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Chatuge: Level: 12.5 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 50s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. John Hembree said, “If you take a Hopkins spoon or a Flex-it you can catch some fish. Just get on a main-lake point, and start following it out from about 25 feet of water out to 45 or 50 feet of…
Clarks Hill: Level: 12.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 58-63 degrees. Clarity: Very Clear. Bass: Great. Guide Ron Figueroa said humps and trees are popping up everywhere. “This time of year I like to throw a buzzbait or a Bang-O-Lure above the grass,” said Ron. “A Buckeye Lures 1/8-oz. blue-glimmer spinnerbait above the grass does…
Eufaula: Level: 4.7 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 60s to low 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eufaula guide Billy Darby said he is catching a lot of bass shallow right now on man-made brush, shallow ledges and in hydrilla mats. “Any type of brush you can find right now, there’s fish in it,” Billy…
Hartwell: Level: 12.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 61 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Hartwell bass-fishing guide Josh Fowler said bass are being caught a lot of different ways right now. The better fish are being caught on crankbaits and spinnerbaits in the creeks. Matt and Aaron Isbell won the pot tournament on Nov. 10…
Jackson: Level: 3.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 57-58 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Fish are on rocks and brush in 2 to 6 feet of water. Rapala DT5s in crawdad and spinnerbaits are working. Also, jigs under docks are producing. “With colder night temperatures upon us, look for fish to be moving out deeper…
Nottely: Level: 24.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 70 to 72 degrees. Clarity: Super clear. The ramps at Johnson’s, Hannah’s and Poteets are still open. Bass: John Hembree said in mid October that the spotted bass were breaking on top nearly everywhere. “There are spotted bass coming up just about anywhere you go,” he said.…
Inshore: Very good for redfish (see the article on page 50). The fishing for sea trout is also good. Capt. David Newlin said they’ve been catching good numbers of trout around St. Catherine and Ossabaw on live shrimp, and they’ve just started taking artificials pretty good. Capt. Judy Helmey has also been spending some time…
Seminole: Level: 1.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 81 degrees. Clarity: Clear, but the recent rains will probably stir the lake up some. Bass: Tough. “Everybody’s really waiting on the bite to turn on. It’s just been tough,” said Butch Tucker. “With this cold front moving through it should be getting better on the grass.”…
Allatoona: Level: Down 16.4 feet below full pool and dropping. Temp: 72 degrees. Clarity: Clear from dam to Stamp Creek, while the rest of lake has a light stain.Bass: Good. The key is bait, and there’s plenty of it in the creeks and pockets. Start at the mouths, and work your way back in. There’s…
Sinclair: Level: 1.4 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 70s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Fair. “With the little bit of cool weather we’ve had, the shad are moving shallower, and the fish just seem to be on docks right now,” said Kim Carver. “For some reason, they seem to have been on docks all year.” Kim…
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