• Lake Hartwell Fishing Report - GA

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  • Lake Hartwell Fishing Report - GA

    LAKE HARTWELL IS DOWN 9.1 FEET, CLEAR, 60’S


    Bass fishing is good. The water continues to cool down with the cooler nights. The last few times out the water temps have started at 57 and warmed up to 60 degrees by mid afternoon. We have continued to focus our efforts in the Tugaloo river area both north and south of the 85 bridge. In the first part of the mornings we have been working the back part of the creek arms and main lake pockets shallow with a buzz bait. This bite has been the strongest for the first couple of hours but we continued to throw it throughout the day. This pattern isn't catching a lot of numbers but the quality of the fish are good. One key we noticed was the bite was better out of the wind and in the sun. Some of the very backs of the creek arms are muddy and not that productive. With the rain that has come in the area look for more areas of the creeks to be stained. This can be a good thing if it is not real muddy water but if it is a light stain that will help keep some of these fish shallower than normal. Continue to look for the bait as this continues to be key as it always is during the fall so take the time to find the bait and fish these areas thoroughly. Key baits to throw this time of year have been a buzz bait, jerk bait, square bill crank bait, jig, and a shaky head. As the sun gets up and you will have to slow down that is where the jig and shaky head worm work the best. Anything in a green pumpkin color is good this time of year. Key for us was to continue to move throughout the day if we didn't get bit within 10 minutes of fishing an area we picked up the trolling motor and moved on. When we got some bites we slowed down and worked the area with several baits before moving on to the next area. We are going to continue to focus our efforts in the Tugaloo river areas as the shallow water bite continues to get stronger with the cooler weather. Remember the lake is now close to 10ft low and there are a lot of objects sticking up out of the water and not yet marked. So be safe out there and we hope to see you on the water. The cold front will slow them a few days but this will rebound as the bait starts to school up in larger tighter schools. This is where the Lowrance Structure Scan and Down Scan technology will pay off. Anglers will see these bait schools from great distances cutting the search time way down.

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    This bass fishing report is from Josh Panyard

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