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Fishing Reports

Lake Eufaula Fishing Report – April 2007

Eufaula: Level: 1.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 72 degrees on main river. Clarity: Clear to light stain. Bass: Fair. Billy Darby said the big females are postspawn and will be very hard to catch, but they are suspending off ledges in 12 to 14 feet of water. He said they can be taken on…

Clarks Hill Fishing Report – April 2007

Clarks Hill: Level: 0.6 feet low. Temp: 59-64 degrees. Clarity: Stained up the lake. Bass: Excellent. “They are in the middle of their spawn just about all over the lake,” said guide William Sasser. “Hydrilla and grass is the key in 6 to 10 feet of water off the sides of secondary points and creeks.…

Lake Chatuge Fishing Report – April 2007

Chatuge: Level: 6.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 50s on the main lake; 58-60 back in the pockets. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Mountain-lake fishing guide Nathan Lewis said Chatuge is red hot right now. A recent fishing tournament on the lake was won with five largemouths that weighed 27.15 pounds. The angler was Heath Pack…

Carters Lake Fishing Report – April 2007

Carters: Level: Full pool. Temp: 55-60 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Great. “The prespawn is on — anything goes,” said Buddy Callahan at Bart’s Bait & Tackle. “In April watch for schooling to start. In the first half throw slow topwater lures, like a Pop-R. You can cast bucktails and Rooster Tails. As the schooling picks…

Lake Burton Fishing Report – April 2007

Burton: Level: 2.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 58-60 degrees, low 60s back in the pockets in the afternoon. Clarity: Clear. Bass: It has been taking more than 20-lb. bags to win March tournaments at Burton. Daniel Workman said staging bass have moved up on the points and are willing to hit nearly anything. “I…

Lake Blue Ridge Fishing Report – April 2007

Blue Ridge: Level: 9 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 50 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Jessie Rodgers was on Blue Ridge March 24 and caught a 3 1/2-lb. largemouth and four smallmouths in the 13-inch range. Jessie said they fished tubes, crankbaits and worms, but the fish didn’t want the tubes or crankbaits. “Usually,…

Lake Blackshear Fishing Report – April 2007

Blackshear: Level: 0.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 60s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Excellent. The bass are dead on the bed and on nearly every shallow tree, said Scott Holland. “You can’t go wrong fishing the trees,” he said. “They are wearing them out fishing shallow trees — trees with less than a foot of…

Bartletts Ferry Fishing Report – April 2007

Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1 foot above full pool. Temp: 56-62 degrees. Clarity: Clear to light stain. Bass: Good. Royce Railey said the bass should be spawning this month. He suggested targeting bedded fish in the backs of the creeks. “I like to cover a lot of water with a little, shallow-running crankbait if the water’s…

Lake Allatoona Fishing Report – April 2007

Allatoona: Level: Down 5.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 58-63 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Very good as water temperatures have risen quickly. “It looks like the next full moon (April 2) will be our first big wave of spawning largemouth in the shallows, and about two weeks after that our spots will start to spawn,”…

PFA Fishing Reports – March 2007

Evans County PFA: Level: Down 3 feet and will remain low through March. Temp.: 50-54 degrees. Clarity: 22 inches. Bass: It was a slow February. With some major cold fronts, the bass bite has been very slow. Bass fishing should only improve during March as the larger fish move shallow to prepare to spawn. Crappie:…

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