March 1, 2024 – Georgia Wildlife Blog

Anglers, we’re leaping straight into the “Information to Know” as a result of we have now numerous stuff to share – take pleasure in!

NEWS TO KNOW

Harvest Time: Spring Pond Harvest on the Go Fish Schooling Heart in Perry GA is underway. Carry the cooler and take house your catch throughout this occasion.
Give It a Hear: Let’s TALK concerning the Georgia Trout Slam. Northeast Georgia Fisheries Area Supervisor Anthony Rabern is interviewed on the Alabama Freshwater Fishing Report Podcast to speak Slam particulars.  
Invitationals at West Level Lake: The Deal with Warehouse Invitationals kicks off at West Level Lake at the moment (March 1). A match preview publish on the Main League Fishing web site shares some lake historical past and primes curiosity in seeing what’s going to occur throughout the match weekend.
Selecting a Fishing Line: What helps you when deciding what kind of fishing line to make use of? Bob Jensen authors a write-up titled “What’s My Line for Fishing” that may be discovered at About Fishing.
Artwork Deadline Prolonged: Nice Information! Your scholar nonetheless has time to enter the Fish Artwork Contest for 2024. The deadline for entries has been prolonged to March 31, 2024. This contest makes use of artwork and writing to ignite youngsters’s creativeness and encourage them to find extra about fish and fishing. This system is free to enter and open to youth in kindergarten by means of grade 12 wherever on the planet. 
Educators: Free Fishing Lesson Plans: The NEW FishOn! Lesson Plans can be found to everybody. These plans supply progressive actions to supply educators with partaking sources to reinforce their current science, artwork, and writing curriculum.
Kayak Fishing Undertaking: House is restricted on a kayak, so how do you carry all of the sort out you would possibly want and hold it useful while you want it? The parents at Southeast Georgia Kayak Bass Fishing determined to “sort out” that concern with a DIY answer.  

This week, we have now recent fishing reviews from Central, Southeast and North Georgia. Now that you already know the information, get out and get the views as you Go Fish Georgia!

UPCOMING EVENTS: MARCH-APRIL 2024

(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 DOWN 1.5 FEET, 50’S

Bass fishing is honest.  Now the secondary factors appear to be the very best sample.  Make sure you get to the backs of the coves which have the very best focus of bait.  Use shallow to medium diving crank baits on the secondary factors lake vast.  The very best ones to fish would be the ones with rock and sand in mixtures.  The #5 Shad Raps together with a Rapallo DT6 has been the very best baits.  Some fish are after Chatter Baits in all white with a little bit chartreuse on the skirt.  The larger bass final week wished the small cranks alongside rip rap so hit any rip rap.  The solar ought to shine this weekend and the rip rap on the 72 bridge simply is likely to be value trying out with the Rapallo RS Shad Raps and the Rapallo DT10’s.

CLARKS HILL IS FULL, 50’S

Bass fishing is sweet.  The fish have moved into the ditches and there are some high quality fish.  Use the Buckeye Lures Jiggin Blade within the nickel colour.  Search for ditches which have deep water shut by comparable to ones which are proper off the principle creek channel.  Fish the factors main into the ditches and it helps to have some grass current. On the lookout for the birds is vital this time of 12 months and can assist level out the place some lively fish could also be round bait.  That isn’t all the time the case, however it helps eradicate water.  Strive the Spro KGB Chad Shad 180 that made excessive finish glide baits extra accessible to fishermen.  Additionally, in search of some clearer water will assist with the blade chew.  Proper now, the lake is stained largely within the Savannah River arm and it isn’t good situations for this fashion of fishing.

