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Lake Eufaula
Lake Eufaula, also known as Walter F. George Lake, named for the United States Senator from Georgia, is formed on the Chattahoochee River along the state line between Alabama and Georgia. Eufaula has long been a great fishing lake, especially for largemouth bass. The town of Eufaula, Ala. is home to Mann's Bait Company and Humminbird Electronics. The 46,000-acre U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lake extends north about 85 miles from the Walter F. George Lock and Dam and has approximately 640 miles of shoreline.
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Eufaula: Level: 1.9 feet above 188. Temp: 67 degrees. Clarity: Perfect stain. Bass: Capt. Sam Williams, with Hawks Fishing Guide Service, reports, “The lake level is holding steady, helping the fish acclimate to the winter pattern and shallow water feeding. The bass are working the shallow cover early and late. The forage fish are working the cover and making it easy feeding for the bass. Black lizards with blue tails on Texas rigs are really productive. Red and black stickbaits are the next best choice. Jigs tipped with creature baits in dark greens and blue/black are great, also. The deeper fish are eating larger, dark worms hooked up on Carolina rigs. The deep fish are on cover on the drops. You can locate them on your electronics. Look for the shad action. There has been a new hatch on the last full moon. These fish are good and healthy, and…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Walter F. George Lake announced that 2024 and 2025 season hunting permits are now available online at www.recreation.gov for $20. Applicants can access the permit website at https://www.recreation.gov/permits/5232323. Permits are required for all hunters 16 and older, and they must create an account on www.recreation.gov. Each account is…
Although Lake Eufaula is known as “The Bass Capitol of the World,” a smorgasbord of panfish await your hook there in July. You might struggle to catch a limit of bass in the heat of the summer, but anglers can fill a cooler with tasty panfish like bluegill, shellcracker and crappie this month. With 46,000…
Boater Jim Murray Jr., of Parrott, caught a five-bass limit weighing 25-lbs., 12-ozs., Saturday April 6 to win the Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Lake Eufaula. Hosted by the Eufaula-Barbour County Chamber of Commerce, the tournament was the third event of the season for the BFL Bulldog Division. Murray earned $4,046…
If you head to Eufaula in March, think spawning areas. Even this early in the spring there will be some bass on the beds, and some bass will be postspawn, and some bass will still be staging prespawn. So, it’s clear that focusing on spawning areas will put you on Eufaula’s late February and March…
Eufaula Lake Records
| Largemouth Bass | 16-lbs., 8-ozs. | John B. Giles | 03/12/1980 |
| Shoal Bass | 6-lbs., 9-ozs. | Joe Wikoff | 12/14/2002 |
| Black Crappie | 3-lbs., 8-ozs. | Duke Campbell Jr. | 02/15/2001 |
| Hybrid Bass | 15-lbs., 8-ozs. | Dennis Hutto | 03/27/2000 |
| Striped Bass | 39-lbs., 8-ozs. | Buddy McKeller | 06/02/2007 |
| Blue Catfish | 111-lbs. | Tim Trone | 10/17/2020 |
| Chain Pickerel | 1-lb., 12-ozs. | Zach Luckie | 03/30/2019 |
| Warmouth | 15.68-ozs. | Cody Young | 03/23/2023 |
| Bluegill | 1-lb., 3.04-ozs. | Charles Wynn | 07/20/2020 |
| Flathead Catfish | 43-lbs. | Shawn Morman | 04/30/24 |