GA Fishing Report

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WEST POINT LAKE IS DOWN 4.5 FEET, 60S

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Bass fishing is fair. Try the all white spinnerbait in 3 to 5 feet of water like the Strike King 3/8 ounce with Indiana blades. White flukes have been working in the middle of the pockets. Use 8 pound Sufix Elite line with a small weight about one foot in the front so it sinks slowly. Just toss the fluke in the middle of the pockets and twitch it a few times. The best area for this will be the pockets up river. Also get on the points mid lake and throw a spider jig in green pumpkin color. Work it slow and hop it every few feet to make it look like a crawfish. Some largemouth are shallow on the cooler days. As the day goes by, the key to catching them is to find slightly deeper structure and stained water. Try Zoom worms and football head jigs around old roadbeds, ditches and brush at 10 to 15 feet deep. Some also can be caught around blow downs and brush piles in 10 to 12 feet of water on jigs. The spotted bass will bite the shaky head or Carolina rigged finesse worm or mini lizard around gravel banks or shoal markers.

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Our On the Water SONAR School is designed to teach anglers how to read all the latest technology from Sonar Side Scan Down Scan Technology with Patented FISH REVEAL and Structure Scan technology. Bring the boat! We have Active Target LIVE Sonar on the training boat. We started these schools to help anglers how to find and catch more fish. We go over how to rig the transducers and tune the depth finders. We use Lowrance units but we teach all brands. There are schools of fish in all lakes that are never fished for. Most bass anglers cast to the banks. There are many schools of fish on off shore structure that the typical angler never knows are there. Learn about the latest mapping technologies. How to properly mount transducers. Spend the day using the latest electronics. On Lake Lanier we find the road beds humps standing timber and brush piles where the fish live. The school lasts eight hours exclusively on Lake Lanier. To catch fish all year the latest technology takes all the guess work out of where they live. There are schools of fish that relate to structure far from the banks. Instead of the old places that look good learn how to find places nobody ever fishes. All the details for our On the Water SONAR School is on our web site on the SCHOOLS page.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2022

WEISS LAKE IS AT 3 FOOT 0 INCHES BELOW FULL POOL AND CLEAR AND 46-48 DEGREE'S

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This winter starts the 3 foot winter draw down, instead of 6 feet. It has really changed the fall fishing, because the fish have a lot more water to be in and they are really scattered.

Bass fishing is good and they are still on the creek and river channel ledges. The deep running crank baits and Carolina rigs are catching fish. A lot of Bass are starting to move shallow on secondary points.

Crappie fishing is fair and they are moving to the Coosa river channel 14 to 20 feet deep. Use the spider rigs with minnows and Jiffy Jigs. Some Crappie are still being caught shooting docks with jigs. A lot of fish are starting to suspend in the river and creek channels 8 to 12 feet deep and they can be caught long line trolling with Jiffy Jigs.

Striper fishing is poor and no reports in the last few weeks

Catfish are biting in the bays and creeks in 8 to 15 feet of water and cut bait is working best.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2022

LAKE SINCLAIR IS DOWN 1.5 FEET, 60S

Bass fishing is fair. There are some fish still in shallow water. Many fish are in the coves and creeks, but some still remain along main lake banks. Top water baits continue to produce a few fish, mainly during early morning and low light conditions. Buzz baits, Pop R’s, Spooks, and Chug Bug’s are all good choices. If bass are hitting at but missing the bait, a comeback or backup bait needs to be found. Simply grab the other bait and throw to where the strike was missed. Some good choices for clear water are a Senko, fluke, and weightless Trick worm. In dirty water the same baits can work along with a spinner bait. Spinner baits are also producing a few fish when used as the primary bait, mostly around wood cover and docks. Try a chartreuse white 3/8 ounce Strike King spinner bait with double Colorado blades in gold. During early morning, the fish may want the bait retrieved off bottom or even bulging the surface. Later during the morning, bass will probably hit better if the bait is slow rolled along bottom and bumping the cover. Jigs and soft plastics are also producing around the same wood cover and docks. Try a 3/8 ounce Strike King Pro Model jig in black blue with a Zoom Super Chunk in green pumpkin. Also try a Senko in green pumpkin around the same cover or docks. A few fish are hitting crank baits like a #7 Shad Rap in shad, gold, and silver blue.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2022

