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Fishing
March is unlike every other month of the year for bass anglers at Lake Hartwell. Fishing during the first half of the month is totally different than the second half. And to make things even more confusing, Lake Hartwell is unusually low, making most of the best places to catch fish in March inaccessible. But…
Hartwell: Level: 12.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 49 degrees. Clarity: The main lake and the rivers are clear, the backs of some creeks are stained. Bass: Good. The B.A.S.S. Classic was won by Alton Jones with a three-day catch of 49 pounds. According to Hartwell bass-fishing guide Josh Fowler, Jones caught his fish on…
Hartwell: Level: 12.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 48 degrees. Clarity: The main lake and the rivers are clear, the backs of the creeks have a heavy stain. Bass: Bass fishing has been good the past few weeks, said guide Josh Fowler. “The Royston Bass Club fished on Jan. 19. The winning team had 18…
Hartwell: Level: 13.25 feet below full pool. Temp: 54 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Bass fishing has been fair the past few weeks said bass-fishing guide Josh Fowler. “It took 14 pounds to win the pot tournament on Dec. 8, but it only took 7 pounds to get second and third. Everybody seems to be catching…
Hartwell: Level: 12.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 61 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Hartwell bass-fishing guide Josh Fowler said bass are being caught a lot of different ways right now. The better fish are being caught on crankbaits and spinnerbaits in the creeks. Matt and Aaron Isbell won the pot tournament on Nov. 10…
Hartwell: Level: 9.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 72 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Hartwell bass fishing guide Josh Fowler, whose cable TV show, Fishing With Fowler, airs on the Hartwell cable, said it has been good in mid October for numbers of fish, but the bigger largemouths have gone missing. Josh and his partner…
Hartwell: Level: 6.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 78 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow. Guide Buster Green said a recent tournament was won with 19 pounds, but weights dropped rapidly. “Most of the fish were caught on top,” said Buster, “but the fish were mostly small. People are catching a lot of Coosa bass and…
Hartwell: Level: 6.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 85 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: The summertime topwater Spooks & Flukes bite on main-lake points and humps has faded in August, according to Hartwell fishing guide Buster Greene. In early August it had been taking 17 to 18 pounds to win a four-hour pot tournament. In late…
A few years ago, bass fishermen discovered an amazing summer pattern on some Georgia lakes. Bass would hit topwater baits worked over deep water on some of the brightest, hottest days of summer. Blueback herring were the key to that pattern, and Lake Hartwell is one of the best lakes in the state to catch…
Level: 5 feet below full pool. Temp: 85 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Fishing Guide Mark Waller said this time of the year the topwater bite is all day long. You have to find the standing timber near the river channel to find the fish though. Mark said, “I’m a topwater fanatic, just throw Spooks…
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