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Bass-tournament partners Jake Andrew and Jace Garrett, from Bremen High School, recently brought home their first tournament win at the Georgia B.A.S.S. Nation fishing tournament held at Lake Sinclair on May 14. Jake, who is a senior, has been fishing competitively since he was a 15. For his final season, he was paired with…
Lake Sinclair has proven again that the middle Georgia reservoir on the Oconee River is home to some giant catfish. Brian Fitts, of Douglasville, landed a new lake record blue catfish on May 2 while fishing Sinclair with guide Paul Gourley, who has been a friend of Brian’s for 35 years. Brian and three of his friends got…
Catfish grow big, and Georgia’s lakes sure seem to hold good numbers of these giants of the murky depths. Case in point, a recent outing on Lake Sinclair. On March 29, Chad Smith, a guide on lakes Sinclair and Oconee for almost nine years, took Rufus Brown and Brian Brown out fishing on Lake Sinclair to catch…
Sinclair: Level: 1.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 60s. Clarity: Stained over most of the lake. Bass: Tournament angler Aaron Batson reports, “Bass fishing can’t get any better. I just fished an event and got the last check (11th place) with a limit that went 18.20. The event took in the 20s…
Sinclair: Level: 1.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 48-52 degrees. Clarity: Stained to muddy. Bass: Tournament angler Aaron Batson reports, “Bass fishing has been good for quality fish, but numbers have been difficult. We have been catching bass on Texas-rigged Zoom Magnum Lizards in junebug on docks and seawalls in 3 to 8 feet of…
If you winterize your bass boat and put away your rods this time of year, you are making a big mistake. Winter is one of the best times to catch big bass, and good numbers of quality bass can be caught now, too, especially at Sinclair. Lake Sinclair has been on fire this winter for…
Sinclair: Level: 0.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 40s to low 50s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: GON writer and tournament angler Ronnie Garrison reports that Sinclair has been very good. Ronnie won a club tournament in mid January with 18 pounds and the 5.58-lb. Big Fish. The good bass bite should continue in February, according…
Sinclair: Level: 0.9 feet low. Temp.: Low 60s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: With the water on the rise and higher-than-average temperatures, anglers have still been working crankbaits and covering water to fill their tournament limits. Focus on any shallow blowdowns, stump fields and docks that have deeper drops nearby. Assuming cold weather in January, expect the…
Sinclair: Level: 3.4 feet below full pool. Temp.: Low 60s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Tournament angler Aaron Batson reports, “Look for baitfish moving back out of the creeks. Fish from the mouths to halfway back. Good baits are jerkbaits and Rat-L-Traps. Try a 3/4-oz. Rat-L-Trap in chartreuse/chrome or gold/black. Fan cast across the center of the…
Georgia Power is drawing down Lake Sinclair about 4 1/2 feet this fall and winter. Plans are for the lake to remain lowered until the end of November. If that makes you worry about fishing there in November, stop your worrying. The bass fishing will be better than it has been in a long while—since…
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