LAKE OCONEE IS FULL 50’S

Bass fishing is sweet.  Lots of bass are coming from pretty shallow water with the total moon.  The central lake space continues to be the very best total, primarily due to having hotter water than the remainder of the lake.  However a number of the bigger fish have come from the colder areas, though the chew is sluggish.  The Lawrence Construction Scan and Down Scan know-how will work very effectively even in 10 ft of water.  Anglers can cowl 68 ft of backside at 10 ft deep with the 455-frequency beam.  The Norman Pace N Crankbait makes use of the confirmed Deep Little N physique design, and it’s engineered to focus on the 4 to 6-foot depth vary.  Lethal in chilly water conditions however extremely efficient always of the 12 months, the Norman Pace N Crankbait produces a good wobble with an aggressive pitch and roll.  Small crank baits and Rat L Traps have accounted for many good catches.  Strive a Rapallo #5 Shad Rap or #4 Shad Rap RS in fireplace tiger, shad, and chrome and blue.  Good limits have additionally come on #306 Rocket Shads, #200 Bandit, and Rat L Traps in ¼ and ½ ounce sizes.  Most catches are coming from predominant lake banks and factors, and a brief distance contained in the mouth of coves.

LAKE SINCLAIR IS DOWN 1.5 FEET, 50’S

Bass fishing is sweet.  Now there are warming tendencies, and this may lead to extra shallow fish in addition to some greater fish prepared to maneuver shallow.  Come throughout the best space and fishing might be good.  The bass are abnormally shallow proper now as a result of latest rains round Lake Oconee and Sinclair.  The Norman Pace N Crankbait makes use of the confirmed Deep Little N physique design, and it’s engineered to focus on the 4 to 6-foot depth vary.  Lethal in chilly water conditions however extremely efficient always of the 12 months, the Norman Pace N Crankbait produces a good wobble with an aggressive pitch and roll.  The water is muddy within the Little River space after all of the runoff.  There’s a heavy stain on the principle lake south towards the dam.  The very best baits to throw in these situations embrace a spinnerbait, crankbait, jig, and shaky head.  Look for lots of fish swimming round shallow which are able to be caught; the trick is discovering them.

LAKE JACKSON IS .58 FEET OVER FULL, 50’S

Lake Jackson bass will begin shifting towards spawning areas within the later a part of the month because the water begins to heat.  These fish might be consuming up on all the pieces as they get able to spawn.  Match angler Keith Dawkins says ‘February has traditionally been a month to catch some massive bass on Jackson.  There aren’t as many massive largemouth as a result of spots taking on, however they’re nonetheless there.  Goal rocky banks and factors in 2 to 10-foot depths.  Focus on rip rap and rocky factors which are most uncovered to the solar so the water might be hotter.  Blue and black or brown and black jigs with a trailer like a Zoom Tremendous Chunk or Paca Craw are my first alternative for hitting these shallow rocky banks and factors.  Shallow pockets adjoining to predominant lake factors are additionally nice areas to discover a lunker mendacity subsequent to brush and or rocks.  At all times hold a No. 7 or No. 8 Shad Rap in crawfish or fireplace tiger tied on to hit shallow flats with rocks or to bounce off brush piles.  A few of my greatest noticed bass on Jackson have are available in late February and early March on Shad Raps fished parallel to tear rap.  Bump the underside, after which let the Shad Rap float virtually all the way in which to the floor on a really sluggish retrieve.  At all times search for fish suspended over brush piles with Lowrance electronics and hit them vertically with jigging spoons.  I’d think about brush piles in the course of deep coves down the lake close to the dam for vertical fishing.

Ken Sturdivant Southern Fishing Faculties will host FREE Fishing lessons at West Marine  (5221 Lake Lanier Islands Pky, Buford Georgia, 30518). All lessons begin at 7pm. Subjects, occasions, and audio system are topic to alter with out discover. There might be some SWAG too:

March 12: Bass Fishing Information Jeff Nail
March 26, 2024: STRIPERS! Information, Buck Cannon
April 9, 2024: Crappie, Captain Josh Thornton
April 23, 2024: SONAR, Ken Sturdivant
Might 14, 2024: Kayaks, Dean Bowling
Might 28, 2024: Bass Fishing, Match Angler Carl Hunter.

(Fishing report courtesy of Capt. Bert Deener, Retired Georgia WRD Area Supervisor, with assist from Area Employees and Native Specialists)

Pleased Leap 12 months! The fishing has actually picked up this week with the hotter climate. Winds have been fairly loopy mid-week, however the bites within the swamp, ponds, and saltwater have been good. Crappie and bass are shallow interested by their spring spawning ritual. Give it a strive!

