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Fishing Reports
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. Greg Hildreth reports that the inshore fishing has been very good on the southern Georgia coast. “Inshore, the trout have started biting now that the water’s warming up. I’ve been catching them with live shrimp as well as the artificial D.O.A. Shrimp fished under a popping cork. The trout have been in…
Russell: Level: Down 1 foot below full pool. Temp: Mid 60 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: “The hottest thing on the lake right now is the spotted bass bite,” said Russell guide Wendell Wilson. The spots are on nearly any main-lake point, hump or reef marker on the lower end of the lake, and they are…
Oconee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 62 degrees. Clarity: Stained except south near the dam and Richland Creek. Bass: Guide Al Bassett said the fishing has been good using small crankbaits like a 3/8-oz. Rat-L-Trap or a No. 5 Shad Rap. Fishing a Texas-rigged worm right on the seawalls will produce some bass through early May.…
Nottely: Level: 9.2 feet below full pool. Temp: mid 60 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: For largemouths, throw spinnerbaits, flukes and jigs around brush and blowdowns back in the pockets. For spots, hit windblown main-lake and secondary points with firetiger Shad Raps, flukes — either leadhead or Fish Head Spin types — and small white bucktails.…
Lanier: Level: Down 2.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 60 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Spotted Bass: Great. The spotted bass are starting to move off the banks and head for off-shore structure. Guide and tournament pro Ryan Coleman said there will still be some scattered spawning bass throughout the month of May, but most of Lanier’s…
Hartwell: Level: 1.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 65 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: The fabled “Spooks & Flukes” bite is just getting under way at Hartwell, said Mark Waller. On April 14, Mark and his son Cain won a tournament with 22 pounds of bass. On April 21, it took 18 pounds to win. “The…
Eufaula: Level: 1.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 63-70 degrees. Clarity: Stained in the river, more clear in the main lake. Bass: Poor, said Butch Tucker who called the lake very unpredictable because of unstable weather patterns. He said the bass spawn is about over, and the shad spawn is getting started on the river…
Chatuge: Level: 5.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 62-65 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: John Hembree fished a mid April tournament and finished third with 15.73 pounds. First had 20 pounds; second 19 pounds. John said he caught 17 keepers, mostly spots, with one 4 1/4-lb. largemouth. He was fishing main-lake places and primarily throwing a…
Carters: Level: 0.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 58-64 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Buddy Callahan at Bart’s Bait & Tackle said the cold nights in late April slowed the bite down. Right now the morning bite is almost nonexistent, and the evening bite is best. Tournament weights have been running 8 to 10 pounds.…
Clarks Hill: Level: 2.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 65 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Excellent. “I expect to find a lot of schooling fish in May,” said Capt. William Sasser. “You would want to throw a Sammy, weightless Fluke, Gunfish or Zara Spook. When the fish are down, fish off main-lake points with Carolina rigs…
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