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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 – November 2024

By GON Staff | October 30, 2024

Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.6 feet below 521. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: Light stain to clear. Bass: Tournament angler Tyler Morgan, with Summerland Outdoors, and his partner won the Backwaters Championship on Bartletts Ferry the end of October with 13.07 pounds and had big fish with a 4.03-lb. largemouth. In November at Bartletts Ferry, the bass are keying heavily on shad, and fall is in full effect. Target the main feeder creeks early with a buzzbait with a toad or swimbait paired with it. Follow up with a bladed jig in a natural shad color. A squarebill, such as a Berkley Frittside in shad color, can be extremely productive on rocky areas. The shad are in the creeks. You just have to find out how far back. Typically, when you see balls of bait all over the surface, you are in the right area. Powerfish until the sun gets high, and…

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Bartletts Ferry Record Shoal Bass

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.

Fall Pattern Yields Championship For UGA Anglers On Bartletts Ferry

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…

Floating Worms In The Grass At Bartletts Ferry

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…

Bartletts Ferry Bass Tight To February Cover Near Deep Water

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…

Beat the Heat For Bartletts Ferry Bass

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 Bass36-lbs., 5-ozs.Matt Faircloth04/21/05
Hybrid Bass9-lbs., 12.8-ozs.Chris Brackett04/26/05
Black Crappie3-lbs., 1.44-ozs.Mickey Peacock04/17/20
Yellow Perch10.88-ozs.Joey Pippin05/07/07
Shoal Bass8-lbs., 5-ozs.Matt McWhorter12/23/21
Shellcracker2-lbs., 1.28-ozs.Courtney Cannon08/05/24