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Fishing Reports
We have at last and duly arrived at the time of year during which I truly enjoy watching deer. Fall down. Not that it’s unenjoyable at any moment throughout the October-January season. It’s just that within the final couple of weeks, there are debts owed. Of various types. I have a few non-hunting buddies—believe it…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 55 degrees. Clarity: Varied between clear and muddy depending on rain. Various Species: Brad McDaniel at Flint River Outdoors reports, “All varieties—largemouth, striped and hybrid—are being found with the shad. Find the shad and you find them. So, obviously a bait that closely imitates the shad is the way to go.…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 54 degrees. Clarity: Stained in the backs of some creeks. Bass: Tournament director and competitor Dennis Hudson reports, “Bass fishing has been slow the last few weeks, but it is improving. A medium-diving crankbait and a spinnerbait will produce some bites on the points. Wind really…
Clarks Hill: Level: 4.6 feet low. Temp: Mid 50s and will continue to drop along with the air temperatures. Clarity: Due to the recent rain, the river and creeks are getting muddy. Linesides: Guide Bradd Sasser reports, “The hybrids and stripers have moved into the creeks. This time of year, you can fish with downlines,…
Chatuge: Level: 6.8 feet low. Temp: 54-56 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “I have been catching some good spotted bass on a 3/16-oz. Fish Head Spin and a 3.5-inch Strike King Rage Swimmer on a 1/8-oz. swimbait head. Try a drop shot with a 4.5-inch Roboworm in red crawler on deep, long…
Carters: Level: Full pool. Temp: 52 degrees. Clarity: 10 feet. Bass: Guide Bill Payne reports, “Spotted bass fishing has been very good over the last few weeks. This past weekend, my clients boated over 70 fish for the two days. There are two primary bites we’re using: 1) We’ve been using bottom-contact baits like jigs…
Seminole: Level: 0.3 feet below full. Temp: Upper 50s. Clarity: Lightly stained up the Chattahoochee and Flint; Spring Creek is clear. Bass: Guide Paul Tyre reports, “The bass fishing on Lake Seminole has been fantastic this November and December. Shad is the key to finding and catching bass. They have been gorging on shad, and…
Burton: Level: 6 feet low. Temp: 49 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Capt. Wes Carlton reports, “The bass bite has been on fire the last week or so. We have been catching a lot of fish on topwater plugs. A Lucky Craft Sammy has been working best reeled with an extremely fast action. We have caught…
Blue Ridge: Level: 10.5 feet low. Temp: 54-56 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “I’m still throwing 3.5-inch tube baits, a Z-Man TRD and drop-shotting a 4.5-inch Roboworm in red crawler. This is the time of year to throw jerkbaits. I’ve been throwing a Strike King KVD Series 200 in the clearwater-minnow color. Work…
West Point: Level: 4 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 50s. Clarity: Slightly stained. Bass: Fair. Guide Keith Hudson reports, “The shallow bite for bass is only fair right now but could improve quickly in late January, especially with a warm rain or extended warming trend. Baits such as a crawdad-colored Shad Rap, Rat-L-Trap and…
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