Fishing Reports

LAKE ALLATOONA IS DOWN 14.8 FEET, 50’S, CLEAR


Bass fishing is good. A typical Allatoona weather pattern is to be expected. Lots of fish suspended and can be caught on, drop shot, float and fly and The Alabama rig. Lowrance structure Scan and Down Scan technology ...

LAKE HARTWELL IS DOWN 8.4 FEET, CLEAR, 50’S


Bass fishing is fair. We are focusing our efforts mainly in the Tugaloo River arms from Payne's Creek all the way to Eastanollee Creek. The shallow bite for us has really slowed down with the cooling water temperatures. ...

WEST POINT LAKE IS DOWN 6.1 FEET, STAINED & 50’S


Bass fishing is fair but changes are coming by mid week with cold weather moving in. The bass moved out deeper and can be caught using Carolina rigged worms in 18 to 20 feet of water. Vertical jigging ...

LAKE LANIER IS DOWN 4.9 FEET, THE CREEKS ARE STAINED AND THE MAIN LAKE IS CLEAR THE RIVERS ARE MUCH COLDER AND HEAVILY STAINED. 50’S DOWN LAKE AND 40’S UP LAKE.




I hope everyone enjoyed a very Merry Christmas with family and friends this past ...

Talk about a blast from the past...here you go! Cameron Cohn inshore fished this past week with his long time fishing Friend Captain Stephen Thompson. Captain Stephen had a fishing trip, Cameron on some occasions, when he is home from College, will go to assist customers. ...

Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "On Wednesday, 12/20, John and Kim Zitur treated their six-year-old daughter, Carlyn, and their five-year-old son, Quinten, to a catch-and-release trip in southern Estero Bay. The kids had a great time using live shrimp ...

Captain Stephen Thompson of Miss Judy Charters did a little fishing this past week! Take a look at the size of this sheepshead, which weighed in at a little over 12 pounds! They caught enough for dinner and released the rest! What does this mean? They are still swimming ...

Lake Guntersville... The Bass have not had much of a break this winter with anglers on the lake daily and this might be from the warmer temperatures and with this they still seem to be pressured to where they just won't stay long in a area.. Not saying big fish are not being ...

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the North Georgia Region fisheries staff. All of us, from Buford to Gainesville to Burton to Armuchee and yonder west to Summerville, wish you a safe, healthy and fun holiday season and many tight lines in the New Year. To help you celebrate ...

Inshore:
That first cold front has finally left the area and things look fantastic through the rest of 2017! In spite of a little cooler weather, it has been a mild winter so far. The water temperatures will be rising with the nice weather ahead. It had dropped into ...

As I mentioned in the offshore report..(see below) the morning water temps this weekend were cold. However, it didn’t hinder the inshore cold water red fish bite. For those fishermen that have a feel for where the red fish are staging and know how to target them under these ...

As of Monday, 18 December, the lake level is approx 5 inches below conservation pool and slowly rising at 258.7 ft-msl; drawdown has ended and lake pool is slowly coming back to normal conservation pool. There is current of 199 CFS in Little River according to the USACE. ...

Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "Long-time customer, Mike Conneally, who fished with me several times recently, fished again with me on a catch-and-release inshore trip in the chilly waters of southern Estero Bay on Wednesday, 12/13. Using live shrimp, ...

WEISS LAKE IS AT 5 FEET 1 INCHES BELOW FULL POOL AND CLEAR AND 45-47 DEGREE'S




Crappie fishing is Good and they are biting good on the main Coosa River channel ledges, in 12-18 feet of water. They can be caught Spider rigging with live minnows, ...

Captain Garrett Ross of Miss Judy Charters took Dennis and Sandra Reidlinger along with their son Larkham age 9 on an inshore catching affair! This is one Savannah Family that loves to go fishing! And from this picture lot of catching can also be added! What did they have ...