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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: 1.5 feet above 188. Temp: 68 degrees. Clarity: Rivers have a good stain, but the creeks are murky. Bass: Jake Maddux, with Guiding and Advanced Electronics Trips, reports, “The month of May is a month of change on Lake Eufaula. Some patterns are ending while others are beginning. One of the reasons Eufaula is so good is the extended spawning season compared to most lakes. February through May you may find bass on beds. While May is the tail end of the spawn, some bass will head off the bank, while others will stay shallow. For the shallow-water pattern it’s pretty simple; focus in on the bream beds or mayfly hatch. Go to a shallow bait, like a Deps Buster K popping frog in swampster or visible black colors. For the offshore bite, things get a little more advanced. The bass may be on a variety of structure,…
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When Will Baker drew a Zone 1 tag for Georgia’s gator season, he had high hopes that he’d be able to harvest an above-average gator, but little did he know that a much larger train was coming down the tracks. “I drew my first tag way back in 2014 and managed to harvest a nice,…
For some fishermen, locating and catching quality largemouth in extreme heat is a psychological game. They develop a mental block about the state of bass fishing in the doldrums of summer and frequently struggle once the air and water temperatures reach their peak. For Columbus angler Dr. John Lee, the psychology works just the opposite.…
Ellaville native Justin Barnes emerged as the winner at the Lake Eufaula ABA-AFT Top 150 tournament after a remarkable turnaround on the second day, June 3. Competing against 117 other anglers, Barnes secured first place with a total weight of 38.16 pounds, earning a prize of $16,400. On the first day of the tournament, Barnes…
April at Eufaula usually means shallow bass in grass, but there is an even better pattern. Get off the bank away from the crowds and catch postspawn bass already stacking up before moving to their summer holes. No hindsight ip unit displayed. Lake Walter F. George, called Eufaula by most fishermen, is a big U.S.…
Tailraces, those current-filled areas below dams, offer just about everything possible for a positive fishing experience. Fish populations are often plentiful. Access is easy whether by boat or from land, and a social element exists among the bank fishermen, who are often shoulder to shoulder along the concrete walls that typically border the water. In…
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 |