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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…
Blue Ridge: Level: 2.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 80s. Clarity: The main lake is clear. Bass: The fishing is slow, said mountain lake guide Nathan Stewart. “It is getting hot, and the fish are deep on the summer pattern. Your best bet is a drop-shot rig or a worm in deep brush. There…
Blackshear: Level: Down 0.1 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid to upper 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Bass fishing is tough right now, said Clint Brownlee. “If I was going tomorrow, I would start out in Parker’s Slough north of the Hwy 289 bridge and throw topwater around the grass beds — something like a frog…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: Down 0.3 below full pool. Temp: Approaching 90 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good, said Dennis Hudson, whose Tuesday evening tournaments are starting to draw quite a crowd. Out of 48 boats, an 11-lb. sack won the June 10 tournament, which had been averaging a 9-lb. winning sack. “The last couple of weeks,…
Allatoona: Level: Down 1 foot below full pool. Temp: 84 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair to good, with a topwater bite early and a deep-structure bite once the sun gets up. “We are ranging anywhere from 10 to 30 fish a day,” said guide Mike Bucca. “There is a halfway decent schooling bite bright and…
West Point: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low to mid 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tough, said Steve Holt who fished the recent BFL on West Point. He said it only took about 11 pounds to win the tournament in a big field. The most productive patterns were an early topwater bite for about the first hour…
Tobesofkee: Level: Full pool. Warning: Be careful of floating debris due to the recent tornadoes. Temp: 75-77 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain. Bass: Good, with bass moving out to their summertime patterns. “Look for fish in brushpiles on points and on humps,” said Clayton Batts. “These fish can be caught on a Carolina-rigged 6-inch Big Bite…
Sinclair: Level: Full pool. Temp: 74-80 degrees. Clarity: The rivers are slightly stained; down the lake is clear. Bass: Mike Cleveland said the bite is a little slow right now, but there are good things to come in June. “May on Sinclair — it’s always a tough period this time of year,” he said. He…
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