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4 to date in 2024. Two freshwater AND two saltwater state document fish have already been caught in 2024. Have you ever obtained your fishing license but? It’s time to get on the market!
Jeffrey Forester reeled in a brand new rock bass freshwater state document fish on April 6 and Ryan Simons landed a brand new Queen Triggerfish saltwater state document fish on April 7. They be part of two different latest document holders, Emerson Mulhall with a yellow perch freshwater fish state document tie, and Hayden Mundy with a almaco jack saltwater fish state document. Congrats to those anglers.
NEWS TO KNOW
This week, we’ve got fishing stories from Central, Southeast and North Georgia. Whether or not you might be searching for a brand new state document or simply the subsequent catch, we’re glad that you just Go Fish Georgia!
(Fishing report courtesy of Steve Schleiger, Area Supervisor and fisheries biologist with Georgia DNR Wildlife Sources Division, with assist from Area Employees and Native Specialists)
RESERVOIR FISHING REPORTS BELOW COURTESY OF SOUTHERN FISHING WITH KEN STURDIVANT.
LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, 60’S
Bass fishing is nice. Blue hen skies introduced on hotter temperatures and there’s a good chunk throughout the afternoon warmth. Good high quality bass are nonetheless popping out of Beaver Dam Creek and up the Savannah River. The highest water chunk is nice early within the morning. Use a Skitter Stroll and Chug Bugs within the shallow water. Use the plastics early concentrating on lay down bushes and stumps. Watch out to not fish the plastic baits too early. Bass are being caught on Glass Shad Raps and DT baits. Use these baits on windblown factors and the Rip Rap till about 10:30 a.m. Carolina Rigged Tubes and lizards are catching good Noticed Bass all throughout the day. Small chunk rock is what you might be searching for whereas fishing the Carolina Rig. Use a Gambler Biffle Bug in inexperienced pumpkin round rock and wooden. Begin off with the quicker shifting crank baits within the morning after which transfer to the slower shifting plastics because the day heats up.
CLARKS HILL IS FULL
Bass fishing is nice. The lake has loads of water and bass are shallow lake vast. The sample of fishing will change throughout the day and every thing from prime water baits like Chug bugs and Skitter Walks to suspending baits just like the Husky Jerks are catching bass. Grass strains are nonetheless producing high quality bass utilizing the Husky Jerks and plastic worms rigged with no weight. The early morning chunk is nice till about 9:30 a.m. The winds have been selecting up after lunchtime and the DT6’s within the Crawdad coloration is an efficient bass catching bait to make use of on windblown factors. Attempt altering the usual black nickel VMC hooks with the identical dimension pink VMC hooks. This little trick of fixing the hooks appears to be getting a couple of additional bites on roaming bass. The lighter ten- and twelve-pound check line is catching a lot of the fish. The lighter line is permitting the baits to maneuver freely and have higher motion. Most important lake factors, grass strains and wooden are the important thing this week to catching a restrict of high quality bass. Discover ways to use the Lowrance Construction Scan and Down Scan expertise with Southern Fishing on the Water fishing faculties.
LAKE OCONEE IS FULL
Bass fishing is truthful to good. The lake is clearing with a light-weight stain within the creeks. Begin the day with a white spinner bait on the ocean partitions and bridge rip rap. Because the solar will get up transfer to docks in the course of the most important creeks with construction below and round them. Use a shaky head worm with inexperienced in it. Small crank baits fished across the docks can even produce. The bass are shifting into the center and again of the coves and creeks because the water warms. Small crank baits have been the ticket over the previous week. Within the cleaner water a 6-inch Zoom inexperienced pumpkin lizard fished on a Texas rig in brush round and below docks has been an excellent producer over the previous week. The shad have began to spawn and a white spinner bait at first gentle round sea partitions and rip rap will produce if the spawn final.
