WEISS LAKE IS DOWN 3.4 FEET, STAINED AND 38 TO 41 DEGREES

There were very few people on the water this past week, due to the weather, those few who did brave the wind, rain and cold, caught fish. The fish are still in their winter patterns and things will not change until we get a good warming trend move in.

Bass fishing is fair and a lot are on the old creek and river channel ledges and deeper humps and road beds, Carolina rigged plastics, Texas rigged Senko worms and Jigs are producing well right now. The Alabama Rig is catching fish also. The ledges in Little River and the Chattooga River are producing a lot of good Bass. Some Bass are being caught shallow on deeper banks with rocks. Spotted Bass are starting to show up on some secondary points also. The Rat L Trap bite should turn on over the next few weeks.

Striper fishing is poor and most of the fish have left the main lake making their spring run up the Coosa River. We have not had any reports on the upper Coosa River

Crappie fishing is great and they are being caught in Cowan Creek, the Coosa River, Little River and the Chattooga River and Little Spring Creek. The bays off the Coosa River near Riverside Campground are starting to produce some Crappie, The log jams on the main Coosa channel near Riverside are producing some Crappie. Long line trolling with Jiffy Jigs in 1/16 ounce and 1/24 ounce in colors JJ08, JJ13,JJ17, JJ24, and Marks, Ice Blue color, is the way to catch these winter fish, They can also be caught on a float and fly technique, live minnows under a slip float is also producing some fish.

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