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Fishing Reports
Clarks Hill: Level: 12.0 feet below full pool. Temperature: 52-56 degrees. Clarity: Upper tributaries are muddy after recent rains, but the dam area has good color. Bass: Bass are going into the backs of the creeks, ditches and cuts, according to Bill Crompton. “Keep on the lookout for schooling fish in the backs feeding on…
Chatuge: Level: 15 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 40s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow. March is usually when the winter doldrums end at Chatuge. With about 5 degrees more of water temperature, the spots will begin to move up on main-lake points and rocky banks staging for the spawn and the cranking bite will pick…
Carters: Level: 15 feet below full pool. Some ramps have re-opened! Temp: 48-50 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow. According to Buddy Callahan at Bart’s Bait & Tackle, although the fishing was slow last weekend, the team of Charlie Childers and Scott Dean managed to catch an impressive 18.88-lb., 5-fish sack to win the first tournament…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: Upper 40s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: According to Wes Carlton of Georgia Lake Trout guide service, the largemouth bite is getting better and he had caught several fish in the 4- to 5-lb. range last week using small Norman’s crankbaits. The spotted bass seem to be moving out on the points.…
Blue Ridge: Level: 16 feet below full pool. Temp: 48 to 50 degrees. Clarity: The river and the backs of the creeks are dingy. Bass: Good for smallmouths, according to Blue Ridge fishing guide Nathan Lewis. “And the muddy water has made the largemouths more vulnerable around wood structure on the banks,” he said. “A…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 50 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fishing is starting to pick up at Blackshear, said Clint Brownlee. Clint and partner Gerry Gray won the last Earnie’s tournament on Feb. 16 with 16.12 pounds, and they also had big fish that weighed 7.12. “The fish are starting to move up,” said Clint.…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: Up 0.5 feet above full pool. Temp: 48-51 degrees. Clarity: Mostly clear down the lake river; stained upriver. Bass: Good. Dennis Hudson said the fish are starting to move up and stage a little, and a good bite has increased the interest in his Saturday tournaments. “There were 28 boats in my…
Allatoona: Level: 9.5 feet below full pool and rising. Temp: 50-52 degrees. Clarity: The upper end of the lake is stained heavily. Most of the main lake is fairly clear. Bass: Excellent. “Fishing is great right now,” said guide Mike Bucca. “They are killing Lucky Craft LVR 7s, and fish are moving up and getting…
Paradise PFA: Level: Near full pool in some of the smaller lakes. Lakes Patrick and Bobben are 2 feet below full pool. Temp: 56-58 degrees. Clarity: Lakes lightly stained; 36-inch visibility on Lake Patrick. Bass: Fair. Anglers reported some bass being caught in lakes Patrick, Bobben and Russell. Spinnerbaits and Rat-L-Traps fished in deeper water…
West Point: Level: Down 5.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 48-50 degrees. Clarity: Clear on the main lake; light stain in the major creeks and up the Chattahoochee River. Largemouths: Fair, said guide Paul Parsons. “Jigging-spoon fishing will probably be the best method to catch bass,” said Paul. “Cold weather coming in will put bass…
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