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Fishing Reports
Jackson: Level: 1 foot above full pool. Temp: Water temps in the main lake are in the mid 80s with cooler water in the 70s up the rivers. Clarity: The rivers are varying colors of stained water, and from mid-lake to the dam is clear. Bass: Tournament angler Karl Pingry reports, “According to Chuck Croft,…
Hartwell: Level: Just above full pool. Temp: Low 80s. Clarity: Two to 3 feet on the main lake and heavy stain in the creeks and river. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Justice reports, “Higher than normal oxygen levels have kept the fishing better than normal for this time of year. Throwing large walking baits and flukes…
Eufaula: Level: 1.2 feet below 190 full pool. Temp: Upper 80s. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: There’s still a mix of bass out deep and some buried in the shallow grass and pads. The deeper fish are on main-channel ledges—looks for spots on the ledges with channel bends, stumps on the high sides or brushpiles placed…
Clarks Hill: Level: 0.5 feet below full. Temp: Mid 80s. Clarity: Mostly clear. Bass: Tournament angler Daelyn Whaley reports, “With the water down and out of the cover, the fishing should heat up. The largemouth bite in isolated shade during the day should be a consistent pattern, along with the baitfish that will be starting…
Chatuge: Level: 0.5 feet above full. Temp: 81-84 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “Lake Chatuge has been fishing good. We’ve only been out early in the mornings. There has been some topwater action going on and fish breaking out in open water, and we’ve also caught some around laydowns using a Strike…
Carters: Level: 6 feet below full pool. Temp: 84 degrees. Clarity: 3 to 4 feet. Bass: Capt. Eric Crowley reports, “I haven’t been targeting the spotted bass much with the good walleye bite going on, but there’s a decent topwater bite right at dawn all over the lake when the schools of little baitfish are…
Blue Ridge: Level: 6.4 feet over 1681. Temp: 83 degrees. Clarity: 12 feet. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “The bite has been fair. Once we get past Labor Day weekend, everything should start getting back to normal. TVA will start lowering the lake for winter pool, and hopefully we will start seeing cooler weather. This means…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid to high 80s. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Tournament angler Jonathan Martin reports, “This time of year I like to concentrate around the mouths of creeks watching for schooling fish busting shad on the surface. As summer moves into fall, the bass should follow the shad into the creeks, but this…
Allatoona: Level: Full pool. Temp: 82 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “The September fishing will not change much from the August report this year. August was a surprisingly good month. Historically, September has been a roller-coaster ride for fishing with some really great days and some days that are really tough.…
Lanier: Level: 1.7 feet above full. Temp: Mid 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Jimbo, from Jimbo’s Lake Lanier Spotted Bass Guide Service, reports, “Before we talk fishing, I hope that you will all join me in thanking Ryan Coleman for his dedication to this role for many years. He has served our Lake Lanier community well,…
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