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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: 0.5 feet above 188. Temp: 83 degrees. Clarity: Varies from a good stain to clear. Bass: Capt. Sam Williams, of Hawks Fishing Guide Service, “The water level remains steady, and the shallow-water bite is holding steady where you find vegetation and cover. Frogs, flukes and spinnerbaits are good surface baits. Jigs with watermelon-candy trailers and Texas-rigged Trick Worms in the same color range are also a good bet. Bladed jigs with pearl-colored trailers worked around the edges are also working. Deeper bass are hitting deep crankbaits, Carolina rigs with dark, 10-inch worms and heavy jigs with black trailers.” Crappie & Catfish: Capt. Sam Williams, of Hawks Fishing Guide Service, “Crappie are doing great on jigs and minnows on cover in 16 feet. Catfish are still eating cutbait on jugs on the creek ledges. The high winds are making it a challenge to keep them corralled. Fishing them in the creeks…
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Lake Eufaula is famous for its shallow flats and big bass. February is a good month to find bass beginning to move out of the river and creek channels across the flats toward shallow water. Find the right spot and you can load your boat right now. The flats at Eufaula are extensive and shallow,…
Duke Campbell Jr., of Hazelhurst, was fishing with his daughter Chelsea when he caught this 3.5-lb. black crappie from Lake Eufaula to establish a new lake record. Duke caught his Eufaula slab on Feb. 15, 2001.
The long-standing record for the heaviest largemouth bass ever caught from Lake Eufaula is a 16 1/2-lb. bass. John B. Giles reeled in the Eufaula bass on March 12, 1980. John’s bass is also one of the biggest ever recorded from Georgia, ranking in the Top-15 on GON’s official records of the heaviest largemouth caught…
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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 |