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Sinclair: Level: 0.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 85 degrees. Clarity: Stained up the Oconee and Little rivers but clear in Rooty Creek. Bass: Mike Cleveland reports that a 13 1/2-lb. sack was the top Sinclair bag from more than 100 boats fishing the Berry’s Classic two weeks ago. “They’re not biting worth nothing,” said…
It was an overcast morning a few weeks ago as Will Sizer and I left the boat ramp in Beaverdam Creek. In short order we were fishing spinnerbaits on a rocky bank just off a main-lake point. Threadfin shad began to flicker on the surface. “Shad are spawning,” said Will. Indeed they were. One of…
Sinclair: Level: Full pool. Temp: 70-71 degrees. Clarity: Various stages of stain. The mid area has the heaviest stain. Bass: Shad were still spawning last week, according to guide Barry Stokes. He caught quite a few bass on a Pop-R and Cold Steele’s new frog called, “The Last Hop.” Be on the lake at daylight,…
Sinclair: Level: 1.1 feet below full. Temp: 65-71 degrees. Clarity: The lower end is stained, but the upper ends are still heavily stained. Bass: Mike Cleveland said a few bass are still on the bed, and the shad spawn has kicked off in the mid-lake area. The Little River arm has yet to see any…
Sinclair: Level: 0.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 58-63 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. David Lowery said the buck bass are up shallow all over the lake, and they’re easy to catch. The big bite has been hard to find. Concentrate on the shallow docks, grass and seawalls with any shallow bait you want to…
Sinclair: Level: 1.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 54 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Slow, which was updated to fair when David Lowery caught a dock fish on a shaky head while giving this report. David said it was on fire in mid-February until a couple of cold fronts blew through and shut the fish down.…
Crappie-tournament anglers don’t care about taking home a cooler full of fish for the fryer. Loading the boat is not the goal. A tournament angler is looking for just seven fish. The seven fattest, heaviest slabs on the lake. That may seem silly to your average weekend slab seeker. Trolling a circuit on a February…
Sinclair: Level: 0.7 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 40s. Clarity: Slight stain. Bass: Fair. “In February, everything depends on the weather,” said David Lowery. “Those fish move as fast as anywhere I’ve seen. A few warm days and they’ll be up on the banks in a foot of water.” David said to fish a…
Sinclair: Level: 0.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 48 to 54 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain; clear at the lower end. Bass: Fair. David Lowery said in January he likes a crankbait and a jig. Look for bass on rocks and in 12- to 15-foot ditches closer to deeper water. Crank Norman DD22 or Deep Little…
Sinclair: Level: 0.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 48 to 54 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain; clear at the lower end. Bass: Tough. Mike Cleveland said it took 9 pounds to win a tournament the weekend of Nov. 23, and big fish came in at about 3 1/2 pounds. “That cold front came through, dropped the…
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