LAKE SEMINOLE IS DOWN 1.0 FEET, CLEAR 60’S

Bass fishing is fair. The bass will bite the lipless crank bait on the edge of grass lines. A Spro Aruku Shad 75 in Old Glory is a good bait mid day and later. The grass lines are on the main lake where the Flint River, Spring Creek and the main river all come together near the Indian Mounds. These areas can hold fish at all times of the year. If the lipless crank bait doesn’t work go to flipping. The lower end of Spring Creek is a good place to flip. When flipping, use 60 pound test Sunline Froggin and Flippin Braid with a 1 and 1/2 ounce tungsten sinker and a 5/0 Gamakatsu EWG hook. The best flipping bait on Seminole is a 4 inch Big Bite Baits Fighting Frog in Hematoma. As the cooler weather sinks in, the bite will pick up, and fish will be a little easier to catch

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NOVEMBER 24, 2022

LAKE RUSSELL IS DOWN 1.7 FEET, 60S

Bass fishing is fair. The weather has the spotted bass feeding. Get the drop shot rigs and the spoons ready for all day fishing. After mid day the spots are on the bait schools and any blue or chrome crank bait on 10 pound test line will work. When the fishing gets slow, try changing baits and fish some of the same secondary points and small coves and cuts with the Rapala RS Shad Raps and small chrome Rat L Traps and small Flukes on a lead head. Deeper water structure is producing so use the Lowrance technology to find and then work the channel ledges up in the creeks.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2022

LAKE OCONEE IS FULL 60S

Bass fishing is fair. The fish seem to like this warm weather snap. Top water baits are hot and buzz baits, Spooks, Chug Bug’s, and Pop R’s are working all day. Crank baits are a good also around docks and points. Some good choices are Shad Raps, RS Shad Raps, Bandit, and Bomber Model A. Shad patterns and chrome and blue have been good colors in more clear water while the same colors along with crawfish have produced in dirty water. Spinner baits are catching a few fish around wood cover and docks, although this may slow down after the cold front. Try a 3/8 ounce bait Strike Kling spinnerbait in chartreuse and white with gold Colorado blades. Jigs are catching bass too especially on days the fish aren’t hitting crank baits or spinner baits very well. Try a 3/8 ounce Strike King Pro Model in black and blue, brown, or solid black. Add a Zoom Salty Chunk or Pro Chunk to the hook. Work the bait slowly through any wood cover and against dock posts.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2022

LAKE HARTWELL IS 6.1 FEET, 50’S

Bass fishing is good. The water temperatures are continuing to cool down with the cooler nights. The last few times out the water temperatures have started at 60 and warmed up to 62 degrees by mid afternoon. Work the Tugaloo river area both north and south of the I 85 bridge. In the first part of the mornings fish the back part of the creek arms and main lake pockets shallow with a buzz bait. Most of the river arm areas are clear and have a lot of bait in them. This has continued to be key as it always is during the fall so take the time to find the bait and fish these areas thoroughly. Use the buzz bait, jerk bait, square bill crank bait, jig and a shaky head. As the sun gets up and slow down. Now this is the time to use the jig and shaky head worm in a green pumpkin color. Also try the Tugaloo river areas as the shallow water bite continues to get stronger with the cooler weather.

Lake Hartwell Striper Fishing Report - November 23, 2022 Surface Water Temperature: 58 degrees

The lake has turned over and the water is clear. Temperatures are now in the upper 50’s in the morning and on a sunny day will warm up to low 60’s. This is the perfect water for stripers and hybrids. There’s oxygen throughout the water column and they can feel free to hang out in 80 feet of water or 18 inches of water. Loons and gulls are showing up and the numbers will continue to increase into December. Find the gulls and you’ll know where to target your fishing. A dead giveaway will be surfacing fish actively feeding. If you see this, don’t charge directly into the school. Drop the trolling motor and try to compute an intercept course with the direction the gulls are moving. Ease up to the school and throw a Project-X X-Rig, or Project-X Pearl Paddletail toward the school. Work your way up to the frenzy and once you see fish on your Simrad, you can drop live baits or jig with WhoopAss Bucktails. Gulls working over Loons, on the other hand, can be a false indicator of stripers. Loons work just like gamefish, corralling the bait into tight balls and as they feed the bait gets pushed to the surface where the gulls can easily grab a quick meal. This doesn’t mean there won’t be stripers in the area. Drop a bait around the actively working loons and give it a few minutes. No bites…move on and look for gulls that don’t have loons working under them.

