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Fishing
Throughout the summer and into the winter, hybrids, largemouths and white bass school together on Eufaula. Methods for locating and catching these fish can run the gamut from casting spinners to trolling crankbaits, but there is a productive technique that seems to have been forgotten on this lake. That technique is jigging a spoon, and…
Eufaula: Level: 2 feet below normal pool. Temp: Mid 80. Clarity: As clear as it gets. Bass: Good. Billy Darby said the bass are on the ledges in 15 to 18 feet of water, and he said to catch them fishing a Carolina rig. He also said a Mann’s 20+, in pearl with a green…
Every angler knows that the success of a fishing trip can turn on a dime. Sometimes it’s a shift in the wind, a drop in temperature, a sudden rain or nothing that you can quite put your finger on. But when expert fisherman and Lake Eufaula guide Billy Darby called me the day before our…
Eufaula: Level: 1 foot below full pool. Temp: About 80 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eufaula guide Billy Darby said the bass were still pretty shallow and concentrated in submerged hydrilla at the end of May. People were catching them fishing crankbaits through patches of hydrilla. “When that bait hangs up on the hydrilla, rip…
Eufaula: Level: 1.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 63-70 degrees. Clarity: Stained in the river, more clear in the main lake. Bass: Poor, said Butch Tucker who called the lake very unpredictable because of unstable weather patterns. He said the bass spawn is about over, and the shad spawn is getting started on the river…
Prespawn bass here, bedding bass over there and postspawn bass holding nearby. April is an amazing month on Georgia lakes with bass on most any pattern you want to fish and large numbers of them are up shallow and feeding. Lake Walter F. George, also known as Eufaula, offers one of your best bets to…
Eufaula: Level: 1.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 72 degrees on main river. Clarity: Clear to light stain. Bass: Fair. Billy Darby said the big females are postspawn and will be very hard to catch, but they are suspending off ledges in 12 to 14 feet of water. He said they can be taken on…
For crappie fishermen there isn’t a much better time of year than spring. In our Georgia lakes these prolific fish congregate in large schools and migrate to the shallows looking for a place to spawn. Even though it is not technically spring yet, the action is already beginning to improve over the deep winter doldrums.…
Eufaula: Level: 1.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 51-57 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eufaula guide Billy Darby says the bass should start moving up into the hydrilla to bed this month as water temps approach 60 degrees and warmer. The prespawn cruising fish can be picked up with crankbaits on the points or by…
Eufaula: Level: Down 1.7 feet below full. Temp: 51-54 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Fair. There has been decent crankbait bite, but it’s weather-dependent this time of year. Crank the main-lake, primary points 10 to 14 feet deep. Watch for several warm days in a row this month, and you can take advantage of some excellent…
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