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Jackson: Level: 2.5 feet low. Temp: 60-62 degrees. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Excellent. Aaron Batson reports huge catches of 5- to 7-pounders. In a pot tournament last Sunday it took 28.42 pounds to win. The stringer was caught on spinnerbaits. “At the first of April the big females will already be in the spawning areas…
Hartwell: Level: 1.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 58-61 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. According to Hartwell guide Buster Green, the fish are staging ahead of the spawn, and you should be able to catch bass off nearly any main-lake or secondary point. “They will hit a crankbait, like a Shad Rap or a shallow-running…
Eufaula: Level: 1.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 72 degrees on main river. Clarity: Clear to light stain. Bass: Fair. Billy Darby said the big females are postspawn and will be very hard to catch, but they are suspending off ledges in 12 to 14 feet of water. He said they can be taken on…
Clarks Hill: Level: 0.6 feet low. Temp: 59-64 degrees. Clarity: Stained up the lake. Bass: Excellent. “They are in the middle of their spawn just about all over the lake,” said guide William Sasser. “Hydrilla and grass is the key in 6 to 10 feet of water off the sides of secondary points and creeks.…
Chatuge: Level: 6.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 50s on the main lake; 58-60 back in the pockets. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Mountain-lake fishing guide Nathan Lewis said Chatuge is red hot right now. A recent fishing tournament on the lake was won with five largemouths that weighed 27.15 pounds. The angler was Heath Pack…
Carters: Level: Full pool. Temp: 55-60 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Great. “The prespawn is on — anything goes,” said Buddy Callahan at Bart’s Bait & Tackle. “In April watch for schooling to start. In the first half throw slow topwater lures, like a Pop-R. You can cast bucktails and Rooster Tails. As the schooling picks…
Burton: Level: 2.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 58-60 degrees, low 60s back in the pockets in the afternoon. Clarity: Clear. Bass: It has been taking more than 20-lb. bags to win March tournaments at Burton. Daniel Workman said staging bass have moved up on the points and are willing to hit nearly anything. “I…
Blue Ridge: Level: 9 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 50 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Jessie Rodgers was on Blue Ridge March 24 and caught a 3 1/2-lb. largemouth and four smallmouths in the 13-inch range. Jessie said they fished tubes, crankbaits and worms, but the fish didn’t want the tubes or crankbaits. “Usually,…
Blackshear: Level: 0.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 60s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Excellent. The bass are dead on the bed and on nearly every shallow tree, said Scott Holland. “You can’t go wrong fishing the trees,” he said. “They are wearing them out fishing shallow trees — trees with less than a foot of…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1 foot above full pool. Temp: 56-62 degrees. Clarity: Clear to light stain. Bass: Good. Royce Railey said the bass should be spawning this month. He suggested targeting bedded fish in the backs of the creeks. “I like to cover a lot of water with a little, shallow-running crankbait if the water’s…
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