Athens Fishing Report

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 62 degrees; 0.49 feet above pool. Bass are pushing shallow for the spawn. Cast your favorite lure whether it be worms, crankbaits, jigs, or chatterbaits. Concentrate on grass flats in 10-12 feet of water for bigger fish. Some sight fishing is going on but fish are not committed so a quick…

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 62 degrees; 0.45 feet above pool. Bass are pushing shallow for the spawn. Cast your favorite lure whether it be worms, crankbaits, jigs, or chatterbaits. Concentrate on grass flats in 10-12 feet of water for bigger fish. Some sight fishing is going on but fish are not committed so a quick…

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 61 degrees; 0.46 feet above pool. Fish are finicky with the weather, but fish should pattern nicely when the weather stabilizes over the next week. Bass are fair as fish start moving to shallow water. Cast small moving baits underpins, jerkbaits in the wind. Crappie are slow scattered moving shallow minnow…

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 50-55 degrees; 0.49 feet above pool. The water is clear in the main lake and slightly stained in the creeks. Bass are good using red rattletraps around grass flats 6-12 feet, jerk baits on windy points, and shaky-head worms on deep grass are all catching quality fish. Expect the fishing to…

FAIR. Water clear; 50-55 degrees; 0.54 feet above pool. The water is clear in the main lake and slightly stained in the creeks. Bass are good using red rattletraps around grass flats 6-12 feet, jerk baits on windy points, and shaky-head worms on deep grass are all catching quality fish. Expect the fishing to continue…

FAIR. Water clear; 48-52 degrees; 0.03 feet above pool. Bass are fair, chasing shad in deep water. Alabama rigs and deep crankbaits are doing well. Shakeyhead worms and jigs are catching scattered fish on grass edges out to 12 feet. Crappie have slowed down on brush with small jigs working best. Fish are easy…

FAIR. Water clear; 48-52 degrees; 0.24 feet below pool. Bass are slow scattered on deeper weedlines in 10-12 feet of water on the main lake. Cover a lot of territory with shaky heads and crankbaits. Target shad schools for bass using deep diving crankbaits and Alabama rigs. Crappie are fair on deep brush in 25…

GOOD. Water stained; 43 degrees; 0.77 feet below pool. Bass are slow, fishing with Alabama rigs and crankbaits over deep schools. Crappie are still good on deep brush out to 25 feet on small jigs

GOOD. Water normal stain; 45-48 degrees; 0.85 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady but should slow after the forecasted cold front