LAKE SINCLAIR IS DOWN 1.4 FEET, 60’S
Bass fishing is nice however slightly slower as climate retains altering weekly. Prime water lures and spinner baits are producing throughout early morning from shallow cowl comparable to blow downs, docks, rip rap, grass, and shallow factors. Anglers ought to experiment with various forms of baits as a result of the perfect lure at the moment might not produce tomorrow. Some glorious selections are: Tremendous Spook Jr., Pop R, Chug Bug, Bang A Lure, buzz baits, and Child Torpedo. Spinner baits and weightless Flukes and Trick worms can be the perfect on some mornings. Attempt bulging the floor with a 3/8 or ½ ounce spinner bait with double Colorado blades. A weightless yellow Trick worm labored effectively on one latest morning. When utilizing spinning sort out, ensure that to make use of a swivel about 8 to 10 inches above the worm to manage line twist. The shad are spawning in a couple of scattered areas. If shad are seen spawning, attempt the highest water baits plus a small white spinner bait. Though some bass are nonetheless round shallow docks, extra are actually on deeper docks, particularly people who have brush below or round them. Catches from docks have come totally on delicate plastics; with jigs, crank baits, and spinner baits fooling a couple of fish. Attempt a Carolina rig Finesse worm alongside the edges and finish of docks. A Texas rigged Useless Ringer or Trick worm will be labored alongside the underside, via any brush, and dropped vertically alongside every submit. Small teams of bass will be discovered on sluggish to medium tapering factors at 5 to 10 toes deep. The Carolina rig is often greatest, however crank baits like a Rapala DT10 or ½ ounce Fats Free Shad are price a attempt.
LAKE JACKSON IS FULL
Bass fishing is truthful on worms and crank baits. The lake is full, and the bass are on docks and any blowdown. The lake is evident predominant lake with a slight stain within the rivers and creeks. Crank baits are truthful, and a Shad Rap is an efficient all-day bait. A pink shad Offender worm on a brass and glass Texas rig is the perfect guess on the docks. For a giant fish, head up the rivers and flip a darkish jig and pig or a worm within the bigger sizes on the downstream present pockets. By no means overlook a jig even for shallow bass on this lake up the rivers. Blacks, blues, and greens are good selections and add a Zoom salt trailer in matching colours.
(Fishing report courtesy of Capt. Bert Deener, Retired Georgia WRD Area Supervisor, with assist from Area Employees and Native Specialists)
Rain was the story mid-week, and all our rivers are doubtless going to rise into the floodplain once more. The annual Satilla Riverkeeper fishing match has been moved to Might third via the twelfth.
River gages on April eleventh had been:
Clyo on the Savannah River – 11.3 toes and rising
Abbeville on the Ocmulgee – 10.6 toes and cresting
Doctortown on the Altamaha – 10.4 toes and rising
Waycross on the Satilla – 14.6 toes and rising quick
Atkinson on the Satilla – 13.3 toes and rising
Statenville on the Alapaha – 20.5 toes and rising quick
Macclenny on the St Marys – 7.5 toes and rising
Fargo on the Suwannee – 11.6 toes and rising
First quarter moon is April fifteenth. To watch all of the Georgia river ranges, go to the USGS web site HERE. For the most recent marine forecast, click on HERE.
OCONEE RIVER
Eli Carey from Lyons caught a river document blue catfish this week whereas utilizing a bream for bait. The 50-lb, 6-oz.monster broke the outdated river document by greater than 7 kilos.
SATILLA RIVER
Due to at the moment’s vital rains and the fast-rising river, the annual Satilla Riverkeeper fishing match has been moved to Might third via the twelfth. Get the small print on the Satilla River Fb web page.
ST. MARYS RIVER
Brentz McGhin set two river information this previous Friday and had them licensed on the Waycross Fisheries Workplace. His 1.09-pound, 10 1/2-inch warmouth was fooled with a plastic crawfish. His document white catfish weighed 1.5 kilos and was 14 1/2 inches lengthy. He had a complete of 8 keeper warmouth, 2 redbreasts, a pair bluegill, and the document white catfish throughout the journey. Plastic crawfish and crickets labored greatest.
