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It had just turned cool. A long-sleeve shirt was comfortable as Kevin Barwick and I motored down Little River headed toward a pocket that fills up with shad, and bass, this time of year. A deck full of rods strapped down revealed we’d be firing spinnerbaits and working an assortment of plastic lures as we…
Sinclair: Level: 0.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 64-68 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Very good. Mike Cleveland said the fish are up shallow chasing shad and stocking up for the winter. he said the main-lake pockets are producing really well right now, and the fish are in just a foot or two of water. The…
Sinclair: Level: 1.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 78-81 degrees. Clarity: Slightly stained. Bass: Good, said tournament angler Mike Cleveland. “The water’s turning over, so you can expect there to be a shallow bite from now into December,” he said. “Right now, it’s following the shad. The shad are just now starting to go into…
Sinclair: Level: 0.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 80-82 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain on the main lake. Heavy stain up the creeks. Bass: Good. Mike Cleveland said the fish are starting to move up with falling water temps. “They finally went to biting on Sinclair,” he said. “The deep water stuff is over, and they’ve…
Sinclair: Level: Down 1.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 85-92 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain on main lake; stained up the creeks. Bass: Good. Mike Cleveland said there is a good deep-water bite going on right now, and that everything is happening out on the main lake. Look for mayfly hatches on main-lake bushes early and…
Sinclair: Level: Down 0.8 below full pool. Temp: 88-90 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain up the river; clear in Rooty Creek and on the main lake. Bass: Fair. Mike Cleveland said it’s hit or miss on Sinclair. The bite he’s been looking for, the mayfly hatch, hasn’t been showing up for him when he’s been on…
Rob Wimberly and Sam Harris have been fishing together for most of their lives. First as kids in a jonboat near their Athens homes and more recently as a formidable team on the tournament trails around the state. These guys have an excellent tournament record with top-three finishes in four out of their last eight…
Sinclair: Level: Full pool. Temp: 74-80 degrees. Clarity: The rivers are slightly stained; down the lake is clear. Bass: Mike Cleveland said the bite is a little slow right now, but there are good things to come in June. “May on Sinclair — it’s always a tough period this time of year,” he said. He…
Sinclair: Level: Full pool. Temp: 64 degrees early, warming up fast to 74 degrees. Clarity: Stained in Little River, clear or clearing over the rest of the lake. Bass: Good. Tournament angler Mike Cleveland said there are still a few bedded fish, but the postspawn stuff is the ticket right now. The shad spawn was…
Sinclair: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low to mid 60s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. Eliminator Elite-8 angler Mike Cleveland said there’s a good spinnerbait bite at Sinclair right now from halfway back to the backs of the pockets. He said there are a lot of fish on the beds right now, and they should continue coming…
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