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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…
Weiss: Level: 1.4 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 50s. Clarity: The main lake is clear, the backs of the creeks and the Coosa are stained. Bass: Good, said Weiss fishing guide Mark Collins. “The bass are in the shallows back in the bays around secondary points and ditches. There have been good catches from…
Tobesofkee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 58-62 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. “The key to having a good bag this time of year is finding the big females that haven’t moved up to spawn yet,” Clayton Batts said. “There are a lot of buck bass moving up in the 1- to 3-foot range around grass, wood…
Sinclair: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low to mid 60s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. Eliminator Elite-8 angler Mike Cleveland said there’s a good spinnerbait bite at Sinclair right now from halfway back to the backs of the pockets. He said there are a lot of fish on the beds right now, and they should continue coming…
Seminole: Level: 0.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 64. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Great. “There was a really early spawn this year at Seminole,” said tournament angler Butch Tucker. “They were on the sandbars three or four weeks early. Right now there are fish in the spawn, the prespawn and postspawn.” Butch said a watermelon-gold lizard…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. David Newlin said the trout bite is getting better, and sight fishing for redfish has been good. David fishes out of the St. Catherines area. “The water temperature this morning (March 21) was 64 degrees,” David said. “Most of the live shrimp we’re getting are almost too big to fish with. If…
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…
Paradise Public Fishing Area: Levels: Full pool. Temp: 65-68 degrees. Clarity: Lightly stained. Lake Patrick has 36-inch visibility. Bass: Fair. “Bass are starting to feed a little more aggressively,” said Area Manager Charles West. “Anglers are catching 2- to 3-lb. bass on Carolina-rigged 6- to 7 1/2-inch plastic worms. Red shad, tequila shad and pumpkinseed…
Oconee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 55-60 degrees. Clarity: Muddy up the creeks and rivers, stained throughout most of the main lake except for clear water in Richland Creek. Bass: Good. There are a lot of bass in the pockets. Some bass are already on bed, although most seem to still be in a prespawn mode.…
Nottely: Level: 5.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 50s. Clarity: The main lake is clear, but the backs of the creeks are stained. Bass: Crankbaits, jerkbaits and spinnerbaits are the best baits in April for the mountain lakes, said Daniel Workman. Look for wind-blown points with a mudline, and throw a Shad Rap or…
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