River gages on February twenty ninth have been:

Clyo on the Savannah River – 9.3 ft and falling
Abbeville on the Ocmulgee – 6.9 ft and falling
Doctortown on the Altamaha – 11.2 ft and falling
Waycross on the Satilla – 9.9 ft and falling
Atkinson on the Satilla – 11.2 ft and falling
Statenville on the Alapaha – 11.5 ft and falling
Macclenny on the St Marys – 6.6 ft and falling
Fargo on the Suwannee – 7.9 ft and falling

To observe all of the Georgia river ranges, go to the USGS web site HERE. For the newest marine forecast, click on HERE.

SATILLA RIVER

Wayne Johns has been operating strains within the Satilla whereas it has been up. He’s caught 60 catfish this week, and the 26-pound flathead he weighed in at Satilla Feed and Outdoor was his most spectacular. Catfishing is your greatest guess within the Satilla proper now. It’s falling out and is about within the banks at Waycross. It is best to have the ability to catch some panfish within the subsequent few weeks within the higher river if the forecasted rains don’t soar it again up.

OKEFENOKEE SWAMP

Capt. Tim Reducing caught the pending Okefenokee Swamp report flier on Wednesday whereas fishing the east facet. He fooled it by casting a prototype Capt. Bert’s white in-line spinner.

An angler strolling the east facet boat basin on Tuesday caught some good warmouth by dabbling a crawfish-colored jig across the pilings and docks. It received’t be too lengthy earlier than the warmouth transfer in and begin spawning. I fished the east facet on Tuesday and caught 18 fish complete. The largest bowfin was a 6-lb., 1-oz. fish that I watched slam the crawfish-brass blade Dura-Spin. I used to be casting for that fish, however I caught the most important pickerel of the journey (3-lb., 15-oz.) by trolling a jackfish-colored Dura-Spin. Each fish hit inside about 100 ft of one another however 2 hours aside. I discovered some very nice fliers by pitching a crawfish-colored 1/16-oz. Warmouth Whacker Jig. The wind was horrible, and it was a superb factor that the fliers have been hitting onerous or it will have been robust to really feel the chew. All 8 of the fliers I caught have been between 8 and 9 inches. On Wednesday, I had a information journey with Capt. Tim Reducing and his pal Tom Lanyi from Pennsylvania. We needed to cope with very sturdy winds once more, however the fish cooperated. Tim had a memorable solid early within the journey when he caught the pending Okefenokee Swamp report flier – an 8-ounce, 9-inch fish that ate a prototype small in-line spinner that I make. We ended up catching 16 fish complete – largely fliers and pickerel. Once more, the fliers have been throughout 8 inches, and we even had an 8-inch bluegill within the combine. The very best lure for the panfish was the small, white in-line spinner, however Tom caught a giant flier on the crawfish Warmouth Whacker (1/16-oz.). We caught all the pieces by casting early within the journey, however in the direction of the top we began catching some pickerel as much as 18 inches by trolling crawfish-brass blade and white-white blade Dura-Spins. Water degree makes a HUGE distinction! Final 12 months when the water degree was virtually a foot decrease, I used to be catching 50 to 100 fish per journey as a substitute of the couple dozen fish per journey this 12 months. The fish unfold out into the prairies when the water is excessive. However the water is falling, and fish are beginning to pull off into the canals, so the chew is about to take off. The newest water degree (Folkston facet) was 121.13 ft.

DODGE COUNTY PUBLIC FISHING AREA (close to Eastman, extra data HERE)

The Wildlife Sources Division workers did some electrofishing samples this week at Dodge County PFA, and each the crappie and bass have began shifting shallow. It’s time to beat the financial institution for some good fish.

PARADISE PUBLIC FISHING AREA (close to Tifton, extra data HERE)

Similar as at Dodge County PFA, the crappie and bass have began shifting shallow on the world, and it’s best to anticipate to catch some good fish within the subsequent few weeks. Work shoreline cowl with plastic worms, crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and topwaters for some high quality fish.

