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Fishing
Weiss: Level: 0.2 feet above full pool. Temp: 51-53 degrees. Clarity: Stained to muddy. Bass: Guide and tournament pro Mike Carter reports, “Weiss is flooded due to the recent heavy rains, and with this the fishing has been extremely tough. It’s not only the flood but the muddy conditions paired with it has made finding…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: 48 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Capt. Wes Carlton reports, “The bass bite has been great the last few weeks. Most of our fish have been caught on topwater and jerkbaits. The spotted bass seem to be piled up toward the backs of the creeks. They are aggressive and will bite…
Blue Ridge: Level: 1.5 feet below 1681. Temp: 50-52 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “The lake has been a little stained with all the rain we’ve been getting. Water levels have come up fast, and water temps have been creeping up. We’ve been catching fish on a Z-Man Ned rig with a green-pumpkin…
Sinclair: Level: 0.4 feet low. Temp: According to Ed at Lakeside Chevron, the pockets were 55 to 57 degrees yesterday. Cooler temps upriver. Clarity: The whole lake is stained to muddy. Bass: Tournament angler Karl Pingry reports, “There is a strong dock pattern right now. Jigs accounted for first and second place in the last…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. Judy Helmey reports, “I believe that all fish look forward to March. This is the month when water temperatures will start to rise and not even a passing cold front can stop it. My father used to say, ‘When it’s 65, everything is alive!’ Bottom fishing is great in the sound because…
Oconee: Level: Full pool. Temp: Main-lake temps are 54 to 56 degrees with the pockets 56 to 58. Clarity: Pretty much muddy over the entire lake. Tournament angler Tony Couch said the lake would still be muddy in a month, even if it stopped raining today. Bass: Tournament angler Karl Pingry reports, “I went fishing…
Seminole: Level: 1.3 feet above full pool. Temp: 62 degrees. Clarity: Stained up the Flint and Chattahoochee; lightly stained in Spring Creek. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Baty reports, “Slow. The recent rains, water fluctuations and unpredictable weather really have the fish confused. There are very few big prespawn schools staged up like there normally are…
Russell: Level: 3 feet above full. Temp: 52-55 degrees. Clarity: Most of the lake is stained. Bass: Tournament angler Kerry Partain reports, “The bass fishing has been pretty consistent considering the weather has been all over the place here lately. We having been catching most of our fish in main-lake pockets and ditches toward the…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 2 feet below full pool. Temp: 58 degrees. Clarity: Stained to muddy. Bass: Tournament angler Dennis Hudson reports, “The lake is running due to the recent rainfall. Bass fishing has been up and down with the weather. Red squarebill crankbaits have been producing in the mouths of the coves and points. ChatterBaits…
Southeast Georgia has many iconic blackwater fisheries, such as the trophy bass in Banks Lake, crappie in Lake Mayers, fliers in the Okefenokee and redbreast sunfish in the Satilla River. But, the quality bass that roam the grassbeds of Lake Lindsay Grace near Odum have flown mostly under the radar, except to local anglers who…
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