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Fishing Reports
Altamaha River: Level: 4.41 and rising at river mile 135 at Charlotteville 3 miles below the confluence of the Ocmulgee and Oconee rivers. Recent rains in middle and north Georgia has had the level up and down. Temp: 83 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Catfish: Dan Stone, of Charlotteville, reports, “Channel and Appaloosa catfish have been biting steady…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. David Newlin reports, “The month of May has been a good month of fishing and fish catching. Water temperatures have been up and down the last few weeks. On May 20, the temperature at Fort McAllister was 76 degrees. It was 78 for a couple days and then fell to 71. By…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: 71 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Capt. Wes Carlton, of Georgia Lake Fishing, reports, “The bass bite has been very strong the last few days. We have caught fish on top and shallow every trip. I haven’t seen the topwater bite this good in several years. Plastic worms have been working…
Blue Ridge: Level: Full. Temp: 70 degrees. Clarity: 5-foot visibility. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “It’s the time of year that we’ve been waiting for. The lakes are at full pool, and the bass have just come out of their postspawn funk. The bass are moving out to deeper water in brush and laydowns where they…
Sinclair: Level: 1.6 feet low Temp: 78-82 degrees. Clarity: Clearing with no rain, but there is a little color in the rivers and clear below the 441 bridge all the way to the dam. Bass: Tournament angler Karl Pingry reports, “There are several patterns working right now. Most of them should work for the month…
Russell: Level: Full pool. Temp: 72-76 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Kerry Partain reports, “The bass fishing has been as crazy as the weather, but now that it has warmed up, hopefully the fishing will, too. We have been still catching bass on several different patterns and anywhere from 2 to 15 feet deep.…
Oconee: Level: 0.5 feet low. Temp: High 70s to low 80s. Clarity: Little stain from just below I-20 up the rivers, but it’s clearing. There is a little color in the water to the 44 bridge, and then it is clear to the dam. Bass: Tournament angler Karl Pingry reports, “According to the 2020-2021 Angler…
Nottely: Level: Full pool. Temp: L. Clarity: Clear. Linesides: Guide Jeremy Seabolt reports, “Fishing has been off the hook for the boats of lakenottelyfishingcharter.com. The fish are scattered all over the lake, and we have been catching some big numbers of fish about any way you can think of. We have been catching lots fish…
degrees. Clarity: Hartwell rarely gets dirty, only in the creeks after heavy rains. Bass: Guide Matt Justice reports, “Fishing has entered a true summer pattern and has become quite tough on the weekends with the excessive boat traffic. Fishing during the week has been good when the dam is generating power. Two good methods have…
Clarks Hill: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Josh Rockefeller reports, “Fish are still schooling on the herring spawn, but that is beginning to fizz out on account of hotter water temps. There are fish beginning to move deep, but there are also some shallow fish staging around bream beds.…
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