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Fishing
Sinclair: Level: 4.5 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 60s. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Tournament angler Clayton Batts said this month will be great on Sinclair due to the drawdown. His main bait is a Spro Aruku Shad rattle bait in the chrome-blue color. For shallow water, he also has a Strike Zone Edgebuster 3/8-oz.…
Sinclair: Level: 1.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 75-80 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Tournament angler Aaron Batson reports, “The lake is just below full pool but expected to drop fast beginning Oct. 18 for the drawdown. Expect the lake to drop approximatley 4 to 5 feet. The schooling bite down the lake has begun.…
Sinclair: Level: 1.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 85-86 degrees. Clarity: Mostly clear. Bass: Tournament pro Aaron Batson reports, “Fishing is good. A tournament this past weekend took more than 20 pounds to win, which is very strong for a late summer event. Early morning bass are being caught on buzzbaits, frogs and topwater plugs…
Ten Georgia Power Company lakes will experience drawdowns this fall or winter. “Get out your Rat-L-Traps,” Aaron Batson said when asked about the lake drawdowns. Aaron is a tournament angler, a contributor to GON‘s fishing reports and a two-time GON Eliminator Series bass tournament champion. “Fall fishing already bunches up schools of bass that follow…
Sinclair: Level: 1.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 88-89 degrees. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Tournament pro Aaron Batson reports, “Bass fishing is slow, but some good fish are being caught at night around the many dock lights. This is your best bet for numbers and size. Run a buzzbait or spinnerbait around the light edges…
Another Georgia lake record has been broken. Henry Younker, of Oxford, landed a record blue catfish Friday, June 12 on Lake Sinclair. Henry and his two sons put their boat in the water at Little River around 7 a.m. After having much success throughout the day, the boys decided to stay as long as they…
Sinclair: Level: 0.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 83-84 degrees. Clarity: Clear to lightly stained. Bass: Tournament angler Aaron Batson reports, “Bass have moved deeper. Look for them to stack up on main-lake structure in 16 to 24 feet of water. Ditches down the center of coves can be productive, too. Slow-moving baits like a…
Sinclair: Level: Full pool. Temp: 70-72 degrees. Clarity: Stained.Bass: Tournament angler Aaron Batson and his partner Michael Mincey won the April 25 Berry’s event on Sinclair with 22.14 pounds. Aaron reports, “Bass fishing is excellent. Good baits are 1/4-oz. chartreuse spinnerbaits and 1/4-oz. Rat-L-Traps. There are some bass spawning now, but a major wave of…
Sinclair: Level: 1 foot below low. Temp: 59-63 degrees. Clarity: Stained.Bass: Excellent. Tournament angler Aaron Batson reports, “Good baits are 1/4-oz. chartreuse spinnerbaits and 1/4-oz. Rat-L-Traps. Work seawalls and rocky banks. There are some bass spawning now, and they can be caught on Texas-rigged junebug lizards and Senkos. Later in the month, look for the…
Troy Thiel is attempting to tell me how simple it is to catch crappie trolling on Lake Sinclair. “People make it harder… there’s a fish… than it really has to be. All you need to do… there’s another one…” Being interrupted by slab crappie is not a bad thing, even at the beginning of the…
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