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Lake Sinclair Fishing Report – February 2006

Sinclair: Level: 1.3 feet low. Temp: 52 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain at Little River Park. There’s not enough rain to really muddy it up. Bass: Great. February is a fun time to be on Sinclair. “I was on a pattern down the lake before that Berry’s tournament, but I couldn’t get to my fish because…

Lake Sinclair Fishing Report – January 2006

Sinclair: Level: The lake was down 5.5 feet in December, but it will start being filled back to full pool on January 1. Temp: 51-54 degrees. Beaverdam Creek has been in the 60s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Great. Reports of good stringers have come from Sinclair this month after it was drawn down for dock repairs.…

Lake Sinclair December Drawdown Bass

“December is my favorite month to fish Sinclair,” Benny Lanning said as he threw a chrome-and-blue Rat-L-Trap toward a secondary point. “And when it’s drawn down, it is the hottest fishery you’ll ever find.” The good news for anglers ready to hit the middle Georgia reservoir this month is the lake will be drawn down…

Yo-Yo Crappie For Sinclair In November

Chuck McClendon has a passion for fishing. He started off catching bream and bass in small ponds before a fateful day over three decades ago. “A friend of mine took me crappie fishing and started what has become a life-long passion,” Chuck said. Chuck chases crappie in lakes across middle Georgia and for his money,…

Bass Tournament Reports August 2005

July 17: Valley Sportsman, West Point The fishing was pretty slow at the Valley Sportsman tournament at West Point. Twenty-two boats decided they’d try to beat the heat and fish, and in the end it was Martie Murphy and Mike York who won with 15.46 pounds. Second went to John Pearson and Trey Rhodes with…

Junior Collis, Larry Kitchens Win Sinclair Bass Tournament!

All of us have experienced those rare, sweet moments when something good happens to people we know. You know the feeling, that warm inner glow you get, a swelling of pride that something that ought to have happened, some special reward or recognition, has been bestowed on one of the good guys. It happened recently.…

Lake Sinclair Early Summer Bass With Jerry McClure

We had run the boat for only a couple of minutes, scarcely reaching above idle speed as Jerry McClure rounded a bend into a pocket, the back of which ran along a road. Jerry dropped the trolling motor and maneuvered the Ranger into water that seemed too shallow for such a big boat. “This used…

Angler Killed In Sinclair Boat Accident

On Friday, March 11, members of the Macon Pro Casters bass-fishing club were on Lake Seminole for a weekend outing. Club President Tony King was across the state on Lake Sinclair, preparing for a tournament in the Bulldog Division of the Wal-Mart BFL. Nobody knew that the day would turn tragic for a seasoned boater…

Middle Georgia Lakes To Get Stripers Instead Of Hybrids

Lineside fishermen on several middle Georgia lakes will see a change in future years. A plan to begin phasing in the stocking of stripers and phasing out the stocking of hybrids was introduced by WRD Fisheries biologists at a public meeting in Milledgeville last month. Lakes feeding the Altamaha River basin that over the past…

Sinclair Summer Bass, Sunburnt And Shallow

The forecast called for the hottest day of the year so far — high 90s. This mid-June trip to Lake Sinclair was going to be a test of endurance, but the young man I was to fish with assured me that those Sinclair bass still bite during the heat of the summer. I was to meet my…

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