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Fishing Reports
When Shane Smith moved to Fort Benning, he brought with him a love of fishing — catfishing to be precise. An Ohio native, Shane and his brother established a catfish tournament trail a few years back called Hilljack Catfishing that was designed for avid catfishermen to compete and promote conservation. Shane is Capt. Shane Smith…
Eufaula: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low to mid 70s. Clarity: Muddy on the main lake and main creeks, especially down the lake. A little clearer in some of the backwaters. Bass: Fair. Stephen McCord said the largest of the spawners have already moved back out and are in the postspawn lull. For the next few…
Eufaula: Level: Full pool. Temp: High 50s to mid 60s. Clarity: Muddy on the main lake and main creeks, especially down the lake. A little clearer in some of the backwaters. Bass: Very good. Stephen McCord said the prespawn bite is strong right now in the shallows. He’s been catching most of his fish in…
Eufaula: Level: 0.1 feet above full pool. Temp: 48 to 52 degrees. Clarity: Muddy. Bass: Slow. Stephen McCord said the water has been rising and falling, and it’s muddy. It’s been hard to nail down a consistent pattern. He is excited that the fish are getting ready to move up, though. He’s been catching some…
Eufaula: Level: 0.8 feet above full pool. Temp: 38-45 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Slow. Anthony Goggins reports, “The fish are holding shallow, as usual, although some are holding deep. Some can be found schooled up in the pockets off the main lake where they prefer to do their spawning. They will begin to bite spinnerbaits…
January isn’t normally a time you’d think of bass boats zooming back and forth across the lake trying to win the big tournament of the weekend. But, there are still a few anglers who put all other passions aside and are determined to catch fish 365 days of the year. Regardless of the frigid, wintry…
Eufaula: Level: 2.2 feet above full pool. Temp: 48-51 degrees. Clarity: Muddy. Bass: Stephen McCord stays shallow to catch bass on Eufaula in January. “They are going to be close to points and flats, holding tight to wood, and the key to finding them is to look for these structures close to the deeper water,”…
Eufaula: Level: 0.7 feet above full pool. Temp: 62 to 66 degrees. Clarity: Muddy. Bass: Very good. Stephen McCord is on a couple of very good patterns right now at Eufaula. He’s won the last two tournaments he’s fished there with weights of 19 and 22 pounds. The first thing he’s been doing to get…
Eufaula: Level: 1.4 feet above full pool. Temp: High 70s to low 80s. Clarity: Slight stain. Bass: Very good. Cold fronts have turned on the bite at Eufaula, said Capt. Sam Williams. The baitfish are up in the grass, and bass are feeding actively wherever there’s grass or any cover. Sam said a Big Bite…
Eufaula: Level: 2.7 feet above full pool. Temp: Mid 80s. Clarity: Muddy on the main lake, stained in the creeks. Largemouths: Good. Sam Williams said you don’t want to be on the main lake right now unless you’ve got a steel hull to deflect all the big trash floating down the lake. However, the fish…
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