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Fishing Reports
Nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains you’ll find a little piece of heaven on earth. Sounds like the intro line to some brochure doesn’t it? Well it is as true a statement as I have ever made. Although the winding roads that snake through the mountains of north Georgia seem to be leading…
Chatuge: Level: 5.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 60s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Look for a schooling bite on main-lake points down around the dam. This is more of a morning bite, and you’ve got to get lucky to get on them, but the fishing can be good if you find them.…
Chatuge: Level: 4.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 75-76 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eric Welch, of Reel Job Fishing, reports, “Keep a Sammy tied on for morning breaking fish. The fish are suspending between 10 and 30 feet around baitfish. If you watch your electronics, you will see the fish. They are off points…
Chatuge: Level: 3.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 83 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eric Welch, of Reel Job Fishing, reports, “First thing in the morning, throw a Sammy and a Zara Spook on long points and across flats. Watch your electronics for suspending fish. There are a lot baitfish 12 to 25 feet deep,…
Chatuge: Level: 0.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 83 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eric Welch, of Reel Job Fishing, reports, “The fish are deep. We’ve been catching fish around deep docks in 18- to 30-feet of water drop-shotting a 4 1/2-inch Roboworm in morning dawn. Also, a Texas-rigged Zoom Finesse Worm in watermelon seed…
Chatuge: Level: 6.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 41 to 43 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow. Eric Welch, of Reel Job Fishing, reports, “This time of year I like to fish slow and pick the laydowns and brushpiles apart with a Strike King 3/8-oz. jig in black/brown/amber. You can also catch fish using a shaky…
Chatuge: Level: 6.4 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 40s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Charlie Baldwin said you won’t have any 30-fish days, but there is a decent deep bite in 20 to 30 feet of water doodling over brush. A jigging spoon or shaky head will do equally well for this bite. On a…
Chatuge: Level: 6.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 59 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Spotted bass: Bob Borgwat, of Reel Angling Adventures, reports, “Spotted bass have local anglers targeting schooled fish in 20 to 30 feet. Best locations appear to be main-lake points with lone brushpiles where blueback herring gather. Work deep-diving hard jerkbaits in long, slow…
Chatuge: Level: 4 feet below full pool. Temp: 79-80 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tough. John Hembry said it only took about 9 pounds to get in the money at a recent 60-boat tournament, but there were a few patterns going on. Drop shotting brush in 20 to 40 feet of water produced some smaller spotted…
Chatuge: Level: 2.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 85 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Eric Welch, of Reel Job Fishing, reports, “You can find some fish shallow, but for the most part the spots are on deep brush in 20 to 30 feet. A couple weeks ago, I caught an 8-lb., 7-oz. largemouth in 6…
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