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Eufaula: Level: 0.9 feet below 190 pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Guide Sam Williams reports, “The bass are scattered, and the catching is hit and miss. The early bite is in the pads and cover, with frogs and topwater baits doing best. Blade baits will get some action started when the shad…
Clarks Hill: Level: 2.5 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: The lake is starting to turn over, so some parts are that milky color. Bass: Good. Jon Hair with Greenfish Tackle reports, “Early in the morning I throw a Greenfish Shark buzzbait around hydrilla. Later in the day I throw a spinnerbait and…
Carters: Level: 1.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 67-71 degrees. Clarity: Light green. Bass: Good. Guide Eric Crowley reports, “Green fish are spread out on most of the banks that have good cover and are near deep water. Trees, rocks and shallow-water marker areas are good ambush points. I’m throwing a Spook Jr. or a Rapala…
Blue Ridge: Level: 5.1 feet below 190 pool. Temp: 65-67 degrees. Clarity: 4-plus feet. Bass: Guide Eric Crowley reports, “I like to fish sunny days with a slight wind. Rocky shorelines near pockets of deep water are prime areas for both largemouth and spotted bass. These are good ambush points for the bass, and they…
Blackshear: Level: Full. Temp.: 65 degrees. Crappie: Rusty Parker reports, “The crappie have been on fire. I have heard from several people who have limited out on some good crappie. Just this past week I talked to a man not very familiar with Blackshear, and he was able to find some great structure in 25…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 3.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 60s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: “Bass fishing has been tough, but it is getting better,” said tournament director Dennis Hudson. “The bass have moved in some. Pitching jigs around the boat docks and piers will just keep getting better. Throwing a crankbait on the main river…
Allatoona: Level: 4.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 70 degrees. Clarity: 6 feet. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “The crankbait bite is starting to get better. The Spro Little John, and Bandit 200 series in the copper crawfish color are picking up quite a few fish. Pick up a baitcaster, and look for banks in…
Branan Dennard, of Milledgeville, hadn’t been hunting in four years until Saturday, Oct. 24. He and his family had just recently fixed up their old stand and placed it on some private property in Baldwin County. “I got in the stand about 7 that morning, and it wasn’t windy but damp. I knew it was…
Many think of the rut simply as the peak chasing period, but the deer rut is actually a long process that also includes the pre-rut and post-rut. The pre-rut is the first phase of the rut. I personally use the early archery season to get my meat for the freezer, so I’m not tempted to…
When you think of the perfect hunt, things like car stereos, construction work and the sounds of traffic passing in the distance don’t really cross your mind. Many of us drive by small patches of woods in highly populated areas every day on our way to and from work, and we never think twice about…
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