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Fishing Reports
West Point: Level: 1.1 feet above full pool. Temp: Mid to low 80s. Clarity: Various stained conditions throughout the lake. Bass: Good. Guide Keith Hudson reports, “October usually marks a big improvement in fishing in general. As the days start to get a little shorter and the temps cool, expect a drastic improvement in the…
Russell: Level: Full pool. Temp: 70s. Clarity: The main lake is cloudy and stained in the creeks. Bass: Tournament angler Kerry Partain reports, “The bass fishing has been slow the last few weeks with the lake turning over. With the unusually cool temperatures and large amount of rain, the fishing should get better faster, especially…
Oconee: Level: 0.5 feet low. Temp: Mid to high 70s. Clarity: The rivers are muddy, and the mud has made its way to the Highway 44 bridge. The pockets above 44 are stained, with visibility about 6 inches to a foot as you work your way into the long pockets. It’s clear down at the…
Nottely: Level: 5.1 feet low. Temp: 78-81 degrees. Linesides: Guide Jeremy Seabolt reports, “We have been catching a lot fish from Point 6 to the dam. Fish are holding out over a 50- to 80-foot bottom. We have been catching fish a lot different ways the last few weeks. The first few hours of morning,…
Jackson: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low to mid 70s. Clarity: Stained to heavily stained. Bass: Tournament angler Brian Lee reports, “The fall bite isn’t very far away. Topwater in the mornings is wide open. Throw a Spook, buzzbait or Pop-R along deeper seawalls. Run as many spots as you can before the sun gets above…
Blue Ridge: Level: 7 feet below full pool. Temp: 79-80 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “Fishing has been a little tough, with all these crazy weather changes, but the main thing is we’re heading in the right direction. TVA has started dropping the lakes down, and the water temps are starting to fall.…
While opening weekend was as humid as Georgia can get, it was dang near chilly at daybreak walking into the GON office on Monday, Sept. 21 as this article was being compiled. As we write this report, it’s just 10 days into the Georgia bow season, but it’s already been eventful. And with all the…
Bartletts Ferry is often overlooked by fishermen heading to bigger lakes, but it is full of hungry spotted bass and largemouth. In October, expect to find these bass feeding in grassbeds, on seawalls and on bluff banks. You can catch them on topwater, jigs, crankbaits and other baits you like to throw. Located on the…
Going hunting this month in Toombs or Tattnall counties? Keep an eye out for tegus, and let Georgia DNR know if you spot one of these big South American lizards. DNR is working with the U.S. Geological Survey and Georgia Southern University to remove a population of Argentine black and white tegus that established in…
Clarks Hill: Level: 1.3 feet above full pool. Temp: 75-80 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Josh Rockefeller reports, “The lake has come up and flooded the grass, and the frog fishing is doing well. Finding grass on points and fishing a Horny Toad around the points is taking some good fish. This is mostly…
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