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Fishing Reports
Inshore: The inshore fishing is on fire right now both on the southern Georgia coast and up in the Savannah area. “It has been one of the best fall bites we have had in a while,” said Capt. Greg Hildreth, who fishes out of Golden Isles Marina on St. Simons. “The Low Country Lighting Corks…
Russell: Level: Full pool. Temp: 56-58 degrees. Clarity: Mostly clear. Bass: Fair. The consistent bite has been on main-lake and secondary points using crankbaits in the Rocky River section and also on the south end of the main lake below the Hwy 72 bridge. If the bass are slow to hit the crankbait, slow down…
Oconee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 59 degrees. Clarity: Light stain except at Richland Creek and near the dam. Bass: Fair. There are still bass shallow in the pockets and on wood structure on the banks, but they are beginning to be more scattered. There are bass on the deep drops, but for now the backs…
Nottely: Level: 12.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 52-57 degrees. Clarity: The main lake is clear, up the river is dingy. Bass: GON contacted fishing guide Nathan Lewis by cell phone while he was on Nottely on November 21 fishing with J.R. Donalson. They were both catching spotted bass by spooning deep ledges. “We picked…
Lanier: Level: Down 8.2 feet below full pool. Temps: 56-57 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Spotted Bass: The bass are in transition moving from shallow to deep water, but the fishing is still good. “Fish are on the move out to the winter areas now and should start to stack up in the first part of December,”…
Jackson: Level: Down 2.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 58-62 degrees. Clarity: After some heavy rains the lake got very stained at the mouths of the rivers. There’s a lot of trash floating down. Bass: Great. Aaron Batson said he’s still having great luck throwing a small crankbait made by Stanford Lures called the Pug.…
Hartwell: Level: 7.0 feet below full pool. Temp: 58-59 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Mark Waller said a 20-boat tournament November 18 was won with about 13 pounds, and the fish were caught in a variety of ways from spinnerbaits, to Carolina rigs to spoons. Mark said the spooning bite should be strong over the…
Eufaula: Level: 0.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 55-59 degrees. Clarity: Slightly stained. Bass: Fair. The last few cold fronts have pushed the fish deep, and Jay Grogan is catching most of his fish on spoons right now. “Most everything has gotten down to spooning right now,” Jay said. “It was pretty hot two weeks…
Clarks Hill: Level: 8.1 feet below full. Temp: 60 degrees. Clarity: Very clear. Bass: Great. Craig Johnson has been fishing spinnerbaits and crankbaits along shallow grass lines. “The key is to fish the small clumps of grass. Some of them are only like 15 feet by 15 feet. Also it has to have a defined…
Chatuge: Level: 6.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 53 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: In December in Chatuge, slow down your presentation. Shake a 3/8-oz. brown on brown jig ’n pig or a green-pumpkin finesse worm in brush in 25 to 35 feet of water. A drop-shot rig is also a good bet in deep brush.…
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