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Fishing Tournaments
The 2006 Top Six tournament drew almost 500 of Georgia top bass-club fishermen and women to Clarks Hill Lake April 24-25, and for most it was a surprisingly tough two days of fishing. The tournament featured the debut of the new Harry Hall Memorial Cup that goes to the state’s top bass club in the…
David Matthews couldn’t believe his bad luck. Just minutes into a 150-boater on Clarks Hill, this local boy’s strategy hit a brick wall. In practice he’d found several bass on the bed, including a 4 1/2-pounder by a stump that he hoped would still be locked down and ready to jump on a tube bait.…
My dad taught me to fish at the two lakes in Stone Mountain Park. He enjoyed taking me in April — a prime time for fishermen, and kids of all ages, to get bit shallow. He’d give me a canepole equipped with a gold hook, a small sinker, a long-skinny bobber and a minnow. While…
Clarks Hill: Level: Full pool. Temp: 52-54 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good, said Craig Johnson, who with partner Kip Ashmore has won six tournaments in the past seven weeks. “We have been catching 30 or 40 fish a day,” said Craig. “We are floating a white-ice Super Fluke. Everyone else is fishing the ditches with…
Keep it simple. That’s Joe Ludwig’s approach when it comes to a winning strategy for bass fishing on Clarks Hill this time of year. I fished the lake with Joe on January 10, 2006, and we fished all day with just two baits: a lead-head fluke and a jig ’n pig. According to Joe that’s…
Clarks Hill: Level: 2.3 feet below full. Temp: 52-55 degrees. Clarity: The upper tributaries are muddy. If we get four or five days with no rain the upper reaches of the tributaries will start to run clear. The lower end is fairly clear from 378 south. Little River Carolina is muddy. Bass: A Shad Rap…
Clarks Hill: Level: 2.3 feet below full. Temp: 59-60 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. David Smith said there’s no big secrets to fishing Clarks Hill in January. Just take a lead-head Fluke, start at the mouth of a ditch and start chunking. Expect bites in 15-25 feet of water, and yo-yo the bait back to…
Mike Tuten of Augusta, tired of his runner-up finishes in many local bass tournaments, has finally fulfilled a burning desire to make the prestigious Mr. Clark Hill Bass Fishing Championship his first major victory. On October 1 on Clarks Hill Lake, the Richmond County Fire Department lieutenant weighed in five largemouth bass totaling 14.9 pounds…
I parked Dale Turner’s truck and boat trailer in the little gravel lot at his Lincolnton neighborhood’s private boat ramp and hustled back down the hill expecting to see him idling the boat up to the dock so I could jump on board to begin a day of crappie fishing at Clarks Hill Reservoir. When…
“Get the net!” said Sarah Willard, who was hanging onto her rod as a hybrid bass flashed and pulled next to the boat. Sarah’s dad, Clarks Hill linesides guide Dave Willard, stepped to the gunnel with the net, scooped, and netted a silvery, 3-lb. hybrid. Dave unhooked the fish, and was holding the fish in…
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