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Fishing report for March 16-22

Central Georgia Bass Club.
The group for qualifying boaters and non-boaters 16-up meets at 7:30 p.m. the first Monday of each month at the American Legion on Watson Boulevard in Warner Robins. It’s affiliated with the Georgia B.A.S.S. Chapter Federation. Call 329-0779. The group’s Junior BassBusters Club meets at the same time, and is open to youths 11-16. Call 971-1363.

Fall Line Fly Anglers. The Fall Line Fly Anglers meets on the first Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. Events include trips, fly casting and fly tying techniques, and the introduction of the sport to the novice fly angler.” Visit www.falllineflyanglers.com for meeting location and details.

-LAKE FISHING
Carter’s Lake. Pay lake between Roberta and Lizella on Sandy Point Road on Saturday. $2 entrance fee. $1.75 per pound for catfish and brim. $10 per day for bass. Open 8 a.m.- 6 p.m. Call (478) 836-4274.
Javors Lucas Lake. The Jones County facility off Upper River Road is open daily through May 28 from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. through March and 7 a.m.-7 p.m. after. Cost is $5 per vehicle or $10 for vehicle with boat. Call 464-5656 or check www.maconwater.org

-UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
Tobesofkee Saturday. Day team bass events are held safe light to 3 p.m. Cost is $30/boat. Call 935-3829.

Lake Juliette. Team bass tournaments are regularly held on the last Sunday each month at the Monroe County impoundment. Next tournament is Feb. 26. Call 471-1254.

-FISHING REPORTS
LAKE OCONEE: Full pool, stained to muddy, 50 degrees. Bass are fair, but should improve with the weekend’s warmer temperatures. Action off spinnerbaits has improved. Work around the docks where there is deep water near by. Make sure you hit the dock poles as you bring your bait by. Fishing a small crank bait in the same area will also work. Hybrid fishing is fair with the muddy water over most of the lake the fishing has slowed. As the water clear the fishing will only get better. Crappie on one day and off the next. If you want big fish trolling in the back of Sugar Creek is the place to be. You’ll only have a few bites but the fish are real good. If smaller fish and a few more in numbers are what you are after the back of Sandy or Rocky Creek is the place to be.
-www.georgia-outdoors.com/ngbn/index.html

LAKE SINCLAIR: Down 2.7 feet, mostly stained to muddy, 57 degrees. Black bass chasing crank baits and Rat L Traps and some plastics are catching fish on staging points and flats in the creeks and coves at 3-8 feet on hard bottom secondary points. Rip rap most anywhere on the lake is still producing bass, mostly on small crank baits, lightweight Texas rigs, and the jig head and worm. Small spinner baits are producing a few fish from blow downs, grass, docks, or other cover. Boathouses and docks also are holding fish, mostly near the mouths of coves. Linesides are all over the lake, but action is not much more than fair. Most hybrids and whites are being on flats along the main rivers. A few fish are still being caught in Beaver Dam Creek near the discharge of the steam plant. Crappie are very active in several creeks and larger coves suspended at 5-10 feet. Dark colors are usually better on overcast days or dirty water, while lighter colors are best during sunshine and clear water. Shooting docks with Hal Flies is still good.
-www.fishmacon.com/sinclair.html

LAKE SEMINOLE: Full pool, stained to muddy, 61 degrees. Bass are headed to the sandy areas of the creeks for feed fish and off to the flats for spawning flats. Worms and light-weight plastics are best around sandbar rims. Lizards that are Carolina rigged also should get some action. Crappie are improved in the shallow areas off jigs and minnows. Hybrids are slow and the catfish are active, but you have to get live bait deep.
-Jack Wingate, (229) 246-0658 or www.wingateslodge.com

WEST POINT LAKE: Down 6.2 feet, slightly stained, 57 degrees. Bass are good as the water continues to clear. The bass have been moving back into the pockets in the coves running shad all over the banks and on clay banks and rocky points in the main creeks. Hybrid are good starting to make their annual run up the river, catching fish on live bait above Grayson’s Landing. Fish the river ledges and the flats. Crappie are very good in the main creek channels in the morning and practically on the banks in the afternoon. Another week and they should be around the rip-rap close to the bridges. Chartreuse grubs of the 2- and 3-inch variety in 8-15 feet of water are good. Cast a black chartreuse Hal Fly under a cork about 3 feet down jerking it occasionally back to boat or from bank working it slow and you should be able to fill your limit. Try other colors if these are not working because the fish are feeding. -www.georgia-outdoors.com/ngbn/index.html

LAKE TOBESOFKEE: Full pool, clear, 57 degrees. Crappie are good in the creek mouths, duck ponds and staging areas off jigs and minnows. Bass are good off plastics on the points and dock corners. Hybrids are fair chasing live bait while the best chance for catfish are around the Thomaston Road Bridge and in the duck ponds. -Recreation Area, (478) 474-8770

LUCAS LAKE: Full pool, clear, 59 degrees. Bass seem to be biting on the south end of the lake. Some shellcrackers and crappie were caught using crank bait and plastic worms. Catfish are doing well around the fishing dock. -(478) 474-5656 or www.maconwater.org

JACKSON LAKE: Down 4.6 feet, stained, 54 degrees. Black bass fishing is looking up and the bass are now on the move. It is just a few weeks away before the first bass lock tight on the beds. The lake is still a little stained but this is nothing new for Jackson. Anglers are now working spinnerbaits in the shallows along with crank baits. Shad Raps is a favorite this time of the year and the new Glass Shad Raps are really doing a good job. With the water showing a little color, the black glass color is really working. Fish the coves and secondary points up in the creeks and rivers and make several casts to each location. Crawdad and perch colors in the DT6’s will work while throwing cranks. They can still be caught with Husky Jerks and DT10’s along with number seven and eight Shad Raps. Crappie fishing is improving a little, but once again the cold front has them in deeper water for now. As the weather starts to warm back up this weekend, expect the fair to good bite to return. -www.georgia-outdoors.com/ngbn/index.html

BRUNSWICK COAST: Inshore - Whiting are extremely good near the St. Simons Islands with redfish a bit more active than trout and sheepshead. Offshore - Sheepshead in good size and numbers are active on near shore wrecks with some black sea bass, grouper and snapper still around. Gulfstream - Wahoo and tuna are the most active. -Capt. Vernon Reynolds, (912) 265-0392 SAVANNAH COAST: Inshore - Flounder have been the best of a very active lot that includes redfish and trout. Whiting have entered the area as well. Offshore - Grouper continue to show while black sea bass are staging with the red snapper still hitting. Gulfstream - Blackfin tuna and big wahoo are in the area. - Capt. Judy Helmey, (912) 897-4921 or www.missjudycharters.com -

The Fishing Report is compiled on Wednesdays with information supplied by area marinas and guides. For more extensive lake reports around Georgia, check www.georgia-outdoors.com/ngbn or www.havefunfishing.com