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Fishing Reports
Jackson: Level: 1.3 feet above 528. Temp: 50-51 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Tournament angler Karl Pingry reports, “Current fishing is slow and poor. The ABA only took 7 pounds to win. With fishing like that, let’s talk March fishing! I managed to talk to two veterans on the lake. They said that right now is…
Jackson: Level: 0.5 feet above 528. Temp: Upper 40s to low 50s. Clarity: The lake is back to normal winter levels with stained water all the way to the dam and muddy up the rivers. Bass: Tournament angler Karl Pingry reports, “Before the cold front just before GON went to press, fishing was fair. The…
Jackson: Level: 0.6 above 528. Temp: 54 degrees. Clarity: Slightly stained to stained up the rivers. The main lake has a little color to it. Bass: Tournament angler Karl Pingry reports, “Lake is down to winter pool, but at least you can launch your boat at a few deeper ramps. A bass tournament this weekend…
Jackson: Level: Almost 9 feet down and not a single boat ramp is available to launch from. Bass: Tournament angler Karl Pingry reports, “Word has it that Lake Jackson will start to fill sometime after Thanksgiving. Unfortunately I did not have the information on how quickly Lake Jackson will become ramp accessible/boat launchable. That being…
Jackson: Level: Georgia Power is dropping the water level in a hurry for drawdown. Temp: Low to mid 70s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Tournament angler Karl Pingry reports, “Give the fish three to five days to get acclimated to the lower water level, and then get to the lake. The bass will work their way from…
It was Sept. 7, 2021, and the air temperature at 4 p.m. was hitting 90 degrees when we launched the boat into 4,700-acre Lake Jackson outside of Monticello. It was hot, steamy and not a hint of a breeze. Not ideal conditions for crappie fishing by any means, yet I was still optimistic that we…
Jackson: Level: 1 foot above full pool. Temp: Water temps in the main lake are in the mid 80s with cooler water in the 70s up the rivers. Clarity: The rivers are varying colors of stained water, and from mid-lake to the dam is clear. Bass: Tournament angler Karl Pingry reports, “According to Chuck Croft,…
Jackson: Level: 0.7 feet above full. Temp: 89-93 degrees. Clarity: Up the river is blown out. The best fishing water is in Tussahaw Creek and then down to the dam. Bass: One tournament angler was quoted recently as saying, “The recreational traffic on Jackson has destroyed this lake.” Right now fishing is as tough as…
Run Lake Jackson seawalls in May to catch lots of spots and some largemouth early in the morning. Some shad should still be spawning on them, and spawned-out shad will still be hanging around the walls. Hitting several seawalls early to find the one they are on is important. The rest of the day you…
Jackson: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid 60s to low 70s. Clarity: Stained to clear. Bass: Tournament angler Brian Lee reports, “May is a month that can dictate the remainder of the summer on Jackson for any fisherman. The spawn is winding down as the last wave of females take to the shallows as others are…
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