LOCAL PONDS

Larry Hobbs learn an article about evening fishing with buzzbaits and determined to strive it in a Brunswick space pond over the weekend. He cherished it and caught a 3 1/2 -pound bass for his efforts. Ed Zmarzly went bass fishing at a neighborhood pond late final week and ended up catching 8 massive crappie on jerkbaits whereas he was bass fishing (and the bass DIDN’T cooperate). So, he went again armed along with his crappie gear a number of days later and caught a superb mess of fish as much as about 2 kilos. Wyatt Crews fished a Waycross space pond this week with some prototype Satilla Spins and caught some good bluegill and a giant flier. Tim, Chad, Taylor, and Riley fished an Alma space pond over the weekend and had a blast catching bass. They used plastic worms and fooled 14 bass as much as about 2 kilos. Jackson and Cooper fished an Alma space pond with their Aunt Kathy on Saturday and fooled a dozen crappie and a bass in simply a short while at nightfall. They caught them on a chartreuse jig and a spinner with a plastic cricket.

SALTWATER (GA COAST)

Cason Kinstle and his dad fished the Brunswick space on Monday morning and caught about 25 trout (stored 6). They caught all of them on artificials, and the important thing was mild spinning gear and paddle-tail grubs with chartreuse tails. Capt. Tim Reducing (fishthegeorgiacoast.com) had a superb journey on Tuesday. He used dwell shrimp beneath Harper Tremendous Striker Floats and on Redfish Wrecker Jigheads. Additionally they caught some on Murderer Sea Shads. They’d a complete of twenty-two redfish (4 outsized fish), 11 trout (6 keepers), and a handful of small black drum and sheepshead. Wat-a-melon Bait and Deal with in Brunswick is open Friday by means of Sunday from 6am to 4pm every week. They’ve loads of full of life shrimp and fiddler crabs and have dwell worms and crickets for freshwater. They’re on Hwy 303 simply north of Hwy 82. For the newest 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. Examine his lures out at Bert’s Jigs and Issues on Fb. For a replica of his newest catalog, name or textual content him at 912-288-3022 or e-mail him (bertdeener@yahoo.com).

(Fishing report courtesy of Brent Hess, Fisheries Biologist with the Georgia DNR Wildlife Sources Division, with assist from Area Employees and Native Specialists) 

TROUT REPORT

The place to Go for Trout Information: To find out about Georgia’s numerous trout fishing alternatives together with the newest stocking info, try the Georgia DNR Trout Fishing web page.

Loading up the trout for stocking Georgia rivers.

Trout Stocking: The delayed harvest areas obtained recent stockings this week and the upper flows will assist unfold these trout out. Watch out and the place a lifejacket, as these larger flows could make for harmful fishing situations. Please word that the stocking of the Morgan Falls DH part has quickly been suspended because of unfishable situations associated to giant water launch from Lake Lanier. The mountain DH sections will recede shortly and will fish rather well Sunday. Good luck and Go Trout Fish Georgia!

RESERVOIR REPORT 

LAKE ALLATOONA is down 6 ft, and the water temperatures are within the 50s.

Allatoona Bass (Report courtesy of Ken Sturdivant www.southernfishing.com) — Bass fishing is sweet. A lot of high quality bass are biting and match weights are superb. Fish are schooled up in areas and could be caught suspended within the 8-to-10-foot vary and even shallower. Crank baits just like the Little John DD, Scroungers tip with massive chew jerk minnow are good selections. Tender plastic Swim baits like the three.5 DR colour massive chew Cain thumper on fished on a 3/16-ounce jig head is an effective mixture. Search for faculties on predominant lake and secondary factors. Strive the Spro KGB Chad Shad 180 that made excessive finish glide baits extra accessible to fishermen. This can be a collaboration bait made between Spro. Lawrence electronics with facet imaging will make this quite a bit simpler. Extra anglers are utilizing Ahead Dealing with gear with spectacular outcomes. 

