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Fishing Reports

Lake Jackson Fishing Report – May 2007

Jackson: Level: 2.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 64-66 degrees. Clarity: Very clear. Bass: Good. “Tons of bass are heading to the beds right now but should be done within the next two weeks,” said Aaron Batson. “They can be caught sight fishing with soft plastics. They are very skittish due to the unusually clear…

Lake Burton Fishing Report – May 2007

Burton: Level: .2 feet over full pool. Temp: mid 60 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Daniel Workman said the spawn is pretty much over, and the bass are switching over to a postspawn pattern and moving back out onto brush. “There are still some bass running the banks, but mostly they are heading back to…

Lake Blackshear Fishing Report – May 2007

Blackshear: Level: .2 feet below full pool. Temp: mid 60s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: “They have been biting good,” said Clint Brownlee. “If we could just get some stable weather, they’d really bite good.” Clint said to throw a spinnerbait around grassbeds and cypress trees early in the day, then if you want to slow down,…

Lake Blue Ridge Fishing Report – May 2007

Blue Ridge: Level: 6.15 feet below full pool. Temp: 65 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Heath Pack says that if you want to catch smallmouths, pick a windy day and tie on a tube bait or jerkbait and work rocky banks and points. Heath’s smallmouth-catching techniques for Blue Ridge in May are featured on page…

Bartletts Ferry Fishing Report – May 2007

Bartletts Ferry: Level: Full pool. Temp: 67-68 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. “If you want to catch a fish, be at Bartlett’s Ferry,” said Jim Pass. “They’re biting anything you want to throw right now.” Jim said he is catching lots of 1- to 1 1/2-lb. fish right now fishing shallow water around deep water…

Lake Allatoona Fishing Report – May 2007

Allatoona: Level: Down 3.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 61 degrees, but expect it to rise quickly. Clarity: Clear. Bass: The cold snap made things a bit difficult in mid April, but it’ll straighten out quickly. “When that water temp reaches mid 60s, watch out the fishing is going to be bust wide open,” said…

PFA Fishing Reports – April 2007

Public Fishing Area Reports: Evans County PFA: Level: Full pool, but may be down 1 to 3 feet this April. Temp: 62 to 65 degrees. Clarity: 22 inches. Bass: Good. Anglers fishing with 3- to 5-inch shiners have caught several bass around in the 4- to 5-lb. range, and a 10-lb. fish was caught by…

West Point Fishing Report – April 2007

West Point: Level: 4.25 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 60s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good, said Paul Parsons. The largemouth are very close to going on the bed. Some big females have been caught in the last couple of days that had bloody tails. If the weather stays warm the spawn should peak…

Lake Weiss Fishing Report – April 2007

Weiss: Level: .5 feet below full pool. Temp: mid 60 degrees. Clarity: Mostly clear. Bass: Warren Barnes reports seeing some buck bass already on the bed at Weiss. The big females hadn’t showed up yet, but with water temperature’s skyrocketing, it won’t be long. When the bass are on the bed, Warren likes to fish…

Lake Sinclair Fishing Report – April 2007

Sinclair: Level: 1.5 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. Jim Windham said he and a partner probably caught five limits fishing crankbaits on main-lake points late in March on Sinclair, but he said the fish are getting ready to go on the beds. “You could probably go fish the backs…

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