul Parsons. “Good baits to use are split-shot-rigged lizards, Trick Worms and Super Flukes. Try lighter…
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