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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 – February 2025

By GON Staff | January 29, 2025

Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1 foot below 521. Temp: Mid 40s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Tyler Morgan, with Summerland Outdoors, reports, “At the end of January, it took only 9.5 pounds to win a local tournament. The water was very clear and unusually cold. Without a warming trend, fishing will be tough. Even with cold water, longer daylight means some bass start moving toward spawning areas as the month progresses. Concentrate on the outer one-third of coves in Halawakee Creek, it warms first. Your boat should be in 7 to 10 feet of water, and you are casting to more shallow water. Fish a red squarebill, like a Frittside, on rocks and around docks. Also, try a fire-claw JackHammer ChatterBait if the water has some stain, with 6-inch to 1-foot visibility. Docks hold bass in February, and the fish can be very shallow around them. Any brush helps and will…

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Bartletts Ferry Fishing Articles

Lake And River Records Update

More fish have qualified recently for GON‘s Lake & River Records list. GON compiles record fish weights for 36 Georgia lakes and rivers. The complete list was most recently published in the March 2005 issue. The lists continue to change, with new entries ranging from a striped bass at Bartletts Ferry to a new walleye…

Spring Break Fishing Trip

My itch to begin fishing usually begins with the first warm day in February. The temperature rises close to 60 or so, and I can’t help but think that the fish are as eager to get started feeding as I am to get out there and take advantage of them. Combine this urge with the…

Bartletts Ferry’s September Bass

Bartletts Ferry is one of the best lakes around for fishing deep structure in September. The lake is full of shallow points that border deep water, a prime place to find fall bass. If you like probing points for bass, Bartletts is the place. Also known as Lake Harding, Bartletts Ferry is an old lake on the Chattahoochee River along the Georgia/Alabama line with…

Bartletts Ferry March Bass

The third fish was our best bass of the day. Jim Stutts, a 15-year veteran on Bartletts Ferry, and I were dragging jig ’n pigs off rocks on a main-lake point on the south side of the mouth of Halawakee Creek. A white house with black trim sat on the point, behind a 2-level dock.…

Postspawn Bartletts Ferry Bass

We started fishing at 7:10 a.m. By 7:15, Jim was reeling in our first bass of the day — a 1-lb. spotted bass that hit a spinnerbait churning past a dock. At 3:15 p.m. Jim boated our 30th bass of the day, another 1-lb. spot that gulped up a Carolina-rigged worm. Throw in three striped…

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