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Fishing Reports
Lanier: Level: 1.4 feet below full pool. Temps: 54-55 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: The cold snap last weekend dropped the water temperatures about four degrees. “Before the front, I saw a few small buck bass up fanning, but they pulled back out in the pockets,” said tournament angler Billy Boothe. “But the spotted bass haven’t…
Nottely: Level: 12.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 40 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Just okay, and it’ll get better when the weather warms. John Hembree said over the last month he and his brother have been on the lake several times, and their worst trip was about 20 fish; their best trip about 40…
Eufaula: Level: 2.0 feet below full pool. Temp: High 50s to low 60s. Clarity: Slight stain. Bass: The lake level is changing lately, and Jay Chambless says the water level needs to stay relatively constant during the spawn so the shallowest beds aren’t destroyed. The cold weather at the end of March dropped the surface…
Oconee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 54 to 56 degrees. Clarity: Stained, with the clearest water in the Richland Creek arm. Bass: Fair — only because of the cold front — but on the verge of really good. The bass are staged in the pockets in three to seven feet of water on blowdowns, dock posts,…
Chatuge: Level: 3.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 50 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Improving as the water temperature rises. It took 17 pounds to win a tournament on March 25. The winning weight was anchored by a largemouth that weighed 8 1/2 pounds. According to John Hembree, there were lots of fat spots in the…
Clarks Hill: Level: 1.0 foot below full pool. Temp: 55 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow, according to fishing guide William Sasser. “There was a tournament Saturday (March 25), and some of the better bass fishermen on the lake brought in only one or two fish.” With warmer weather by the first week in April, William…
Russell: Level 1.8 feet below full pool. Temps: 52-55 degrees. Clarity: Clear except for a slight stain in some of the feeder creeks. Bass: Good. Plenty of bass have moved into the pockets and seem to be staging on the back edges of the timber and on secondary points. Throw a spinnerbait or crankbait to…
Inshore: The trout fishing has already started to pick up, and folks are catching them on the traditonal float-cork rig with shrimp. The trout fishing should get better and better with each warm, stable day this month, according to Capt. Greg Hildreth. Also, sight fishing for reds with artificials like soft jerkbaits is going on…
Blue Ridge: Level: 11.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 50-53 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Blue Ridge in April is crankbait time on rocky main-lake points. The smallmouths and spots will be moving up and feeding as they stage ahead of the spawn and will hit Shad Raps or similar tight-wobbling baits. Small bucktails or 1/8-oz.…
Blackshear: Level: 0.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 58 degrees. Clarity: Clear Bass: Fair. The fish are beginning to move up out of the channels onto the spawning flats. Look for bass to hold around the base of big cypress trees and around deeper docks. Soft plastics, like a Senko or fluke, or a Texas-rigged…
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