OKEFENOKEE SWAMP
I had some good journeys on the east facet this week even with the excessive water. Rusty, Billy, and Emma (3 generations of anglers) fished with me on Saturday, and we caught a few dozen fish by trolling Dura-Spins. The most effective colours had been lemon-lime, crawfish-brass blade, jackfish, and hearth tiger-chartreuse blade. They’d two 5-pound bowfin, and their greatest pickerel was 18 inches. I checked out a brand new space with my spouse Teresa on Monday, and we discovered that it wasn’t price fishing that space on my information journey Tuesday! We solely had one flier (it was a giant one….) on a prototype Dura-Spin. On Tuesday, Wade (from Atlanta) and Alan (from North Carolina) fished with me. Wade works for the Fish Hawk fly store in downtown Atlanta and loves fly fishing. He tried it an excellent bit, however the fish had been too unfold out for the lengthy rod to be efficient. He did idiot a very nice 18-inch pickerel with a Sport Changer fly. I consider he stated that was his first pickerel on a fly. Because the morning progressed, Alan switched to a Dura-Spin after which Wade did additionally after we all realized that protecting water was going to be the ticket. We caught a pair very nice fliers by pitching chartreuse sallies after which locked in to chasing the bigger fish. A few third of the fish ate the in-line spinner solid to shoreline cowl, whereas two thirds ate it trolled down the center of the canal. We had a number of 4 to 5-pound bowfin (greatest was 5-lb., 15-oz., and the largest pickerel was 21 inches. The latest water stage (Folkston facet) was 121.60 toes Thursday after the onerous rains on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.
DODGE COUNTY PUBLIC FISHING AREA (close to Eastman, extra data HERE)
An angler reported catching 4 bass in 5 hours of fishing throughout a visit this week. His greatest two had been 4.5 and 5.5 kilos. A crankbait was his prime lure.
LOCAL PONDS
The most important bass I heard of being caught this week was a 10-lb., 1-oz. monster caught by Jimmy Zinker whereas throwing a “Squeaker” Trophy Bass Buzzbait (designed by Pat Cullen). He caught an 8 1/2-pounder on a topwater this week, additionally. Larry Hobbs caught a extremely fats largemouth bass on a plastic worm in a pond close to Brunswick this week. It pulled the scales down to five kilos. Chad Lee and Daniel Johnson had a fantastic week bass fishing. They fished a number of completely different journeys to Alma-area ponds and caught virtually 60 bass – most proper round 2 kilos – and a number of other dozen crappie. Christie Craws labored nice for the bass, whereas white tube jigs fooled the crappie. Joshua Barber fished a Manor space pond on Saturday and caught 7 crappie, a bass, 3 bluegills, and a bowfin. The fish in our space are in bother now – he’s now a licensed driver! A Blackshear angler and a buddy fished a Tifton space pond on Saturday and caught 54 bass as much as 7.38 kilos. Their greatest 5 fish weighed 28.5 kilos. The vast majority of their fish had been caught on plastic worms, however they’d a couple of on swimbaits and dwell bait. I missed a report final week. Wyatt Crews caught 20 bass as much as 4 kilos by Texas-rigging a gold flake Keitech Mad Wag worm in a Waycross space pond.
SALTWATER (GA COAST)
The large tides, wind, and rain stored most anglers out of the brine, however some did effectively. Capt. Greg Hildreth (georgiacharterfishing.com) obtained to the nearshore reefs with the Monnig household from Missouri on Monday, and so they caught some good sheepshead on fiddler crabs. A pair Waycross and Brunswick anglers went offshore of Brunswick on Sunday and jigged Capt. Bert’s bucktail jigs and flutter spoons. They used a couple of prototype colours and caught pink snapper, black sea bass, amberjack and a pair different jacks, and a gag grouper. They launched the fish that aren’t in season or undersized. They stated it was tough seas. Capt. Tim Reducing (fishthegeorgiacoast.com) stated that his constitution on Saturday had 6 trout and 6 redfish, however he didn’t fish a lot this week. The large tides stored him from forcing an inshore journey this week. Wat-a-melon Bait and Sort out in Brunswick is open Friday via Sunday from 6am to 4pm every week. They’ve loads of vigorous shrimp and fiddler crabs and still have dwell worms and crickets for freshwater. They’re on Hwy 303 simply north of Hwy 82. For the most recent info, contact them at 912-223-1379.
Weblog Contributer Capt. Bert Deener guides fishing journeys in southeast Georgia and makes a wide range of each recent and saltwater fishing lures. Test his lures out at Bert’s Jigs and Issues on Fb. For a duplicate of his newest catalog, name or textual content him at 912-288-3022 or e-mail him (bertdeener@yahoo.com).
