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Bass Fishing
July bass fishing is hot on Lake Hartwell —in more ways than one. Hartwell largemouth and spots set up on brush and canepiles on the main lake, and you can catch numbers and quality on a variety of baits. Hartwell’s 55,000 acres make it our second-biggest lake. It is located at the beginning of the…
Lake Javor Lucas, the 581-acre water reservoir for the Macon Water Authority (MWA), is now celebrating its 20-year anniversary of offering some fishing opportunity to the public. The lake was built back in the 1990s after river flooding from Hurricane Alberto knocked out the pumping station on the Ocmulgee River near downtown Macon, so government…
Lake Chatuge spotted bass are moving from spring spawning areas toward their summer holes. Also in late May and throughout June, the herring are finishing up spawning. The presence of these baitfish can stimulate feeding frenzies. You can intercept the spotted bass as they move out and have great catches if you hit it right.…
With a three-day total weight of 44-lbs., 1-oz., Mike Corbishley takes the victory at stop No. 2 of the National Professional Fishing League (NPFL) season at Lake Hartwell, hosted by Anderson County, S.C. Corbishley had his toughest day of the week with 12-lbs., 9-ozs., on Day 1, added 17-lbs., 7-ozs. on Day 2, and 14-lbs.,…
Making a key decision to change his approach first thing this morning, Alabama pro Kyle Welcher takes the Day 1 NPFL lead at Lake Hartwell with 16-lbs., 11-ozs. His effort gives him a 7-oz. cushion over Will Harkins going into Day 2. “I gambled a little bit this morning and decided I was going to…
What began as a slow day on Clarks Hill Lake for Tanner Hadden and his guide party turned exciting and memorable with one key bite. Tanner decided to find some keeper spotted bass in deep brush for his clients to catch. When Tanner cast a 3/16-oz. Greenfish Cleanup shaky head jig threaded with a green…
The NPFL returns to Lake Hartwell to kick off stop #2 of the 2024 NPFL Season. With the 2024 Championship event behind us, the NPFL returns to action this week at Green Pond Landing, on the famous Lake Hartwell. Hosted by Anderson County, Lake Hartwell produced for the NPFL field in April of 2022, where…
Blackshear: Level: Full at 237. Temp: 79 degrees. Clarity: Heavy stain above the 280 bridge. Bass: Tournament angler Chris Gray reports, “Tyler Bone and I fished our club tournament on Lake Blackshear on Saturday. We stayed south of the 280 bridge all day because north of 280 looked like chocolate milk from all the rain last…
Regulation changes for several species of Georgia’s black bass could be coming, but anglers are first asked to look over those proposed changes and make comment by May 27, 2024. A virtual public hearing through WRD’s Facebook page involving the proposed regs, which focus on shoal bass length limits and creel limits on some of…
When it comes to bass fishing, May on the Altamaha River is as good as it gets anywhere in the country. Now I know that’s a bold claim to make, but with the spawn well behind us and the mercury in your thermometer climbing higher by the day, where else can you drop in a…