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Fishing Reports
Blue Ridge: Level: 5.4 feet below 1681. Temp: 64-66 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Eric Welch, of Welch’s Guide Service reports, “Fishing has been good. The lake has been coming up over the past month. There are still some fish trying to spawn, but the majority are done. There are some still guarding fry around docks and…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 2 feet below 521. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Light stain in the river, Halawaka Creek is clear. Bass: According to Tyler Morgan with Summerlin Outdoors, May is a tough transition month with postspawn bass recovering from bedding. “Make a lot of casts. Target seawalls early with topwater. There may still be a…
Hartwell: Level: 0.9 feet above 660. Temp: Mid 60s to low 70s. Clarity: Most of the lake clear with some stain in the creeks Bass: Guide Matt Justice reports, “Fishing has been very good and will continue to be hot for the next month or so. The herring are spawning on points and humps, so…
Carters: Level: Full at 1074. Temp: 63-67 degrees. Clarity: Clear at 3 feet. Bass: Guide Louie Bartenfield, of Carters Lake Guide Service, “May is my favorite spring month. Fish will be in all phases of the spawn most of the month. We also will have both herring and threadfin shad spawning, with gizzard shad spawning sporadically throughout…
Lanier: Level: Full at 1071. Temp: 63-69 degrees. Clarity: The water clarity varies from clear on the main lake to slightly stained farther north in the river systems but will get muddy up the rivers and in the backs of the creeks with the storms that move through in May. Bass: Jimbo from Jimbo’s Lake…
Jackson: Level: 0.6 above 528. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Light stain from Berry’s downstream. The rest of the lake is clear. Bass: Tournament angler Willie McMullen said, “May is inconsistent with a good day followed by a bad one. Fish are mostly postspawn and moving deeper. Cooler nights have prolonged the shad spawn so continue…
West Point: Level: 2.8 feet below 635. Temp: 70s to low 80s. Clarity: Mostly clear. Bass: Guide Keith Hudson reports, “Good. First thing in the mornings, try to be on some rip-rap somewhere. The shad spawn should continue to be good for at least the first two weeks of May. Try throwing small crankbaits, spinnerbaits and…
Nottely: Level: 3.5 below 1775. Temp: 64 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Stripers: Guide Jeremy Seabolt, of Lake Nottely Fishing Charter, reports, “What an awesome April it has been. We have been catching most of our fish on jumbo herring and shad. We have been pulling herring 30 to 60 feet back on boards clipping shallow points…
Eufaula: Level: Full at 188. Temp: 70 degrees. Clarity: Good stain. Bass: Capt. Sam Williams reports, “The storms and cold fronts have kept the fish confused. The barometric pressure swings have added to the issues. The shallow bite is getting better all the time. Frogs, weightless flukes and spinnerbaits over the cover are doing well. Traps…
Clarks Hill: Level: 0.5 feet above 330. Temp: 69-72 degrees. Clarity: Georgia Little River has a heavy stain upstream of Mistletoe. There’s a light stain in the Savannah River. Bass: Tournament angler Trad Whaley reports, “Fishing is weird right now on all our Savannah River lakes. They are spawning to postspawn and everywhere in between.…
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