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Fishing Reports
Hartwell: Level: Just above full pool. Temp: 85-89 degrees. Clarity: Lots of rain has stained the water, so expect 2 to 3 feet of visibility and zero to 1 foot in the creeks. Bass: Guide Matt Justice reports, “August is considered the dog days of summer, but with higher-than-normal oxygen levels, the fish don’t seem…
Eufaula: Level: 0.7 feet below 190 full pool. Temp: Upper 80s. Clarity: Light to moderate stain. Bass: Look for bass on high spots and main-river ledges from the causeway down to White Oak Creek. This is a crankbait bite that depends on current from water being pulled at the dam. When they’re not moving water,…
Chatuge: Level: Full pool. 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 fishing the first four to six hours and getting off the lake before it gets hot. There has been some topwater action going on, some fish breaking out in open water,…
Carters: Level: Slightly above full. Temp: 86 degrees. Clarity: 4 to 5 feet. Stripers: Guide Eric Crowley reports, “The summer striper pattern was late arriving this year, but it’s here now for sure. The key is starting early. We are getting a few shots at stripers just before dawn on live baits fished under the Hydro…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: 81 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Capt. Wes Carlton reports, “The bass bite has been great in the mornings and a little slow in the afternoons. We have been catching most of our fish on an underspin tipped with a paddletail in the backs of creeks over the grass. We have…
Blue Ridge: Level: Full pool. Temp: 81-85 degrees. Clarity: 12 to 15 feet. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “It’s your typical summertime fishing on Blue Ridge. Blue Ridge is a deep, clear lake that gets a tremendous amount of recreational boat traffic from July 4th until Labor Day weekend. This pushes the fish down deep, which only gives you…
Blackshear: Level: 0.2 feet low. Temp: High 80s. Clarity: Stained to lightly stained depending on area. Bass: Tournament angler Jon Martin reports, “The bass fishing is fair. My most consistent bite has been punching thick grassmats with a pegged, 1-oz. weight and a green-pumpkin Zoom Speed Craw. I use at least 65-lb. braid for this and…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.7 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 80s. Clarity: Clear to lightly stained. Bass: Mostly slow. The grass bite that can be a summer staple seems to have petered out. You can still catch a few small fish off the edges of the grass with a green-pumpkin Texas rig or a fluke,…
Allatoona: Level: 1.4 feet above full. Temp: 84 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “The month of August is extremely tough. Hot weather and boat traffic make it difficult to catch a good stringer. With patience, you can catch them. A lot of the fish that we are catching right now are…
Nottely: Level: Slight over full. Temp: 81 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Stripers: Guide Jeremy Seabolt reports, “Striper fishing has been off the charts. We have been on some monster schools of fish. It’s been one of the best Julys I have seen. The fish are in full swing on their summer patterns. Most of the fish…
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