(Fishing report courtesy of Jim Hakala, Fisheries Biologist and Area Supervisor with the Georgia DNR Wildlife Sources Division, with assist from Area Employees and Native Specialists)
RESERVOIR REPORT
Lake Chatuge Yellow Perch (Report courtesy of Area Fisheries Supervisor Anthony Rabern): A buddy was fishing Lake Chatuge over the weekend and caught/launched greater than 20 trophy perch starting from 1 ½ to 2 kilos. My buddy was hooking up with fish at a depth of 60-feet. Their bellies had been full of roe, which signifies that perch will quickly be shifting to the creek runs and shallow ledges to spawn. This can be a nice time of yr to fish for magnum yellow perch. To find a faculty of perch, first attempt slowly trolling a nightcrawler over onerous bottoms. This sample works nearly any time of the yr. An in-line spinner in chartreuse will be hooked up simply forward of the bait to make it extra attention-getting. If the onerous bottoms should not producing, search for perch alongside creek channels, particularly these with slightly vegetation and/or vertical reduction. For those who catch one perch, then begin vertically jigging over the world.
Lake Chatuge Slab (Report courtesy of Trout Stocking Coordinator John Lee Thomson): Hiawassee, Georgia angler Dillon Phillips just lately caught this 2-pound 3-ounce crappie whereas fishing Lake Chatuge. The 15.5-inch slab hit a dwell minnow. Dillon had the fish weighed on a licensed scale at Burton State Fish Hatchery and it was giant sufficient to land him a Georgia Angler Award. Congrats Dillon on a wonderful catch!
Chatuge Fish Attractors: You’ll find current DNR fish attractors at Lake Chatuge HERE.
Allatoona Bass Report: (This report courtesy of Ken Sturdivant by way of www.southernfishing.com): Bass fishing is nice. The fishing began off good because the water started to return up and slowed when water stabilized. The water releases ought to arrange an excellent chunk for the spots. Baits like a Kacy’s Kustom jig and a jig head finesse worm is working effectively. Factors the place present is current round rock is vital. There’s additionally an excellent chunk on delicate jerk baits like the large chunk jerk minnow. Use the weighted Gama katsu EWG hook. The chunk is greatest with the bait about three to 4 toes below the floor. Cranks and spinnerbaits are additionally working. With the water up, the lake fishes greater. Use baits that cowl water, and if you discover a focus of fish decelerate with jigs. The morning has been nice because of the shad spawn. Some prime water motion will begin quickly from simply earlier than daylight till mid-day. Rocky and riprap banks or the perfect areas presently. A Zara spook or Rico popper must be on the prepared. Jerk baits and spy baits have been good comply with up baits. Later within the day the jig head delicate swim bait and Ned rig work greatest. Lengthy factors in 12-to-15-foot vary are the place the late afternoon fish are holding.
Allatoona Fish Attractors: You’ll find current DNR fish attractors at Lake Allatoona HERE.
Carters Walleye and Stripers (Report courtesy of Lake and Stream Information Service): Spring has sprung on Carters. The climate has been nice, and the fish are biting. The walleye chunk continues to impress, with some very nice fish being caught. Pictured is Jeremy Parks of Ellijay with a fantastic Carters Lake walleye caught evening fishing. Proper now, there are fish scattered from the river to the dam. Whereas there’s nonetheless some fish shifting upriver above Ridgeway, these fish are suspended over deeper water within the river bends over timber. Publish spawn fish are feeding within the creeks on smaller factors everywhere in the lake within the 30 to 50ft vary, in addition to on the principle lake factors in the identical depth vary. Discover areas holding faculties of bait and walleye can be close by. Trolling, vertical jigging spoons, or fishing dwell baits can all have their place this time of yr relying on circumstances. The walleye are feeding on faculties of alewives, as these baitfish are gearing up for their very own spawn. The bait will begin to collect in giant faculties offshore shifting up shallow at evening. The walleye will comply with them feeding periodically ultimately ending up in fairly shallow water at occasions. Throwing jerk baits and swimbaits at evening can actually repay this month for each walleye and stripers. Through the day, the stripers are chasing bait. Beginning within the backs of the creeks at daybreak they are going to be cruising searching for a simple meal. That favourite straightforward meal is a giant recent caught Alewife on a planer board cruising the financial institution. I run my baits again about 50 ft and join the bait with a 1/0 circle hook by way of 14lb fluorocarbon chief. Any change in shoreline, down bushes, or shallow rocky factors are nice locations for these large fish to ambush prey. One other nice method, as we transfer into April, is fishing over Hydroglow lights. Because the bait actually will get schooled up and the water temps crack 60 the inexperienced gentle chunk actually begin to shine on this lake. This can be a slower paced technique to fish however will be productive for all species. Deploy the lights, catch recent bait and proceed to fish with the lights out. Watch your sonar for fish shifting below the boat.