Stripers & Hybrids: The lineside bite is starting to really crank up. In the past week, all the fish I’ve caught have been sizeable. Hybrids easily over 5 pounds, and stripers up to 18 pounds. While these sizes aren’t necessarily true monsters, it’s a great sign that our lake is coming back from a few years of stressed conditions for the fish. Fish can be virtually anywhere on the lake right now, backs of creeks in super shallow water, or in the main river channels. You’ll have to spend a little time searching, but once you find them, you’ll be rewarded with a respectable catch. Start your quest in the backs of major creek arms, and work your way toward the mouth. It can be a ‘hero-or-zero’ game for a while. So I suggest either trolling with a Capt. Mack’s Umbrella rig as a search tool. This way you can cover more water with a little faster speed, versus painfully slow live bait trolling. Again, once you see bait schools on the sonar, you can decide to drop live herring or just continue trolling the Umbrella Rig. I haven’t needed to fish above the Seneca/Tugaloo split, as there seem to be plenty of fish on the south end. Powder Bag and Lightwood Creeks on the Georgia side, and Sadler’s Creek on the SC side all have good shows of fish. If you are fishing creeks, try deploying at least one planer board to target the shallows close to the bank. Hybrids have no problem running the edges, and you’ll likely pick up a nice spotted or largemouth bass. There’s lots of gar on the feed right now too, and they will charge a slow-trolled bait behind a planer board. They are fun for a few seconds until they cut your leader. Recently, the late afternoon bite… about an hour before dark…the top water bite has been off the chart. It can be hit or miss, depending on the cove you select. Look in coves in the major creeks and if they are there…they will show themselves pretty quickly. Also try the intersection where major creeks meet the river channel, and look for humps in the 30 to 15 foot range. Also a great place to find some good top water action. Throw a MirroLure Silver/Blue or Silver/Black Top Dog, or a large Chug Bug in White/Orange or White/Red and hold on. Flukes and paddle tails will also produce fish. Finally, if you see fish holding in the trees, try dropping a Capt. Mack’s Super Spoon in Silver/Blue or Blue/White. Drop it into the trees and retrieve it pretty quickly with a stop/start tactic. You might lose a spoon here, but the size of the fish makes it worth it. Get all your striper fishing gear and watch our Pro Tips for rigging planer boards, downlining and more at NutsAndBoltsFishing.com If you’d like to book a fishing adventure with Capt. Cefus and Buck, The Wonder Dog, email Cefus@NutsAndBoltsFishing.com Tight Lines! Capt. Cefus McRae

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NOVEMBER 24, 2022

LAKE EUFAULA IS FULL, 70S

Bass fishing is good. The lake is holding steady and the fishing has been pretty good especially for numbers. Use a variety of the favorite baits. Shallow ledges and secondary points are producing lots of keeper bass. Use a mid range crank bait like a Mann’s 15+ or a Rapala DT6. Look for drops that top out from 4 to 8 feet. If the crank bait bite isn't working go to the Carolina rig on these same drops. Some good catches are reported by fishing the very backs of the creeks and pockets with spinnerbait’s and shallow crank baits. One major key is to make sure to use the shad patterns in the lures. Mid day go to the Texas rig worms and any off shore structure in the clearer water. Depths are from 10 to 20 feet or more and along the sides of humps and points. Carolina rigs and spoons are the primary choices along with jig head and worm, jigs, and tail spinners. Soon the big spoons will be a go to pattern with the next major cold front.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2022

CLARKS HILL IS DOWN 6.2 FEET, 60S

Bass fishing is fair. Bass are on the move up the rivers and in the creeks. Look for the better bass in the coves up Little River. Small Shad Raps cast in tight to the banks and around wood are working well. Shad and silver are the choice colors and there has been some good windy days that can create a good crank bait bite. Fish the Rapala DT6 right along with the sides or points and also use the small shad crank baits in these same locations. Small Zoom Flukes on a Scrounger head or on a plain lead head will mimic the small baits the fish are keying on. Also, continue to fish the wind blown points. This pattern should continue to hold up for at least a couple of weeks.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2022

