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WEST POINT LAKE IS DOWN 4.3 FEET, STAINED & 50’S

Bass fishing is fair. Several patterns are working right now for large mouth and spots. One is crank baits on main lake points hitting numerous points and fishing a large area. The best depth is 12 to 15 feet. ...

As of Wednesday, 031 Jan, the lake level is approx 5 inches above normal conservation pool and slowly falling at 259.6 ft-msl; and there is current of 3,572 CFS in Little River according to the USACE. The tailwater as of Monday is approx 231.3 ft-msl. Water temps have improved ...

February Fishing Forecast
While winter is still around the Treasure Coast and weekly cold fronts will continue to bring cool nights and lots of windy days to the area, fishing will still be good out on the water. It has been a tough winter so far with all the rain, winds ...

I what to share with everyone this monster bass. Lake Guntersville has now given me 2 over 10 pounds.
The Fishing has been slow since the last ice off, shad kill is in full effect and the bass have had it pretty easy on getting a good meal. And the water temp has not climbed ...

I spend a lot of my childhood days with my father, Captain Sherman Helmey, being his so-called “Striker.” That is what we called a boat helper back in the old days. Today they are called “First Mates.” Most of the first mates of today that work with charters boat companies ...

Captain Kevin Rose of Miss Judy Charters is releasing a just caught and fought red fish! What does this mean? It means it’s still swimming, it still growing, and it’s still eating!




The Inshore Bite!
Fishing inshore, especially now, ...

Pickwick Lake Elevation 410
Water Temp. 47

Crappie
Starting to hear a few good crappie stories. Fish in 15-18' of water in creeks with a jig and minnow.

BASS
I have been on a few fishing trips above and below the Dam lately and while ...

Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "Monday morning, 1/22, I fished 22 miles west of New Pass with Frank Dwyer and his son-in-law, Ryan. The guys used cut-bait and squid to catch and release twenty-six red grouper shorts, and to cull ten keeper lane snapper ...

Winter has arrived in East Central Florida, our first freezing temperatures after several warm winters in a row, water temperatures dropping in to the 40’s F,driving fish into the deep holes, and the shallow water schooling fish back on the flats to feel the sunshine during ...

A little warming this week, some water temperature increases, a little sunshine and the fishing picked up by the end of the week tremendously. We started out the week with the water temperature in the mid-day around 41 degrees, by the end of the week the mid-day temperatures ...

With some recent success with a jig and the fact that it is one of my favorite baits, I thought I would pass on a few adjustments that I like to make when fishing a jig during the cold days and cold water-temperatures of winter. The first thing I like to do is show a smaller ...