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Fishing Tournaments
Sinclair: Level: 2.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 68-72 degrees. Clarity: Fairly clear, but should be staining after rain. Bass: Aaron Batson reports, “The bite has been good lately but mostly with smaller keepers. Work grassbeds and seawalls early in the day with 1/4-oz. Ol Nelle spinnerbaits and shallow crankbaits, like a 100 Bandit. Late…
Sinclair: Level: 1.3 feet below full and rising. Temp: 82-83 degrees. Clarity: Staining up. Bass: Aaron Batson said the same patterns he uses at Oconee will work (see report above) on Sinclair as fish move shallow. However, fishing grass is an added bonus on Sinclair. Early morning will be best this month. Horny Toads, buzzbaits,…
Sinclair: Level: 1.2 feet below full. Temp: 88-92 degrees. Clarity: Light stain to clear over most of the lake. Bass: Fair. “I just fished the Saturday night event out of Little River, and we came in second place with a limit at 12.07 pounds,” said Aaron Batson. “It took just under 13 to win it.…
Sinclair: Level: 0.7 feet below full pool. Temp: High 80s to low 90s. Clarity: Slight stain. Bass: Good. Kim Carver said there’s a good bite for numbers on Sinclair. There’s a buzzbait bite first thing in the morning around grass up the Oconee River. Once the sun gets up, fish docks with a shaky head…
Sinclair: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low 90s. Clarity: Slight stain. Bass: Excellent. Mike Cleveland said it’s hot but the big fish are biting. He won the June 12 R&R with a 21.51-sack, and he took second in the June 5-6 Berry’s Classic with a two-day total of 33.88 pounds. Mike said he’s been starting off…
Sinclair: Level: 0.1 feet above full pool. Temp: Mid to high 70s. Clarity: Slight stain. Bass: Good. Mike Stalnaker said he’d be fishing the shallow grassy pockets early with a black buzzbait for the big bite. If they don’t want a buzzbait, try a topwater jerkbait. Once the topwater bite is over, it’ll be time…
Sinclair: Level: 0.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 64 to 70 degrees. Clarity: Good stain. Bass: Good for numbers, said Mike Cleveland. He said you can catch up to 40 fish in a day on Sinclair right now, but most of them are smaller buck bass. The fish are still in all stages of the…
Sinclair: Level: 0.7 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid to upper 50s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. “The most consistent pattern has been grass, and it will stay hot throughout April,” said Kip Carter. “In April the water temp will warm to 65 plus, and the fish will begin to bed. Use lizards and spinnerbaits in…
There are some tired fishermen after two half-day Lowrance Eliminator Series tournaments at Lake Sinclair cut the field from 32 boaters to just eight survivors. Those eight anglers will launch tomorrow morning (March 5) along with eight non-boaters as the 2010 Lowrance Eliminator Series continues. Windy, cold conditions all day made for rough fishing at…
Cold, muddy water didn’t bode well for the 32 boaters and their non-boater partners during Round 1 of the Lowrance Eliminator Series tournament at Lake Sinclair this morning (March 4). Somebody forgot to tell 2008 Eliminator Series champ Aaron Batson — and several other anglers who had great half-day catches under rough conditions. Batson anchored…
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