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Public Fishing Area Reports Paradise PFA: Level: Most lakes remain 2 to 3 feet below full pool. Lake Horseshoe 3 is 4 feet below full pool due to winter drawdown. Water has been pumped up into Horseshoe 2. Temp: 62-64 degrees. Clarity: Clear to lightly stained. Bass: Fair. Several anglers have made reports of bass…
Blue Ridge: Level: 25.6 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 50s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair for smallmouths, said guide Nathan Lewis. He has been catching smallmouths early and late by throwing a Zoom Super Fluke or a small crankbait like a No. 5 Shad Rap or Bill Norman’s Deep Little N on rocky banks. Later…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low 50s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: The spotted bass are bitting well on topwater, said Wes. “Look for the bait rising on top. Try throwing a blue Mini Heddon or a Lucky Craft Pointer. These fish are hungry and trying to put on the weight for winter, some of them are…
Chatuge: Level: 12.5 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 50s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. John Hembree said, “If you take a Hopkins spoon or a Flex-it you can catch some fish. Just get on a main-lake point, and start following it out from about 25 feet of water out to 45 or 50 feet of…
Clarks Hill: Level: 12.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 58-63 degrees. Clarity: Very Clear. Bass: Great. Guide Ron Figueroa said humps and trees are popping up everywhere. “This time of year I like to throw a buzzbait or a Bang-O-Lure above the grass,” said Ron. “A Buckeye Lures 1/8-oz. blue-glimmer spinnerbait above the grass does…
Eufaula: Level: 4.7 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 60s to low 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eufaula guide Billy Darby said he is catching a lot of bass shallow right now on man-made brush, shallow ledges and in hydrilla mats. “Any type of brush you can find right now, there’s fish in it,” Billy…
Hartwell: Level: 12.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 61 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Hartwell bass-fishing guide Josh Fowler said bass are being caught a lot of different ways right now. The better fish are being caught on crankbaits and spinnerbaits in the creeks. Matt and Aaron Isbell won the pot tournament on Nov. 10…
Jackson: Level: 3.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 57-58 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Fish are on rocks and brush in 2 to 6 feet of water. Rapala DT5s in crawdad and spinnerbaits are working. Also, jigs under docks are producing. “With colder night temperatures upon us, look for fish to be moving out deeper…
Lanier: Level: 18.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 60 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Boating advisory: Shoal Creek and Tidwell parks are the only places open to launch your boat. Don’t be surprised if they are both closed in the next few weeks. Both are very close to the end of the ramps right now. Largemouths: Good,…
Nottely: Level: 23.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 50 degrees. Clarity: Clear. The backs of the creeks are stained. Bass: The standards on Nottely in the winter are a jigging spoon, a worm and occasionally a crankbait, said John Hembree. A jigging spoon on main-lake points and humps will generally catch fish. A green-pumpkin…
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