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Fishing Reports
Carters: Level: 4.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 81 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Buddy Callahan said, “It’s a full-blown summer pattern. Shallow fish are small and can be caught on Rooster Tails and Dead Ringer worms. Deep fish are bigger and can be targeted on Norman’s DD22s, Mann’s 30+, finesse green-pumpkin jigs, Texas-rigged worms…
Burton: Level: 0.2 over full pool. Temp: 80-82 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow. Gary Kilby said the fish are deep, sluggish and hard to catch. According to Gary, a Saturday night pot tournament June 23 was won with 9 pounds. Most of the fishing is after dark to escape the daytime heat and the boating…
Blue Ridge: Level: 10 feet below full pool. Temp: 72-73 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: “The bass fishing is terrible,” said Mark Keaton. “It is very, very tough. I was on the lake Wednesday (June 20) and fished for five hours and got one bite on a Texas-rigged junebug worm. There was a pot tournament going…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: Full pool. Temp: 80 to 85 degrees. Clarity: A little color. Bass: Fair, said Dennis Hudson whose Tuesday night tournament from Long Bridge in Halawakee Creek has been averaging 30 boats. The grass bite was on about the middle of June, and Dennis won the June 12 tournament pitching a Texas-rigged junebug…
Allatoona: Level: Down 3.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 80-83 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good, said guide Mike Bucca. Start with topwater. “First thing in the morning there is a decent Sammy 100 bite. I’m concentrating on shallow flats that are very close to deep water. Our fish are in full bore summer pattern, and…
Public Fishing Area Reports Marben PFA: Levels: Most of the ponds are down slightly due to the drought. Clarity: 18 to 26 inches. Most of the ponds have developed fertilizer blooms to some extent. Temp: 77 to 80 degrees. Bass: Early morning and late evening have been the best times to fish since the weather…
West Point: Level: Down 3.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid to upper 70s. Clarity: Clear on main lake; light stain in the creeks. Largemouth: Good, said guide Paul Parsons. he said the fish were still in a spring pattern in shallow brushpiles and blowdowns. He was catching them throwing a jig ’n pig, Texas-rigged…
Weiss: Level: Down 1.1 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 70s. Clarity: Mostly clear. Bass: Lake Weiss guide Mark Collins says he has been fishing a 3/8-oz. spinnerbait in firetiger with double gold Colorado blades and a Gizz 4 crankbait from Smack Tackle in solid white or blue-and-white — still fishing in the spawning pockets.…
Russell: Level: Down 0.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 73-76 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Tournament angler Trad Whaley had 19-lb. and 15-lb. sacks in last two weekends — two second-place tournament finishes. “There are still some scattered fish on the points and a real early bite on top on Sammys and Flukes. That’s you…
Saltwater: Inshore: On the southern Georgia coast, Capt. Greg Hildreth reports that the seatrout fishing has been very good, as has the flounder bite. “The redfishing has also been good at the low-tide spots using topwater plugs and on the fly rod,” he said. Toward Savannah, Capt. Judy Helmey said despite fast, dirty water because…
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