Carters Lake Fish Attractors: You’ll find current DNR fish attractors at Carters Lake HERE.
Lake Hartwell Bass Report: (This report courtesy of Ken Sturdivant, www.southernfishing.com): Bass fishing is nice. The lake is lastly full, and the larger, extra lively bass have begun to maneuver shallow with some greater bass on the first lake factors and the secondary factors within the bigger coves. Use the #5 Jointed Shad Rap. The Rapala DT6 is truthful and use the Rattlin’ Twin Tail Grubs by Storm and fish any wooden and rocks all day. Tremendous Flukes in pearl skipped below the docks lake vast will get bit. Boat docks are nice throughout the noon interval when the solar is out, and the sky is blue. A sluggish presentation appears to be working the perfect throughout these onerous to fish durations. Count on an excellent early morning chunk and it’ll decelerate because the solar comes over the treetops. Prime water is catching some good largemouth in addition to the Senko in pearl or inexperienced pumpkin rigged weightless. Small crank baits have been the ticket over the previous week. Within the cleaner water a Zoom black Trick worm fished on a Texas rig in brush round and below docks has been an excellent producer over the previous week. The shad have began to spawn a white spinner bait at first gentle round sea partitions and rip rap will produce so long as the spawn final.
Lake Lanier Bass Report: (This report courtesy of Phil Johnson, 770-366-8845 by way of www.southernfishing.com): Bass fishing on Lake Lanier is nice to superb. The lake is presently barely above full pool, and the water temperature is operating from the excessive fifties to the low sixties. Total, the lake is evident. You probably have checked the TAA match that’s presently operating on Lanier, you already know that there are a number of methods working proper now. The cool factor about this match is that it doesn’t enable ahead dealing with however the weights are nonetheless nice, so it’s attainable to catch them “outdated type”. Probably the most constant chunk for most people continues to be the shakey head chunk with a inexperienced pumpkin or watermelon pink worm labored on secondary factors and round boat docks in lower than fifteen toes of water. The jerk bait chunk has been taking place on the reef poles and rocky factors particularly with the wind blowing. One outdated method that has proven up this week has been the Carolina rig labored off the sandy areas within the fifteen-foot vary and on the shallower humps. A mini zoom lizard or a senko sort worm appears to be the perfect bait to make use of on the rig with a sluggish drag and cease retrieve. A Wacky rig labored down the edges of the pockets and round shallow docks has additionally produced some good fish over the past week. There’s a little prime water motion very early within the day, however it appears to finish pretty rapidly. Search for this chunk to select up over the subsequent few weeks. A number of largemouth bass had been caught this week by mattress fishing and lots of extra ought to present up on mattress over the subsequent week or so. For those who selected to focus on these fish, please launch them as rapidly as attainable to allow them to return to their beds and assist our largemouth inhabitants develop. A number of issues are working and it’s positively spring fishing at its greatest so get out and luxuriate in it. Go Catch ‘Em!
Lake Lanier Fish Attractors: You’ll find current DNR fish attractors at Lake Lanier HERE.
Lanier Linesides (This report courtesy of Buck Cannon, 404-510-1778): Downlines utilizing blueback herring are working effectively, nonetheless the fish aren’t choosy, so a wide range of baits might be useful. Down strains must be adjusted as soon as they begin biting. This system together with others can be catching the spring motion. Don’t neglect to be ready in the event that they pop-up close by. Don’t keep longer than twenty minutes in the event that they don’t cooperate – transfer on to a different location. The hen motion can even be useful for finding them (loons and gulls). From Vann’s to Laurel Park, and up the Chestatee from River fork north. Keep in mind to put on your life jacket.
