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Lake Oliver
Lake Oliver is a small 2,150-acre Georgia Power Co. reservoir on the Chattachoochee River within the city limits of Columbus. Public access to the lake is limited to one marina owned by the City of Columbus and one boat ramp near Goat Rock Dam on the Alabama side. Homes and docks line the shoreline on both the Georgia and Alabama sides. Green Island Hills, an upscale development, is located on the lake at the mouth of Standing Boy Creek.
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Oliver: Level: 0.6 feet below 337. Temp: Low 50s. Clarity: Stained to clearing. Bass: Tournament angler Tyler Morgan is featured in this month’s Map-of-the-Month article. He said to concentrate on the mouths of sloughs until the water warms, and then move into the backouts and target stumps and grass. Fish wood cover on the river near spawning pockets with a ChatterBait and jig. Then hit every stump with a wacky-rigged Senko back in the pockets. Tyler showed the kind of fish Oliver can produce with a 6.14-lb. spotted bass and a 7-lb. largemouth caught in a tournament in mid February. Total weight was 24 pounds. Warming Trend Mother Lode Of Bass On Chattahoochee Reservoirs
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The warming trend that hit Georgia last week had fishermen across the state itching to be on the water, whether pulling jigs for slab crappie or bass anglers hoping to roll a big one that moved up shallow. It sure paid off for GON content contributor Tyler Morgan, of Phenix City, who had a big…
Brad Carroll, of Columbus, caught a 7-lb., 7-oz. monster shoal bass on March 6 that set a record on Lake Oliver, which is a small Georgia Power Co. impoundment on the Chattahoochee River near Columbus.