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Conventional wisdom says a tournament held on Lake Eufaula during 90-degree weather in June should be won offshore on the ledges. But Bill Lowen isn’t buying it. He never buys that anywhere B.A.S.S. takes him. The Indiana pro who cut his teeth fishing the shallow waters of the Ohio River stayed near the shoreline during…
Finally, after the longest unplanned break in B.A.S.S. history due to COVID-19 precautions, the Bassmaster Elite Series will resume tournament action next week June 10-13, 2020. Perhaps fittingly, the schedule’s restart point will be at one of the most storied lakes in professional bass fishing history. The DEWALT Bassmaster Elite at Lake Eufaula will feature…
Eufaula: Level: 1.1 feet below 190 full pool. Temp: High 70s to low 80s. Clarity: Light to moderate stain. Bass: Guide Sam Williams reports, “The lake is fishing really good right now. The shallow bite for bass is holding all day, you need to work the areas slow and change baits from time to time.…
Bass in the grass, and bass feeding on channel drops. Eufaula is full of 3- to 5-lb. bass, and they have been on fire this year. In June, you can catch Eufaula bass both shallow or deep—it really just depends on the way you prefer to fish. Eufaula is known as “The Bass Capitol of…
Eufaula: Level: 1.9 feet below 190 full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Ranging from nearly clear to stained. Bass: Les Bratcher, of Big Bite Baits, reports, “The shad have been spawning all over the lake, and if you find them, you are in business. Anglers are catching bass on spinnerbaits, swim jigs, buzzbaits and frogs…
Even though the calendar reads May, Lake Eufaula crappie guide Tony Adams is already experiencing around-the-clock “summer” fishing on the big Chattahoochee River impoundment on the Georgia-Alabama border. Like most anglers, Tony takes advantage of the late-winter and early spring migration of crappie to their shallow spawning areas, plucking huge numbers of fish from the…
Eufaula: Level: 0.9 feet below 190 full pool. Temp: Upper 60s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Guide Sam Williams reports, “The bass are still trying to work the shallows. If you see bait or bird activity, work these areas out with different baits until you get a strike. Try to match the bait with similar lures and…
Eufaula: Level: 0.6 feet above 190 full pool. Temp: Upper 60s. Clarity: Clearing. Bass: Tournament angler Les Bratcher, of Big Bite Baits, reports, “It’s amazing how a week of warm weather and no rain changes things. There has been a spawning pushing this week, and there are quite a few bass shallow. However, some anglers…
Eufaula: Level: 0.8 feet below 190 full pool. Temp: Upper 50s. Clarity: Muddy. Bass: Tournament angler Les Bratcher, of Big Bite Baits, reports, “The spring push is on at Eufaula. We had an early wave of spawners come in the last couple of weeks. The Bass Pro Tour guys had a successful event here two…
Nearly 300 kids fished the Jan. 12 Georgia Bass Nation tournament on Lake Eufaula. The next stop will be in Bainbridge on Lake Seminole, as youth anglers put their talents to the test on prespawn and spawning bass. To get your child, or school, involved with Georgia Bass Nation High School Fishing, go to www.gabassnationhs.com, call…
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