Allatoona Crappie (This report courtesy of Purple Rooster Customized Baits) –

Air Temp: Excessive: 68 – Low: 28
Wind: As much as 15 Mph
Lake Degree: 834′ and rising (Click on Right here For Present Water Degree)
Water Temp: 47 – 50
Water Readability: Delicate to Heavy Stain.  The water is clearing up this week because of little rainfall.
Space Fished: North Lake (Little River Space), S Turns To Victoria, Stamp Creek…Main Creeks.
Jigs Used: Jive Turquee Chartreuse Kic’n Stylish’n, Jive Turquee Chartreuse Slab Dragon, Lectric Rooster Small Fry, Lectric Rooster Slab Dragon, MayFly Dagger, GoldCrush Dagger, Copperhead Slab Dragon, Pappy’s Magic Kic’n Stylish’n, Dreamsickle Dagger.
Method: Trolling

The climate was dang close to excellent on Lake Allatoona this week and the lengthy line crappie chew was displaying out! A number of limits and good-sized crappie have been caught everywhere in the lake this previous week. From the North Finish of the lake within the Little River Space right down to the South Finish of the lake within the Block Home space. The crappie have been on the transfer, someday they could have been in 6′ of water and the following day they have been in deeper water within the mouth of the main creeks. In case you are not catching crappie this time of 12 months…change ways. You want no less than 4-6 rods out…we suggest a 1/32 ozon two rod, 1/24 ozon 2 rods and 1/sixteenth oz. jig heads on 2 rods trolling at .7 to .9 mph. You’ll finally discover the best water depth after which the depth of the crappie. Now, should you discover the depth of crappie they usually cease biting…change colours! Now’s the time to be on the water for enjoyable and for fillets! In case you are new to crappie fishing and/or crappie fishing on Lake Allatoona, e-book a visit with both Jeff “Crappieman” Albright of CrappieMan Allatoona Crappie Information Service or Jake Turner of Primary Line Fishing Charters. They’re Purple Rooster Professional Staffers and can put fish within the dwell effectively and smiles in your faces! 

Getting forward of the rain on Allatoona for pre-spawn crappie (Photograph Credit score Leon Brinkley)

Allatoona Crappie (courtesy of angler Leon Brinkley) — Leon took to Lake Allatoona this week forward of the rain in pursuit of pre-spawn crappie. He reviews, “I noticed on my Lowrance an honest variety of crappie stacked up at about 13 to fifteen ft in about 25 ft of water with some adjoining faculties of baitfish. Water temp was round 50 levels. I used a tandem 1/32oz. & 1/24 ozjig combo setup with a 1.5-inch do-it-yourself squirt tube on 1/32 ozbottom jig and a foot up from it a 1/24oz child blue head/translucent glitter mild blue physique/mild blue marabou tail jiffy jig on prime. 4 lb. Berkley Nanofil line on an ultra-light 6 foot carbonlite rod medium dimension (Pflueger) spinning reel.

LAKE HARTWELL: is full and water temperatures are within the 50s.

Hartwell Bass (Report courtesy of Ken Sturdivant www.southernfishing.com) — Bass fishing is sweet. However it’s going to take some work this week. There are nonetheless fish to be discovered within the mouths of the creeks and the timber strains on and round predominant lake options comparable to factors and humps. Many of those fish are nonetheless pretty deep. Anglers are catching these deeper fish on a weedless 1/2-ounce Fish Head Spin in pearl white and albino colours trailed with an identical tremendous fluke Jr. Some fish have additionally began to maneuver into predominant lake pockets and ditches and have been very shallow in some instances particularly with the latest warming pattern. The Norman Pace N Crankbait makes use of the confirmed Deep Little N physique design, and it’s engineered to focus on the 4 to six foot depth vary. Lethal in chilly water conditions however extremely efficient always of the 12 months, the Norman Pace N Crankbait produces a good wobble with an aggressive pitch and roll. The Rapallo Shad Rap has began to return into play in a number of the creek pockets, in addition to Ito Imaginative and prescient 110 jerk bait, Fish Head Spin and a jig.

