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Bass Fishing
There is no way around it… bass fishing is tough in August no matter where you go. Hot days make you drip with sweat, and hot water makes bass feed less, especially during the day. But you can catch bass, and Bartletts Ferry is a good choice for a trip right now. Bartletts is a…
About the only issue with May fishing is the bass are biting so good on all the lakes you just can’t decide where to go. Choose Allatoona if you want to have fun catching bass after bass on most any bait you choose. Allatoona is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lake just north of…
July is not a favorite month for most bass fishermen. Water and air temperatures are hot, and that makes most bass move deep. Fishing can be a sweaty frustration during the day, and many anlgers just don’t like to cast at night. But you can catch bass in July, especially at Lake Sinclair. Sinclair is…
All bass fishermen dream of April, when the bass are shallow and biting. The fish are in all stages from prespawn to postspawn, and add the shad spawn this month for some incredible fishing early in the morning. The fishing is great everywhere, but if you want a chance of catching a 7-lb. spot, with…
Just a short decade ago, it seems that only western anglers knew what soft swimbaits were all about. Since that time, the genre of lures has spread across the bass-fishing world, and is now a firmly rooted lure on the tournament scene. Whether filling a limit or searching for a kicker, swimbaits can get the…
Whether you’re ready for a summer vacation, a long weekend or just a day that includes some great June bass fishing, Lake Seminole should be one of your preferred destinations. Especially if you want to catch a lot of quality largemouth bass. Seminole has been on fire lately. In tournaments this year, five-fish limits weighing…
Want to catch some magnum spots this month? Or maybe you prefer to catch lots of keeper-size spots, still with a chance of a big one. No matter which you prefer, head to Lanier right now. You can choose from a variety of patterns that can produce a huge spotted bass or great numbers of…
A bass weighing almost 16 pounds is tough to keep secret, especially when it’s weighed in front of a group of tournament anglers at a boat ramp. Derrick Watson, of Whitesburg, was fishing 300-acre B.T. Brown Reservoir in a West Ga. Jonboat Anglers tournament May 4 when he caught the bass of a lifetime. The…
As an outdoor writer, I’ve spent a lot of time on the water with some really good tournament anglers. The guys I’ve fished with are usually at the top of their field in regional or state levels, but none of them fish for a living. When I saw that the B.A.S.S. Elite Series was coming…
Henry Garner holds the current shoal bass record for Bartletts Ferry with a 6-lb., 1.6-oz. shoal bass that he caught on April 28, 2014.