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Bartletts Ferry

Bartletts Ferry, also known as Lake Harding, is a 5,850-acre reservoir on the Chattahoochee River north of Columbus and south of Lake West Point. The lake was built in 1926 and now owned by Georgia Power. Bartletts offers good fishing for spotted bass.

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Bartletts Ferry Fishing Report – April 2024

By GON Staff | March 26, 2024

Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.4 feet below 521. Temp: Low to mid 70s. Clarity: The river and Halawakee Creek are stained to muddy. The lower lake and some coves are clear. Bass: Tournament angler Tyler Morgan with Summerlin Outdoors reports that Tyler and Adam Byrd won the first Tuesday night, three-hour tournament on March 19 with five bass weighing 22 pounds. Those fish were prespawn, moving in to get ready to bed. April is all about the spawn, both bass and shad. Tyler will fish seawalls and grassbeds where the shad will spawn the first hour each morning. He will cast an Accent Fishing Products Jacob Wheeler buzzbait with a white Zoom Horny Toad trailer. Fish fast and cover water until you find shad spawning and bass eating them. When the sun hits the water, the bass will stay in the same areas. Big females will often feed on shad early and then…

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Slab Tops 3 Pounds To Set Bartletts Ferry Crappie Record

Mickey Peacock has been chasing crappie across Georgia for more than 50 years, and he finally got his giant slab—a black crappie that on certified scales weighed 3.09 pounds. The 71-year-old angler from Lizella caught the huge crappie on April 17 while fishing Bartletts Ferry. Bartletts Ferry, also known as Lake Harding, is a 5,850-acre…

Rock Banks, Bluffs For Bartletts Ferry Bass

You can catch spots and largemouth all month at Bartletts Ferry—also known as Lake Harding—on a few simple-to-fish patterns. Anglers can run deep rocky banks and steep bluffs that drop fast into deep water to catch bass on a variety of baits from the dam to Blanton Creek up the river. Bartletts Ferry is an…

Bartletts Ferry Fishing Report – November 2019

Bartletts Ferry: Level: 7.6 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Mostly clear, with more color up the lake. Bass: Tournament director and competitor Dennis Hudson reports, “Now that the temperatures are falling, the bass are starting to get more active, and the fishing is improving. Most fish are being caught close to the…

Bartletts Bass On Shallow Cover

Bass fishing is fantastic on all our lakes in April, but you should consider a trip to Bartletts Ferry, also known as Lake Harding. The bass on this small lake are up shallow in pockets and creeks, with some fish spawning and others ready to go on the bed or feeding after spawning. You can…

Bartletts Ferry Bass On The Winter Rocks

What should a bass fisherman do on a cold January day? A good choice is go to a lake with lots of rock, a lake like Lake Bartletts Ferry, where an angler can expect to catch spots and largemouth. Rocks attract bass in cold water, especially when the sun shines on them, and bass you…

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