LAKE LANIER is down 6.6 ft and water temperatures are within the 50s.

Lanier Bass (This Lake Lanier Bass fishing report is by Phil Johnson Pjohnson15@hotmail.com 770-366-8845) — Bass fishing on Lake Lanier is sweet. The lake is at present at full pool however continues to be rising from the latest heavy rain. The backs of the coves and up the rivers are coloring in from the rain whereas the principle lake stays clear. Water temperature is operating from forty-six to fifty levels all through the lake. Not quite a bit has modified since final week with fish nonetheless being caught from 5 to fifty ft. The fish are starting their spring transfer up, however the ditch chew continues to be working additionally. Work a 3 eights ounce Spot Choker Finesse with a three-inch swimbait very slowly down the center of the ditches to attract strikes. Look ahead to these fish to maneuver up from the ditches to the secondary factors and flats. Should you find shad within the ditch a half ounce spoon may even set off them. Work the ditch from deep to shallow to find out the depth the bass are holding. A jig and a worm have been producing regular bites within the twenty-five foot or much less vary on ledges, secondary factors and docks near creek channels. A inexperienced pumpkin jig with some orange strands with a root beer trailer has produced some good fish simply not massive numbers but. Any worm within the green-to-green pumpkin colours has been engaged on a 3 sixteenths shakey head on rocky factors and docks. Look ahead to the bass to proceed to maneuver to the shallower areas and for the lake to stain up fairly a bit over the following a number of days. Watch out on the water proper now as there are numerous floaters on the market that may flip it into a foul day in a rush. The spring chew is starting so Go Catch ‘Em! 

Making up for the sluggish days with 2 good 31″ stripers on Lanier (Photograph Credit score Jack Becker)

Lanier Stripers (report is courtesy of Jack Becker) —  I’ve spent most of my time this week engaged on my boat and with the unstable climate I virtually didn’t exit. Later within the week we had a cloudy day, and I couldn’t resist getting on the water within the afternoon for a number of hours.  I launched at Baylus ramp and headed to the mouth of Flat Creek. There’s a deep channel close to the Spanish mansion on the purpose that I prefer to fish this time of 12 months.  The bait retailers in my space didn’t have blue backs or trout so I made a decision to make use of shiners for bait.  I didn’t get on the water till 11:30 and by 2 o’clock I had 2 good 31” fish. One got here on a downline, 35 ft deep and the opposite one on a Free-line, 40 ft behind a baloon. Certain made up for some sluggish days lately. Jack Becker, Gainesville aka Georgia Waterdog.

Lanier Stripers (report is by Buck Cannon, Buck Tails Information Service 404-510-1778) — Lanier stripers has obtained numerous new water to swim in. Lake is simply above full pool so that you’ll want to make use of your electronics to find the fish and bait after which use your down strains and flat strains with blue backs and trout or gizzards. Flat strains 80 to 100 ft behind the boat trolling at .05 mph on the trolling motor. When you’re on the fish put baits simply above the fish. Planer boards may even have the unfold out to cowl a bigger space. All this new water will have an effect on the chew so be affected person. Water temperature is 48 50 levels so bear in mind to put on your life jacket.

Lanier Crappie (Report is courtesy of Name Captain Josh Thornton 770-530-6493) — The northern finish of the lake is closely stained to muddy. The primary lake is fairly clear. A few of the facet creeks like 6 mile and 4 mile are fairly muddy nonetheless. The water temperature is 51 levels. Crappie are suspended 5 to fifteen ft deep on open water brush and docks. Crappie are staging for the spawn over the following two months. They are going to be laying eggs in waves not all on the identical time. Please contemplate solely maintaining what you intend on consuming. That method we could have loads of fish to catch subsequent 12 months. Search for creeks or coves close to a predominant channel for roaming fish. Strive colours yellow and brown, inexperienced and black and clear with sparkles have all produced good fish. The gear I like to recommend for crappie fishing is Acc crappie stix 1 piece rod and reel with a 6-pound take a look at K9 line, together with Garmin Dwell Scope and Energy Pole. 

