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Fishing Reports
Blue Ridge: Level: 13.2 feet below 1681. Temp: 51 degrees. Clarity: 10 to 12 feet. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “The bite is fair. The lake is now at full winter pool, and we have been having some strange weather. Some nights are down in low 30s with days in the mid 50s, then we are right back to…
Blue Ridge: Level: 12.3 feet below 1681. Temp: 55-55 degrees. Clarity: 10 feet. Bass: Guide Eric Crowley reports, “Bass are on the points 20 to 30 feet deep crashing bait on the surface and holding deep on rockpiles in 40 feet of water. We are catching them on vertical offerings while walleye fishing, but I’m sure…
If you’ve never headed to the mountains to fish Blue Ridge, the scenery this month is well worth the trip. The fishing is great, too. Fish the herring migration pattern this month at Blue Ridge, and you’ll catch big spotted bass, and throw in some largemouth and maybe a smallmouth. Herring imitations fished on rocky…
Blue Ridge: Level: 12 feet low. Temp: 68-70 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “The bite is starting to get good. The lake is starting to get close to winter pool, and the water temp is dropping since we’ve been having cooler weather. There has been some topwater action once the sun gets up,…
Blue Ridge: Level: 2.8 feet below 1,681. Temp: 72-74 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “The bite is starting to pick up as TVA has started the process of dropping the lake for the winter. We’ve been having cooler days and rain, which is helping lower the water temps. Did I mention fall and…
Blue Ridge: Level: 6.4 feet over 1681. Temp: 83 degrees. Clarity: 12 feet. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “The bite has been fair. Once we get past Labor Day weekend, everything should start getting back to normal. TVA will start lowering the lake for winter pool, and hopefully we will start seeing cooler weather. This means…
Blue Ridge: Level: Full pool. Temp: 81-85 degrees. Clarity: 12 to 15 feet. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “It’s your typical summertime fishing on Blue Ridge. Blue Ridge is a deep, clear lake that gets a tremendous amount of recreational boat traffic from July 4th until Labor Day weekend. This pushes the fish down deep, which only gives you…
Blue Ridge: Level: Full. Temp: 80 degrees. Clarity: 8 feet. Bass: Eric Crowley, of North Georgia Fishing Guides, reports, “The bass bite has been pretty good with lots of spotted bass and a few largemouth being caught on submerged structure. Anywhere rock meets wood has been holding the bigger fish. We only caught one smallmouth last month,…
Blue Ridge: Level: Full. Temp: 70 degrees. Clarity: 5-foot visibility. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “It’s the time of year that we’ve been waiting for. The lakes are at full pool, and the bass have just come out of their postspawn funk. The bass are moving out to deeper water in brush and laydowns where they…
Blue Ridge: Level: Full pool. Temp: 63-65 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “What a crazy month for fishing. We’ve had so much rain that our lake actually went above full pool in just a matter of a few days. That’s not good when it’s spawning time, not to mention we had some…
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