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Fishing Reports
Oconee: Level: 0.4 below 435. Temp: 48-51 degrees. Clarity: Mud red from I-20 north and stained at least to Lick Creek. Bass: Tournament angler Karl Pingry reports, “Randy Bush has been on the lake recently. He fished a tourney a week ago on Oconee and finished second with 16 pounds. He was generous enough to…
Weiss: Level: 4.6 feet below 564. Temp: 48-52 degrees. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Guide Mark Collins reports, “Bass fishing is fair, and they are on their winter pattern on the river and creek channels. Drop-shot rigs and Carolina rigs are catching fish.” Crappie: Guide Mark Collins reports, “Crappie fishing is good, and they are on…
Sinclair: Level: 1.2 feet below 340. Temp: 48-54 degrees. Clarity: The lake is muddy in the rivers and stained all the way to Nancy Creek. Bass: Tournament angler Karl Pingry reports, “Bass fishing continues to be fair to good, and it’s still taking 18-plus pounds to win a tournament. Ed at Lakeside Chevron has plenty…
Seminole: Level: 0.3 feet above 77.5. Temp: Upper 50s to low 60s. Clarity: The Flint River arm has been stained from the recent rains, Spring Creek remains clearer and the Chattahoochee River side has a good stain to it. Bass: Guide Aaron Crews reports, “The bass will begin to start moving up to spawning areas.…
Russell: Level: 0.2 feet below 475. Temp: Lower 50s and dropping. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Kerry Partain reports, “The water is finally cooling off on all the lakes and is closer to normal for this time of year. The bass are really starting to bunch up with the baitfish and are feeding heavily a…
Jackson: Level: 0.5 feet above 528. Temp: Upper 40s to low 50s. Clarity: The lake is back to normal winter levels with stained water all the way to the dam and muddy up the rivers. Bass: Tournament angler Karl Pingry reports, “Before the cold front just before GON went to press, fishing was fair. The…
Chatuge: Level: 7.3 feet below 1925. Temp: 47-49 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports: “Fishing has been fair. We’ve had all kinds of weather changes the past month, cold days and nights, then back to mid 70s in the day. The lake is at winter pool, and the fish are scattered. I’ve been…
Blue Ridge: Level: 12 feet below 1681. Temp: 44-49 degrees. Clarity: 12 feet. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “The bite has been good. The lake has come up about 3 feet due to all the rain we got at the end of December. We’ve been marking a ton of bait in the 15- to 18-foot range,…
Burton: Level: 7 feet below full. Temp: 49 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Tyler Clore reports, “Bass fishing has been good. You can catch them with several techniques. I have good luck with the white Fish Head Spin and a herring-colored Lucky Craft Staysee 90 in the ditches. A lot of the bass are already…
Allatoona: Level: 14.9 feet below 840. Temp: 46-51 degrees. Clarity: Ranges from muddy to clear. Bass: Guide Matt Driver reports, “February on Allatoona will continue to be good. We have had a pretty mild January. February typically starts the beginning of the prespawn migration. Many fish are still deep. We’ve caught bass as deep as…
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