Lake Sinclair Fishing Report – December 2024

Sinclair: Level: 1.7 feet below 340. Temp: High 50s to low 60s. Clarity: Stained up the rivers, especially Little River, Cedar Creek and the Oconee River.

Bass: Karl Pingry says there are several go-to baits that will need to remain on your fishing lines for most of December. If you are near rock in the pockets, throw a 1/2-oz. chrome/blue or chrome/chartreuse Rat-L-Trap. A Bandit 200 in black or chartreuse/white is the other crankbait to try. The big bass baits are black/blue jigs or big worms in junebug red or plum apple in the backs of coves in any cover you can find. A shaky-head worm will work, as well. The newest pattern is finding the stained water and throwing a turtleback blade spinnerbait or a Colorado blade spinnerbait with nickel/gold blade. A double willowleaf may work in the clearer water, too. Ed at Lakeside Chevron thinks the jig bite will continue, but you may have to find which parts of the coves the bass are holding. Right now, it’s the backs of the coves. Ed said he has sold a lot of the turtleback spinnerbaits this past week. If there is stained water, that pattern will continue, as well. Look for the crankbait bite to continue, as well. Ed likes the hard-bottom banks on a sunny afternoon after they have had the chance to warm up. Last, keep fishing the grasslines. Ed expects the ChatterBait bite to come back, along with a swim jig. A 1/2-oz. Rat-L-Trap may work along that same grassline. The catfish are biting really well on nightcrawlers. Ed weighed a 62-lb. cat this week! Ed has plenty of parking and will have a big Zoom bait Black Friday Sale if you can make it by the store.”

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