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Fishing Reports
Carters: Level: 0.8 feet below full. Temp: 75 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Buddy Callahan at Bart’s Bait & Tackle said October is setting up to be good with anglers starting to catch lots of numbers. “You can catch buck bass in 5 feet of water,” said Buddy. “Fishing 15 to 25 feet you’ll catch a…
Chatuge: Level: 6 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: “This time of year, usually the cooler water temperature gets the surface activity going,” said John Hembree. “Sometimes you will see them breaking out in the middle of the lake, and other times you can call them up with a big topwater…
Clarks Hill: Level: 14.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 76-78 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Bill Crompton had a bass heavier than 6 pounds in the boat on the morning of Sept. 22. “He hit a merthiolate floating worm on a point in about 7 feet of water,” said Bill. Concentrate on main-lake ditches and points…
Eufaula: Level: 0.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 84 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Billy Darby pre-fished with Scott Montgomery for a Sept. 13-14 BFL event, and Scott ended up finishing second with a two-day total of about 27 pounds. The best fish came on a ledge bite. Billy said the 10-12 foot ledges of…
Hartwell: Level: 14.7 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 80 degrees. Clarity: The main lake is clear. Bass: Good. Bass fishing has been good on Lake Hartwell over the past few weeks, and it should get better as the water begins to cool down, said Hartwell fishing guide Josh Fowler. “The fish are…
Jackson: Level: 1.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid to upper 70s. Clarity: Stained in the rivers and clear in the main lake. Bass: Slow, but the topwater bite had improved and should strengthen due to cooler nights. “Topwater baits like Ricos, Pop-Rs and Chug Bugs on the main-lake walls have been producing,” said Eric…
Allatoona: Level: Down 4.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 84-87 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Inconsistent. “It’s basically a junk pattern — covering as much water as possible with finesse-type baits,” said Mike Bucca. “August historically is a tough month.” He recommends fishing deep brush with drop-shot rigs, spoons and jigs. “You really have to cover…
Seminole: Level: Full pool. Temp: 85 degrees. Clarity: Muddy. Bass: Slow. Guide Mike Sloan at Wingates Lunker Lodge said the rains dropped the water temps significantly, but the fishing remained slow. The morning and evening topwater bite on the grass is hit or miss. Anglers have had some success throwing frogs in the grass, but…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 80s. Clarity: Clear, but expect some stain hitting the lake after Fay rains. Bass: Fair. For a full feature on Dennis Hudson’s Bartletts Ferry September tactics, see page 66. The hottest pattern on the lake is a schooling bite where the shad get bunched up…
Sinclair: Level: 0.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 80-82 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain on the main lake. Heavy stain up the creeks. Bass: Good. Mike Cleveland said the fish are starting to move up with falling water temps. “They finally went to biting on Sinclair,” he said. “The deep water stuff is over, and they’ve…
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