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Eufaula: Level: 1.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 54 degrees. Clarity: Stained in the upper end, mostly clear down south. Bass: Fair. Guide Jay Chambless said the most consistent bite he found has been in Cowikee Creek. “Fish ledges that top out in the 15-foot-range,” said Jay. “When the fish are active, you can catch…
Clarks Hill: Level: 2.3 feet below full. Temp: 52-55 degrees. Clarity: The upper tributaries are muddy. If we get four or five days with no rain the upper reaches of the tributaries will start to run clear. The lower end is fairly clear from 378 south. Little River Carolina is muddy. Bass: A Shad Rap…
Carters: Level: 3.5 feet above full. Temp: 44 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: February can be a tough month on Carters. “Fish are scattered all over the lake,” said Buddy Callahan at Bart’s Bait & Tackle. Then again, it can be a great time to catch a magnum spotted bass. Right now, spots can be caught…
Chatuge: Level: 6.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 45 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow. The series of weather fronts slowed the late January bite. Ordinarily during February fish can be caught in a variety of ways. A silver Hopkins or a white Flex-it jigging spoon worked just off the bottom in 30 to 45 feet…
Burton: Level: 7.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 45 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Last year in February the new Georgia state record for spotted bass was caught from Burton, and traditionally February is known as a good month for a trophy spot. Daniel Workman says the spots are usually schooled on main-lake points following…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 50-55 degrees. Clarity: Good fishing color. Bass: Clint Brownlee, who with Gerry Gray won the Blackshear Buddies Classic in December, said the fishing has been slow. Try about halfway back in the creeks and sloughs, starting with a crankbait as a fish-finder lure. When Clint catches a fish on the…
Allatoona: Level: Down 15 feet below full pool. Temps: 47 early, rising to 50 degrees on warmer afternoons. Clarity: Mostly stained. Bass: January was tough because mild temperatures caused the bass to scatter, said guide Mike Bucca. He’s been concentrating on schools of bait on the main lake using a jigging spoon, a School Girl…
Burton: Level: 6.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 46-50 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow. Fishing guide Nathan Lewis said that he has been catching a few spotted bass, but they are running small. “I have been catching some decent spots throwing a Norman’s crankbait on windblown, main-lake points,” he said. There has been zero surface…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 50 degrees. Clarity: The main run of the lake is slightly stained, back in the sloughs the water is clear. Bass: Slow, according to Ernie Broughton who held his season-ending Classic on the lake December 17. “A lot of the guys packed up and left the lake by noon or…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 52 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Spots are deep and largemouths are shallow. To catch good numbers of fish and have a ball, get a jigging spoon and head to Halawakee Creek. Jim Pass said to look for humps in water 22- to 25-feet deep, and drop…
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