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Russell: Level 1.3 feet below full pool. Temps: 72 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good with most fish quickly moving off the beds and settling into a postspawn pattern that should last until the end of May. Early try topwater plugs on secondary points. As the sun gets on the water, continue to fish secondary points,…
Weiss: Level: .5 feet below full pool. Temp: 76 degrees. Clarity: The main lake is clear, the Coosa is dingy. Bass: Fair. Lake Weiss fishing guide Mark Collins said the bass spawn is winding down. “I have seen a few bass guarding balls of fry,” he said. Mark said the grassbeds are just beginning to…
Sinclair: Level: 1.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 70 degrees. Clarity: Stained up the river, Rooty Creek is pretty clear. Bass: Great. Jim Windham said May is when it gets real critical that you’re on the water right at daylight. The shad will be spawning, and the mayfly hatch should bust loose by the middle…
Seminole: Level: 2.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 78-80 degrees. Clarity: Chattahoochee is slightly stained. The main lake is clear. Bass: Butch Tucker said the spawn was about done at the end of April. Now is the time when Seminole’s bass will head back to their summer haunts, which means it’s time to throw topwater…
Oconee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 74 degrees. Clarity: Lightly stained, but a good Oconee color. Bass: Good. The shad spawn is going on right now, but it’s been spotty. Many anglers feel that there’s so much seawall rip-rap on the lake now that it’s harder to find spawning shad — they can and will do…
Nottely: Level: 12.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 69-71 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Jerry at Jerry’s Bait & Tackle said there had been good catches of spots and largemouths at Nottely recently. The largemouth fishing is best back in the pockets around any wood structure. The fish were still bedding at the end of April.…
Lanier: Level: 1.4 feet below full pool. Temps: Ranging from 68 to 74 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Very good, according to guide and tournament pro Ryan Coleman. “Most of the spots and largemouths have spawned now and are on their way out to the main water and starting to feed. I’m having good luck with…
Jackson: Level: Down .75 feet. Temp: 74 degrees. Clarity: It was clear, but the upper reaches of the three rivers are a litte stained. Bass: Good. Look for bass to pull out this month, and you can catch them on points between the main lake and the spawning areas where a channel swings in, according…
Clarks Hill: Level: 1.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid to high 60s. Clarity: Very clear. Bass: Good, according to Clarks Hill guide William Sasser. “The Top Six tournament (on the lake April 24-25) should be hitting it just right,” he said. The largemouths are on the points and in the blow-throughs and hitting a…
Chatuge: Level: 2.0 feet below full pool. Temp: 68-70 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Guide Nathan Lewis was on the lake the last week of April and caught 14 fish including fat 4- and a 3-lb. spotted bass. The fish are hitting Shad Raps, spinnerbaits and either a Bill Norman’s Middle N or Deep Baby…
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