Fishing Reports

Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "Winds persisted for a couple days, and seas remained too rough offshore for my Monday, 4/18, trip with Remi McKinnon, his two young sons, Mark and Luke, and the boys’ grandfather, Ian. So I advised the family to fish the ...

April 22, 2016

Kentucky Lake: Water Level at Kentucky Dam - 359.12 Surface Temperature - 65
Lake Barkley: Water Level at Barkley Dam - 350.20 Surface Temperature - 66

Both lakes are at summer pool. Kentucky Dam was generating at a rate ...

Now for the report from today. I had a couple from Ga. that wanted to have some fun catching a few fish on the "Big-G". We had a great day with some good numbers of quality fish, and a little bit of bragging from the lady in the boat with the most fish, and also a ...

LAKE OCONEE IS FULL, THE LAKE IS CLEAR, TEMPRATURE 63/67 DEGREES

Bass fishing is good. Look around any wood structure, or boat docks. Spinner baits, worked around the wood or docks has been the best producer over the past few days. White or white/chartreuse have ...

LAKE SINCLAIR IS DOWN 1.2 FEET STAINED, 70’S

Bass fishing is very good. Fish are biting in shallow water at 2 to 10 feet deep. Shad are spawning on most of the lake, and bass are taking advantage of the easy meals during early morning. Look for the dancing shad ...

JACKSON LAKE IS DOWN .70 FEET, CLEARING & 60’S

Bass fishing is good. Spinnerbaits and crank baits are working all day. Bass are plentiful in 1 to 3 foot. Shallow running crank baits in natural colors are effective. Throw something like a Bandit 100 or Shad ...

LAKE GEORGE IS FULL, 70’S

Bass fishing is good. Go to the banks and work the frogs, Trick worms and the larger Senko’s and use bright colors if is sunny and dark colors if it is overcast. Never overlook a buzz bait and use two lures. One buzz bait is silver blades ...

WEISS LAKE IS AT 1 FEET 2 INCHES BELOW FULL POOL AND CLEAR AND 61 63 DEGREES BY MARK COLLINS GUIDE SERVICE

Bass fishing is good. A bright crawfish red or brown Rat L Trap or a big jig and pig can draw strikes. Look for the clearer waters down lake. Float a large ...

CLARKS HILL IS FULL, 60’S

Bass fishing is good and especially the morning bite. Be sure to fish hard and fast before the sun gets high. The fish have been on docks and wood all day. Shad are spawning in certain area's so that always a plus in finding concentrations ...

LAKE SEMINOLE IS DOWN 1.04 FEET, MAIN LAKE IS CLEARING, RIVERS ARE STAINED & 70’S

Bass fishing is good. The bass are up early morning and the grass bite is good. Be sure bait fish and deep water access are close by for the better fish. Use top water baits and ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, CLEAR, LOW 70’S

Bass fishing is good. Two places to search this time of the year will be up in the main arteries or rivers and towards the dam. Generally these two places will show a one degree or more difference in surface temperature. Up ...

WEST POINT LAKE IS DOWN 2.25 FEET STAINED & LOW 70’S

Bass fishing is very good. The bass are spawning in shallow water. Fishing is great lake wide but Yellow Jacket Creek, Stroud Creek and Wehadkee Creek have lots of fish on the bed. Good baits to use are Zoom ...

LAKE ALLATOONA IS FULL, 60’S & CLEAR

Bass fishing is very good. All fishing patterns are very similar to last week except that the fish are becoming more aggressive. Fish the creeks and the coves with a Zoom trick worm in bubble gum color. Fan cast this bait ...

Lake Cumberland fishing report for April 21,2016. The recent warm snap has the water temp in the mid 60's and clear. The fishing has been super good most days for stripers fishing with alewife herring on planet boards from surface to 30 ft. The main lake has warmed up enough ...

Another great day on The "Big-G"! My client and I found fish in shallow grass areas with Choo Choo Lures Swimjigs and Shakers. The cloud cover really helped with staying on this pattern all day, and the fish were consistently in these shallow grass areas. There are ...