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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.
Bartletts Ferry Resources
Bartletts Ferry Fishing Articles
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.
Finally, the fall is here. Anglers across the South smile as they shake the dust off lightweight jackets and hoodies. No longer are we plagued by outrageous Southern summer heat. Instead we are greeted with chilly mornings and pleasant days out on the water. And the weather doesn’t go unnoticed by the aquatic object of…
Ask nine out of 10 anglers what the most effective cover for bass on Bartletts Ferry is, and you will hear a resounding, “Boat docks!” I asked tournament angler Derrick Millirons, of Seale, Ala., the same question as he slipped the trolling motor in a few yards from the boat ramp, and he gave the…
By now most bass fishermen have had enough of sitting at home staying warm and are ready to venture out and defeat cabin fever. Although there is hope for warming by the end of the month and bass will begin to feed more in response to longer days, they are not always easy to catch…
Summer fishing can be a real challenge. Soaring daytime temperatures and warm nights escalate water surface temps and can shut bass down, making it difficult to catch a fish, let alone a winning tournament sack. Dennis Hudson of Fortson is a frequent Bartletts angler who has been fishing the lake for more than 30 years,…
Bartletts Ferry Records
| Striped Bass | 36-lbs., 5-ozs. | Matt Faircloth | 04/21/05 |
| Hybrid Bass | 9-lbs., 12.8-ozs. | Chris Brackett | 04/26/05 |
| Black Crappie | 3-lbs., 1.44-ozs. | Mickey Peacock | 04/17/20 |
| Yellow Perch | 10.88-ozs. | Joey Pippin | 05/07/07 |
| Shoal Bass | 8-lbs., 5-ozs. | Matt McWhorter | 12/23/21 |
| Shellcracker | 2-lbs., 1.28-ozs. | Courtney Cannon | 08/05/24 |