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Fishing Reports
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.7 feet below 521. Temp: 47-51 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Tournament angler Tyler Morgan, with Summerland Outdoors, was fishing with Adam Byrd and won the first Backwaters Bass Tournament of the year the last Sunday in February with 15.6 pounds. Those fish are moving into pockets and coves to spawn. Tyler starts…
Seminole: Level: Full at 77.5. Temp: 59 degrees. Clarity: The Flint River arm has a heavy stain, and the Chattahoochee River arm is muddy. Spring Creek remains clear. Bass: Capt. Paul Tyre reports, “The bass fishing on Lake Seminole has been very productive through February. March is one of my favorite months to catch some…
Oconee: Level: Full at 435. Temp: 52-53 degrees. Clarity: Water is muddy from north end to Great Waters. The dam area is still clear. Bass: Guide Nick Knapp, with Elite Guide Service, reports, “During the month of March, look for fish to be moving off the points and deep water toward the bank. March can…
Allatoona: Level: 4.2 feet below 840. Temp: 49. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “The bass bite in March at Allatoona is typically on fire. The crankbait bite is hard to beat. The bass are on the move headed toward spawning areas. They are feeding up along the way. The shallow, stained water…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. Judy Helmey reports, “Well, I don’t have to tell you that January/February 2025 weather has been crazy. Our brief but devastating so-called blizzard/snowstorm dropped the water temps fast, causing much mayhem in the fisheries. This situation halted fishing for about a week. The bad weather is hopefully all behind us. It seems even…
Russell: Level: Full at 475. Temp: 50-52 degrees. Clarity: Clear on the main lake and stained in the creeks. Bass: Tournament angler Kerry Partain reports, “The bass fishing has been good the last few weeks and should continue to get better with warmer weather on the way. Most of the bass are being caught on…
Oliver: Level: 0.6 feet below 337. Temp: Low 50s. Clarity: Stained to clearing. Bass: Tournament angler Tyler Morgan is featured in this month’s Map-of-the-Month article. He said to concentrate on the mouths of sloughs until the water warms, and then move into the backouts and target stumps and grass. Fish wood cover on the river…
Winter is back, so it is up to judging how much of a warm-up behind a front will get the fish biting again. Some folks got on good bites in both salt and freshwater, while others did not put all the pieces together. This week’s rains have all of the south Georgia rivers rising—some are…
The warm-up that is coming to an end as I write this has been great for most bites. A few trips this week were a bust because of what I call the “it’s just too pretty” factor. Sometimes the fish don’t know whether they’re in a winter or spring pattern, and they are hard to…
The Okefenokee Swamp bite is excellent right now. After several sunny days, the shallow, blackwater system warms quickly, and the fish start chewing. Fliers make up for their lack of size with their taste and high numbers. In two hours of fishing recently on the east side, a friend and I caught 76 fliers by…
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