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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: 0.2 feet above 188. Temp: 70 degrees. Clarity: Good stain. Bass: Capt. Sam Williams, of Hawks Fishing Guide Service, reports, “The bass are biting good now. Flukes around the rip-rap worked slowly are producing well. Frogs, flukes, spinnerbaits and buzzbaits worked around shoreline vegetation is also a good bet. Texas-rigged worms and creature bait tipped jigs are also doing the trick. Green and red colors are good. Deeper fish are being taken with Carolina-rigged big, dark worms and deep crankbaits near structure. Lipless cranks are working where you find shad action and birds feeding. All the new-fangled electronics are well and good, but nature still is your most reliable way to find feeding fish. Shad action and feeding birds don’t lie.” Multiple Species: Capt. Sam Williams, of Hawks Fishing Guide Service, reports, “Crappie are really doing well right now on minnows fished in up to 20 feet of…
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After a week of constant adjustments, everything came together perfectly for Buddy Gross on Championship Saturday. The Bassmaster Elite Series rookie, fishing only his second event on the trail, caught a tournament-best five-bass limit that weighed 27 pounds, 11 ounces and sprang from 10th place to a victory in the DEWALT Bassmaster Elite at Lake…
Two anglers who call Georgia home are among the 10 anglers who made the final day cut to fish for the $100,000 top prize and a Bassmasters Elite Series title at Lake Eufaula. Drew Benton, who moved to Blakely last year, enters the final day in 8th place, and Buddy Gross, of Chickamauga, just made…
Conventional wisdom says a tournament held on Lake Eufaula during 90-degree weather in June should be won offshore on the ledges. But Bill Lowen isn’t buying it. He never buys that anywhere B.A.S.S. takes him. The Indiana pro who cut his teeth fishing the shallow waters of the Ohio River stayed near the shoreline during…
Finally, after the longest unplanned break in B.A.S.S. history due to COVID-19 precautions, the Bassmaster Elite Series will resume tournament action next week June 10-13, 2020. Perhaps fittingly, the schedule’s restart point will be at one of the most storied lakes in professional bass fishing history. The DEWALT Bassmaster Elite at Lake Eufaula will feature…
Bass in the grass, and bass feeding on channel drops. Eufaula is full of 3- to 5-lb. bass, and they have been on fire this year. In June, you can catch Eufaula bass both shallow or deep—it really just depends on the way you prefer to fish. Eufaula is known as “The Bass Capitol of…
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 |