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Bartletts Ferry: Level: Full pool. Temp: Upper 50s, but it won’t take long to get back into the 60s. Clarity: Clear to light stain. Bass: “It’s hard to go wrong with a crankbait this time of year,” said Royce Railey. Royce likes to throw plugs everywhere, and he’ll start about halfway back in creeks on…
Sinclair: Level: Six inches below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 50s. Upper 50s around the Georgia Power plant. Clarity: Stained mid lake, clear by the dam. Bass: Mike Cleveland says in April it is best to concentrate your fishing efforts near spawning areas. “That’s where I am going to fish,” Mike said. Mike’s three…
Weiss: Level: 1.5 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 50s. Clarity: Yellow Creek and Little River are clear. The Coosa is dingy. Bass: Good. Two March tournaments on the lake were won with five-bass catches that weighed 25 pounds and 27 pounds. Small crankbaits on the banks have been the predominant pattern, according to J.R.…
West Point: Level: 3.0 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 60s. Clarity: The Chattahoochee River is muddy, the main lake has a light stain, and some of the creeks have a significant stain. Bass: Guide Paul Parsons said the full moon should get the bass on the bed at West Point. Paul won the West…
Paradise PFA: Level: Most lakes have dropped six to 12 inches below full pool. Temp: 75 degrees. Clarity: Lightly stained. Visibility in Lake Patrick is 24 inches. Bass: Fair. Bass in the 3-lb. range have been caught in Patrick and Horseshoe 3 using Texas-rigged plastic worms and spinnerbaits fishing just off the edge of the…
Allatoona: Level: Down 5.9 feet below full pool. Temps: 53-55 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Excellent for spotted bass that are staged for the spawn and gorging on tiny threadfin shad. “Every staging area I know of is slap full of fish,” said guide Mike Bucca. “I’m seeing them breaking the surface and schooling in midday…
Carters: Level: Six inches above full pool. Temp: Low 50s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: “Spring has finally arrived everywhere,” said Buddy Callahan of Bart’s Bait & Tackle. “The month you have been waiting for all winter is finally here.” Buddy said the bass are moving up to spawn, but April will go in three phases. During…
Burton: Level: 1.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 48-51 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow. A March 25 bass tournament was reportedly won with a catch of just four pounds! In April the bass should be staging on main-lake and secondary points getting ready to move up on the banks. Crankbaits like a Shad Rap or…
Chattahoochee Tailwater Water temps: Upper 40s to lower 50s. Chris Scalley of River Through Atlanta is excited about April. Why? “Caddis flies are everywhere!” Chris said. “The hatch is thick from Cochran Shoals and makes its way upstream through Settles.” Chris said there are a lot of trout rising and that this should last through…
Marben Farm PFA: Level: Full. Clarity: Clear. Temp.: 60 to 62 degrees. Bass: Plastic worms in black, blue and purple have been effective. Jigs have also been productive for some anglers. Most of the bass caught are in the 2- to 3-lb. range, with a few larger ones being caught as they begin to move…
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