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Fishing
Good things often come in small packages, and that is true of bass fishing in the Macon area. Even in the hot summer, Lake Tobesofkee provides excellent bass fishing. You have to avoid the pleasure boaters, like on all lakes, but the payoff on a trip here this month can be surprising. Tobesofkee is a…
Tobesofkee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 86-88 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Clayton Batts reports, “Bass are in their summer pattern right now around docks and on deep-water humps and points. Fish deeper docks where the channel sweeps in on them with a green-pumpkin or red-bug Big Bite Baits Biobait finesse worm. The fish will be on…
Tobesofkee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 76-78. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Good. Clayton Batts reports, “Fish are biting well right now feeding up after the spawn. Early and late, fish a Spro Hydro-Pop around main-lake grass and seawalls that have deep water close by. When the sun comes up, it’s time to go fish the docks…
Severe weather forced anglers off Lake Tobesofkee on the scheduled tournament day of March 28, so the state’s best young tournament anglers returned the next day to vie for bragging rights and state-championship honors in the 2009 Georgia Bass Chapter Federation (GBCF) Youth Top-6 Tournament. Youth anglers were paired with GBCF members who provided boats…
Tobesofkee: Level: Full Pool. Temp: 68-71 degrees. Clarity: Heavily stained. Bass: Fair. Clayton Batts reports, “The bite is tough right now. Some fish are still on the bed, but most of them have already spawned. There is a shad spawn first thing in the morning around grassbeds and rip-rap, but most of the fish around…
Tobesofkee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 65-68 degrees. Clarity: Stained but clearing. Bass: Clayton Batts reports, “Some fish are already on the bed, but most of them are still staging for the spawn. Look for these staging fish around the corners of docks and along isolated cover around seawalls. Flip a black/blue Spro Finesse jig around…
Tobesofkee: Level: 3 feet below full pool and rising. Temp: 54-56 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain. Bass: Good. Clayton Batts reported: “The lake is coming up after the winter draw down. The bass are still up shallow and biting a variety of baits. The fish are biting in 1 to 6 feet of water. The fish…
Tobesofkee: Level: 6 feet below full pool for special draw-down until Feb. 8. Temp: 48-52 degrees. Clarity: Heavily stained. Bass: Very good. Clayton Batts reports: “The bass are still up shallow and biting. I have not caught a fish over 6 feet deep since the lake has been down. For the shallow fish in the…
Tobesofkee: Level: 6 feet below full pool for special draw-down. Temp: 58-60 degrees. Clarity: Muddy. Bass: Excellent. It is taking more than 20 pounds to win a tournament right now. “It’s unbelievable,” said Clayton Batts. “The pattern is very simple right now. Pick up a crankbait or Rat-L-Trap, and throw it all day, covering as…
Tobesofkee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 54-59 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Special Notice: Tobesofkee will be drawn down 6 feet this winter. The drawdown begins Dec. 5 and lasts until Jan. 31. Bass: “There will be a good jig bite at the first of December before the lake begins to drop,” said Clayton Batts. “Fish a black-and-blue…
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