LAKE ALLATOONA IS DOWN 10 FEET, 60S

Bass fishing is good. Anglers can catch them on just about anything. The jig bite and shaky had been best. Numbers are really good right now with 15 to 20 fish not hard to come by. Larger schools of fish have been found in 10 to 15 foot depth range. There has also been a decent spinner bait on long point. A Minnow Rap swims will reach depths up to eleven feet. Rapala X Raps in olive green on the points and over the tops of the brush piles. Look for the brush piles at 28 feet deep and find them with the Lowrance Structure Scan technology. In Little River spinner baits around the rocky islands and on the rip rap. Change colors and sizes of the baits in search for bigger bass. Pearl colored Wildeye Swim Shad is another excellent swim bait in the four inch size to use when bait fish are present. Don't overlook that top water bite and watch the birds. Main Lake points with the wind blowing on them is always a good place to start. With the Lowrance split the screens and put sonar on one panel and down imaging on the other. This will make the down scan 4 times wider that sonar. The fish are definitely on the move and feeding up. Hopefully by the end of the month we will see a decrease in water temperatures to fire up the jerk bait bite. Red top to Iron Hill has been very productive.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2022

LAKE JACKSON IS FULL, 50’S

Bass fishing is fair. It had been slow at times with cold fronts and erratic weather, but fish have been a bit easier to locate and quite a bit more willing to bite. One key to finding fish is to work banks and points that are close to the river channel. Bass are congregating in such areas and are willing to take the bait. Use the Texas rigged green pumpkin small Senko from 6 foot out to around 18 foot of water. The Senko seems to encourage the larger bites and results in a high percentage of hook sets. On the steeper banks with docks close by work the plastic very slow. To fish a little faster later in the day with some sun, try a 1/2ounce white and nickel blade Lucky Craft Redemption spinnerbait. Keep it on the bottom and keep it where you can see it the entire cast. A few fish are coming on the white and nickel Chatterbait with an early morning bite. Again, a slow retrieve has been required. Keep the bait moving but on the bottom.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2022

LAKE LANIER IS DOWN 4.94 FEET, 60S

This Lake Lanier Bass fishing report is by Phil Johnson.Pjohnson15@hotmail.com 770 366 8845

Bass fishing on Lake Lanier is good. It seems the fish forgot about the fall top water bite and are moving toward the typical winter bite. There is still some random striper top water activity but the bass are on to different things. The steadiest bite this week has been just the standard green pumpkin trick worm on a three sixteenths spot sticker. The bass have been relating to steep rocky banks as well as brush in the fifteen to twenty five foot range. A DT ten worked on rocky points first thing in the morning has produced some good fish but not great numbers. The bass are starting to move into the ditches and a Spotchoker with a three eight Kietech or white super fluke has begun to produce fish. Start the morning with a quarter ounce Spotchoker in less than fifteen feet of water and then move out. Off the sides of rocky points is also a good place to look for the fish with both the worm and the Spotchoker. Docks with fifteen to twenty five foot of water on the front of them are a good place to check also. Work the dock completely from the walkway all the way to the front post. Look for the shad to really start to ball up over the next two weeks and look for the bass to be near by. Winter fishing is here and only going to get better so Go Catch ‘Em!

This Lake Lanier Striper Crappie report is by Captain Josh Thornton 770 530 6493

Crappie are suspended 15 to 25 deep but this week’s fish came from 30 to 40 feet on brush. Docks with structure, deep blow downs, and brush piles are all holding fish. If you are using jigs use white with sparkles or the electric chicken. I am still using minnows 90% of the time. Crappie love the shade so cast into the shadows or shaded areas of dock. When dock shooting the biggest fish are usually the first to bite. We use ATX lure company’s jigs on a lip thrashing lure jig heads. I use 5 pound test high visibility yellow K9 braid for my line unless I am using a bobber then it’s the Kk9 6 pound high vis line k9fishing.com and a Acc crappie Stix. I use Garmin Live Scope and the Navionics Boating app.

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