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West Point: Level: Down 13.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Clear on main lake, slight stain up the Chattahoochee River. Boating advisory: Low lake level. Use caution. Many of West Point’s boat ramps are also out of the water. At presstime, Long Cane, Yellow Jacket and Half Moon were all operational. Largemouth:…
Blue Ridge: Level: 25.7 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 70 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Mountain-lakes fishing guide Nathan Stuart said that Blue Ridge has been tough recently as the lake turns over. “With a few days of cold weather to let the lake go ahead and turn over, then the fishing should bust loose.”…
Marben PFA: Level: All of the ponds are down from the drought. The boat ramp at Bennett continues to be unusable. Clarity: 24 to 30 inches. Temp: Low 70s. Bass: Bass are moving into shallower water at this time and are starting to hit spinnerbaits and some topwater lures, especially early and late in the…
Burton: Level: 0.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 70 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Little River Guide Wes Carlton said the bass are biting well, especially early morning on top and late afternoon off the humps. “Try throwing a Staysee Lucky Craft or a Pencil Popper, or use the faithful drop shot.” Brown Trout: Wes said…
Chatuge: Level: 12.4 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: The fish are scattered and hard to find. When the water temperature drops into the 60s the fish should bunch up more on main-lake points, and a Pointer 100 jerkbait or a No. 7 Shad Rap will catch fish. Topwater has been…
Clarks Hill: Level: 10.3 feet low. Temp: 75 degrees. Clarity: Very clear. Bass: Great. Tony Postell won the two-day Mr. Clarks Hill tournament with about 26 pounds. “Schooling fish were hard to find,” said Bill Crompton. “If you did find them, they were throwing flukes, Spooks and a Gunfish. Some fish were on buzzbaits early…
Eufaula: Level: 5 feet below full pool. Temp: About 80 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain. Bass: Fair. Tim Malcolm said the fish have not yet made a major move from their summer patterns. “(They’re) still being caught on shallow ledges in 10 to 12 feet of water. Your efforts should be concentrated around the mouths of…
Hartwell: Level: 9.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 72 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Hartwell bass fishing guide Josh Fowler, whose cable TV show, Fishing With Fowler, airs on the Hartwell cable, said it has been good in mid October for numbers of fish, but the bigger largemouths have gone missing. Josh and his partner…
Russell: Level: Down 0.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 79-82 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. The bite will be good to excellent once the water temperatures hit the low 70s. The shad are already moving toward the backs of the creeks. Try topwater early — a buzzbait or a Pop-R — in secondary pockets from…
Saltwater: Inshore: The inshore fishing for trout and redfish has been very good on the south part of Georgia’s coast around the Golden Isles and St. Simons. Capt. Greg Hildreth said he has been using live shrimp under slip-cork rigs and fishing in the creeks and in the sound area. “The cast-netting for shrimp has…
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