Lanier Crappie (This report courtesy of Captain Josh Thornton, 770 530 6493): The water temperature is 62. Crappie are nonetheless on the banks however are beginning to transfer again to shallow docks. Search for coves with a predominant creek mattress operating via it. Search for docks that the creek mattress goes below. Roaming fish are shallow in 4 to six toes of water solid to them or troll for them. Minnows are working effectively. Use jig colours in blue on gray or inexperienced and black and inexperienced and chartreuse. The gear I like to recommend for crappie fishing is Acc crappie stix 1-piece rod and reel with a 6-pound check K9 line, together with Garmin Reside Scope and Energy Pole.
Lake Weiss Blended Bag Report: (This report courtesy of Mark Collins Information Service and www.southernfishing.com):
Bass: Bass fishing is truthful, and they’re shifting into the spawning bays on secondary factors and docks. Shallow water baits are the ticket.
Crappie: Crappie fishing is truthful, and they’re exhibiting up within the bays and creeks 8 to14 toes deep longline trolling with Jiffy Jigs is catching fish
Striped Bass: Striper fishing is poor and no stories this previous week.
Catfish: Catfish are biting effectively within the bays and creeks in 8 to fifteen toes of water. Reduce bait is working greatest.
West Level / Chattahoochee River Linesides (This report courtesy of angler Dustin Pate): This previous week has been the perfect fishing of the yr, to date. Final Tuesday was in all probability the cleanest the water had been, and we discovered a pile of white bass and large hybrids consuming earlier than the storms moved in. The tip of the week and weekend the water was nonetheless soiled however cleaned up higher by Sunday. The dwell/minimize bait chunk was superb. The fish are unfold out and I’ve caught them good from Snake Creek all the best way as much as the shoals.
West Level Blended Bag Report (This report courtesy of Ken Sturdivant, www.southernfishing.com): Bass is nice. This yr has definitely thrown anglers extra curve balls than in years previous. Nonetheless, fishing has been good, however adjusting is vital with the hotter spring and decrease water ranges. Fish are in a number of patterns proper now. Fish are each in pre spawn, spawn, and submit spawn. Very first thing within the morning shad have begun spawning, making for some nice early prime water motion. Search for among the remaining lay downs for shad spawning earlier than the solar is above the bushes. Use prime water Pop R’s and spinnerbaits in a shad sample. As soon as the shad spawn has ended change over to deal with fish each spawning and submit spawn with most being submit spawn. Use Carolina rigged lizard with a Zoom inexperienced pumpkin six inch lizard. Utilizing the Carolina rig make lengthy casts over pea gravel banks on the mouth of spawning flats. You’ll catch each noticed bass and largemouth with this sample.
West Level Lake Fish Attractors: You’ll find current DNR fish attractors at West Level Lake HERE.
TROUT REPORT
Trout and Extra (This report courtesy of Unicoi Outfitters): Try Unicoi Clothing store’s common “Angler Administration” fishing stories HERE.
Trout Fishing Alternatives for These With Disabilities: These websites are open to the general public and provide particular facilities for anglers with disabilities.
Trout Stocking (This report courtesy of trout stocking coordinator John Lee Thomson): The rain this week didn’t cease the trout stocking vehicles. Regardless of the occasional downpour and slippery grime roads, 40,000 trout had been stocked throughout north Georgia. Greater stream flows will assist trout disperse and anglers ought to discover holes additional away from the normal stocking factors. Climate for the weekend seems to be good and stained creeks may help anglers sneak up on stockers. Anglers might attempt including an additional cut up shot to their set as much as get baits right down to the trout quicker. Test the most recent weekly stocking report back to see in case your favourite creek was stocked. Good luck and Go Trout Fish Georgia!
Parting Trout Word: Need to do extra to help trout fishing in Georgia? Think about upgrading to a Trout Limitless license plate this yr. Except for being a fantastic trying tag, every buy or renewal of a Trout Limitless license plate straight helps Georgia’s trout conservation and administration packages. Hatcheries and wild trout efforts each profit from the trout tag.
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