Fishing Reports

CLARKS HILL IS DOWN 1.6 FEET, CLEAR & MID 80’s

Bass fishing is fair. Alabama rigs are working early in the day. Also use the 3/8 ounce Scrounger head and a Zoom Fluke. Use the pearl white and the baby bass Flukes. Crank baits will work and use a Shad Rap and ...

WEST POINT LAKE IS FULL, CLEAR & MID 80’S

Bass fishing is barely fair. This time of year there is very little change in pattern. Fish have committed to deep water cover and will remain there for the next few weeks. Go back to these to the deep hideouts they ...

LAKE ALLATOONA IS FULL, STAINED & 80’S


Line side fishing is good and trolling bite is starting to overtake the live bait bite on the lake. The dissolved oxygen level on Lake Allatoona is making live bait fishing tough. Shad have less than a five minute ...

LAKE LANIER IS DOWN 2.1 FEET, CLEAR & MID 80’S

Spotted bass fishing has been fair and the fish are on docks and reef markers as well any main lake hump. Early morning feeding periods may show some top water action. Keep top water bait ready in the event that ...

The captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association have been putting most of their attention on summer flounder and offshore game fish in the past week.

The “Miss Liane” with Captain Ray Lopez headed out to the canyons for her first offshore trip of the ...

Hot Spots of the Week: Lots of white perch are in water to forty feet. Best baits are Sabiki rigs fished along drop-offs and in mid areas of sloughs and coves. Cat fishing is very good for those using live bream, fresh cut baits or chicken parts laced with garlic seasoning. ...

Pickwick Lake Elevation 413.5
Water temp 82

Bass
With the hot weather and heavy boat traffic it is better to stick with early morning and late afternoon fishing. You can count on big bass exploding the surface to hit top water baits in the morning ...

Lake Conditions:
Barkley - 360.5, 24,400 CFS, Stained overall with water temp in mid 80’s

Kentucky - 360.5, 102,000 CFS, Light Stain to stained with temps also in the mid 80's



Weather: Well if you’re a duck or a fish this latest ...

The Overall Picture:

As of Monday, 13 July, the lake continues falling as USACE maintained open gates to release over last weekend. Millwood has dropped a little over 10 feet since last week, and is now approx 9 feet above normal conservation pool, and dropping. ...

As always, if you have questions on need more information, please contact me.

Good luck and good fishing,

Captain Tom Van Horn
Mosquito Coast Fishing Charters
407-416-1187 ...

Guntersville Bass Guides
256-698-6593

Lake Guntersville has thrown a few loops to the fishing game once again this past week. How's this ........ Spawning Bass yep we discovered that we was dealing with a late or 2nd spawn of the year with bloody tails, ...

Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "Joe George and his two sons, Eric and Brad, fished 23 miles west of New Pass with me on Monday morning, 7/6. The catch-of-the-morning was a 27-inch red grouper, which bit a baitfish. The guys also caught a dozen keeper-sized ...

July 4th may have come and gone, but the FUN is just beginning on Richland Chambers! We had a very good week on RC as Adam and I were both on the Lake Monday and had local Fishermen and their Grandkids with us. Adam's Party chose White Bass and mine chose Catfish and we both ...

If you follow the local tournaments to determine the aggressiveness of the fish you will see that 7 to 9 bites a day are about it at the moment, and if you were in one of our guide boat this week it was not much different. If you caught your bites you had a decent day, if you ...

What can we expect to find for this month? Good question. If it continues like it has been the last few weeks it’s going be tough. But hopefully it does turn around. Bait should start to show up in better numbers as the water warms up. It’s been extremely tough getting on the ...