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Fishing Reports
Sinclair: Level: 0.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 53-60 degrees. Clarity: Heavy stain. Bass: Tough. Tournament angler Jim Windham said the fishing was pitiful Saturday, Feb. 23. “I think they’re trying to move up, but they keep getting knocked back by the cold fronts, all this fresh water and the fresh mud,” he said. “We…
The cold, winter weather of February often puts a damper on bass fishing on most of our lakes. Bass go deep and school up tight and don’t eat much. But Lake Sinclair is an exception to that rule. The warm waters discharged from a Georgia Power Co. power plant make it the most popular lake…
Sinclair: Level: 1.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 44 degrees except in Little River, where temperatures are in the low to mid 50s. Clarity: Clear on most of the lake. Stained in Little River. Bass: Poor. It only took 11 pounds to win the HD Marine at Sinclair last weekend. “It wasn’t a problem catching…
Sinclair: Level: 1.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 55 to 60 degrees on the main lake. About 51 degrees up the river. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Kim Carver said the fish are starting to transition on Sinclair. “The lake started to turn over about two weeks ago, and the fish are moving out,” he said.…
Sinclair: Level: 1.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 53 to 58 degrees. Clarity: Heavy stain up the river. Light stain on the main lake. Bass: Very good, said Barry Stokes. He thinks the fish are rapidly moving into their winter pattern right now. Most of the fish he has been catching have been from Nancy…
Sinclair: Level: 1.4 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 70s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Fair. “With the little bit of cool weather we’ve had, the shad are moving shallower, and the fish just seem to be on docks right now,” said Kim Carver. “For some reason, they seem to have been on docks all year.” Kim…
The start of deer season is a great time for bass fishermen. Many people who have been on the water are now in the woods, making the lakes less crowded and giving you first shot at the fish. With the water and air finally cooling down, the fish feed better, and fishing is much more…
Ahhh, springtime in Georgia… is there a more glorious (or fickle) thing on earth? Temperatures had been in the upper 70s and early 80s for two weeks, but when I had arranged to meet Mark Denney, of Bonaire, at Lake Sinclair, it had been cold and windy for three straight days. It had been just…
Sinclair: Level: 0.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 80 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Slight stain above the railroad trestle. Bass: Slow. Jim Windham said the fishing wasn’t so hot during the Sept. 22 Berry’s tournament on Sinclair. It took less than 12 pounds to win. He and his partner caught four fish that were barely keepers…
Sinclair: Level: 1.4 feet below full. Temp: 89 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good, said tournament fisherman Jim Windham. He took second in a recent Berry’s tournament on Sinclair fishing ledges in 15-23 feet of water. He also took the big fish, which weighed a little better than 7 pounds. Jim said most of his bites…
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