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Level: 2.0 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 80 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Summer bass patterns at Blue Ridge include some downsized topwater as the sun goes down and then working deeper water on rocky main-lake points. Topwater baits like a Sammy or Spook will work on Blue Ridge, but a Pop-R or Zara Puppy…
Blue Ridge: Level: 0.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 80 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Guide Nathan Lewis was on the lake last week with is dad and caught a few smallmouths. “We were throwing topwater lures,” said Nathan. “I was throwing a Pop-R, and my dad was throwing a Spook or Super Spook Jr.…
Level: .25 feet below full pool. Temp: 65 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. If you can catch five smallmouths that weight 1 1/2-pounds apiece, you are likely to be in the money at a Blue Ridge tournament this time of year, said John Hembree. “You will catch an occasional 2- or 3-lb. bass, but nine…
Blue Ridge: Level: 12.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 70 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Blue Ridge guide Nathan Lewis said he was catching fish a number of ways on Blue Ridge on April 24. “I caught a 2 1/2-lb. smallmouth on a Pop-R just after daylight,” he said. “We have caught some on Shad Raps,…
Blue Ridge: Level: 11.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 50-53 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Blue Ridge in April is crankbait time on rocky main-lake points. The smallmouths and spots will be moving up and feeding as they stage ahead of the spawn and will hit Shad Raps or similar tight-wobbling baits. Small bucktails or 1/8-oz.…
What is faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and is able to leap several feet out of the water with a single bound? If you guessed Superman, thanks for playing. Enjoy your parting gifts. What I’m talking about is a Georgia fishing treasure: the smallmouth bass. A largemouth is a sneak…
To the smallmouth, the small red jig darting just off the bottom of a rocky Lake Blue Ridge point must have looked like a crayfish or a yellow perch trying to escape. With a flick of its tail it surged forward and hit the jig. On the other end of the fishing line, sitting in…
What is faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and is able to leap several feet out of the water with a single bound? If you guessed Superman, thanks for playing. Enjoy your parting gifts. What I’m talking about is a Georgia fishing treasure: the smallmouth bass. A largemouth is a sneak…
Blue Ridge: Level: 15.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 48-50 degrees, the backs of the pockets are a little warmer. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Improving. “We are catching fish every day,” said guide Nathan Lewis. “But some days you catch five, and some days you catch 10.” Nathan said the fish were beginning to get more…
Blue Ridge: Level: 14.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 48-54 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Early and late, try a No. 5 or No. 7 firetiger Shad Rap on rocky main-lake points to catch smallmouths, said J.R. Donalson. He likes to find windblown points with a little dingy water to throw the crankbait. If the fish…
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