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Bartletts Ferry: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid to high 80s. Clarity: Clear.Bass: Fair. Dennis Hudson said the bite at the shoals upriver is producing well for anglers who have jet boats. David and Paul Booth won the Tuesday-night tournament on August 21 with a bag weighing more than 15 pounds. They had two fish that…
Sinclair: Level: 1.4 feet below full. Temp: 89 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good, said tournament fisherman Jim Windham. He took second in a recent Berry’s tournament on Sinclair fishing ledges in 15-23 feet of water. He also took the big fish, which weighed a little better than 7 pounds. Jim said most of his bites…
Blackshear: Level: 0.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 90 degrees. Clarity: Clear.Bass: Slow. Brian Davis said a night tournament August 24 was won with a five-fish limit that weighed just under 8 pounds. “I think what happens this time of year is that the fish pull off the banks out to the stumps along the…
Weiss: Level: 6.4 feet below full. Temp: 90 degrees. Clarity: Mostly clear. Bass: Larry at J.R.’s Marina said the lake is at winter pool already, but the lake level is expected to continue to drop — possibly going down 4 more feet if there are no significant rains. The bass fishing continues to be fair…
Blue Ridge: Level: 9.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Mark Keaton says he hears that others are doing well catching smallmouths on rocky main-lake points with tube jigs and drop-shot rigs — but he’s not. “I haven’t been able to get on the smallmouths,” he said. He…
West Point: Level: Down 8.8 feet below full pool with a boating advisory. Temp: Upper 80s. Clarity: Clear. Largemouth: Good, said guide Paul Parsons. “Fish roadbeds, humps and shoal markers 10 to 20 feet deep with DD22s or big worms like a Zoom Ol Monster in green pumpkin or watermelon seed,” Paul said. “Fishing has…
Burton: Level: 0.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 84 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow. At the end of August the fish were still on a summer pattern and deep (20 to 25 feet) on brush on main-lake points. Texas-rigged green-pumpkin worms, drop-shot rigs or jig ’n pigs worked slowly through brush were catching some small…
Paradise PFA: Level: Most lakes remain 2 to 3 feet below full pool. Temp: 84-85 degrees. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Fair. Fish black Texas-rigged worms just off the edges of the weed lines early in the morning. Work it slow, and give the lure plenty of time to reach the bottom. Switch to crankbaits by…
Carters: All boat ramps are closed due to low water. Every ramp at Carters is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ramp, and the corps has closed all ramps. There is no ramp access to the lake. Temp: 89 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain. Bass: Good. Buddy Callahan at Bart’s Bait & Tackle said the bass…
Chatuge: Level: 9.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: John Hembree said he has been doing pretty well for numbers of spotted bass at Chatuge, but there’s not been much size to the fish. At a recent tournament, he and his brother weighed in four fish that weighed just under 8…
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