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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: 58 degrees. Clarity: Heavy stain. Bass: Capt. Sam Williams, with Hawks Fishing Guide Service, reports, “The lake is holding steady, even after an additional 8-plus inches last week. The temperature swings are giving our fish a fit. We have experienced nights in the mid 20s and afternoons in the 70s. The afternoon shallow bite is working with creature baits and Texas-rigged finesse worms worked very slow. The rip-rap along the causeways and railroad trestles are holding daytime heat and fish. Deeper fish, staged on structure, are also needing to be aggravated into a strike. Jigs, tipped with creature baits, worked vertically among them will work or a big soft plastic on a Carolina rig will cause some action. Darker worms with a colored tail is a good bet. Dip all your plastics in J.J’s Magic in this dirty water. It does make a…
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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…
Even though the calendar reads May, Lake Eufaula crappie guide Tony Adams is already experiencing around-the-clock “summer” fishing on the big Chattahoochee River impoundment on the Georgia-Alabama border. Like most anglers, Tony takes advantage of the late-winter and early spring migration of crappie to their shallow spawning areas, plucking huge numbers of fish from the…
Nearly 300 kids fished the Jan. 12 Georgia Bass Nation tournament on Lake Eufaula. The next stop will be in Bainbridge on Lake Seminole, as youth anglers put their talents to the test on prespawn and spawning bass. To get your child, or school, involved with Georgia Bass Nation High School Fishing, go to www.gabassnationhs.com, call…
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 |