Shoal bass feeding closely on 2-3-inch shiners. (Photograph Credit score Leon Brinkley)

Endurance is vital as feeding shouldn’t be the walleyes prime precedence proper now. (Photograph Credit score Leon Brinkley)

Lanier Headwaters: (courtesy of angler Leon Brinkley) — The Chattahoochee and Chestatee Rivers have been warming up this week, however at the moment’s chilly entrance is more likely to disrupt the tendencies we have been monitoring for upcoming walleye broodstock collections. Water was barely stained and temperatures have been bouncing round that magical 50 F mark. Walleye abundance total was low, however we did discover pockets of keen males above the 400 bridge on the Chestatee and above Belton Bridge on the Chattahoochee. One efficient tactic to strive for pre-spawn walleye is to troll the deeper sections of the river with dwell bait or deep-diving jerk baits. Troll slowly upstream and settle for the fact that you just’re going to get hung up and probably lose your sort out alongside the way in which. As soon as upstream into shallower water, solid a jig with a big nightcrawler into the deepest a part of the channel you’ll be able to discern, and slowly retrieve. Endurance is vital as feeding shouldn’t be the highest precedence of the walleye this time of 12 months. We additionally encountered a good variety of shoal bass that have been feeding closely on 2” – 3” shiners within the deeper runs of the river simply downstream of shoal complexes. This is usually a nice time of the 12 months to pursue Georgia’s official riverine sportfish with a wide range of shows together with pig-n-jigs, glide/swim baits, or perhaps a correctly positioned strolling bait.

WEISS LAKE is down 3 ft 2 inches and muddy to stained: 47-48 levels.

Weiss Bass and Crappie Report: (Report courtesy of Mark Collins www.markcollins service.com: 256-996-9035).

Bass – Bass fishing is honest and they’re nonetheless on a winter sample on the river and creek channel ledges. A warming pattern will assist. Spinner baits and crank baits working effectively jigs and Carolina rigs are catching fish additionally.
Crappie- Crappie fishing is sweet. They’re on deeper cowl 18 to 22 ft on the principle Coosa River channel ledges from Cedar Bluff to Leesburg. Spider rigging over brush and the river channel ledges with dwell minnows and jigs is catching fish. Lengthy line trolling with jigs is beginning to activate as some fish are beginning to droop within the river and creek channels. 

WEST POINT LAKE is down 6.4 ft and water temperatures are within the 50s.

West Level Bass (Report courtesy of Ken Sturdivant www.southernfishing.com) — Bass fishing is sweet. There are waves of bass shifting to the shallows. Shad are within the creeks and the bass will observe them in massive numbers. The very best chew by means of late week was up the river on the crank baits and that may get higher with the warmup. Bass are after shad so discover the bait and the bass might be shut by. As soon as the bass get into the creeks in full drive now get out the crank baits, jerk baits and spinnerbaits. Rat L Traps and Rapallo Shad Raps might be good patterns. Hit the banks, throwing at any piece of wooden on the financial institution. Watch the Lawrence Construction Scan and Down Scan know-how to get essentially the most out of each solid. The Norman Pace N Crankbait makes use of the confirmed Deep Little N physique design, and it’s engineered to focus on the 4 to six foot depth vary. Lethal in chilly water conditions however extremely efficient always of the 12 months, the Norman Pace N Crankbait produces a good wobble with an aggressive pitch and roll Make correct casts to maximise possibilities for a hookup. Chatter Baits and spinner baits after mid-day will draw some strikes. Senko’s in darkish colours with little or no weight round any wooden can work. 

Angler Drew Gill might be at West Level Lake’s MLF Deal with Warehouse Invitationals Match this weekend. (Photograph Credit score: Jody White/MLF)

Match Weekend: West Level Lake is internet hosting the second cease for the MLF Deal with Warehouse Invitationals Match this weekend. The match is held on the Pyne Street Park Mega Ramp in LaGrange. For extra info try the MLF web site article.

Angler: Drew Gill, photograph credit score Jody White from the MLF web site.

Must Know the Lake Degree?: Discover lake degree data at West Level Lake Ranges Data.

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