Georgia Walleye Fishing Report- Week 4
will be your finest bets. I count on to see huge figures of walleye moving
into the headwaters of our mountain lakes subsequent week.
Walleye are finicky eaters this time of year with most bites resulting from a reaction strike instead than a predatory strike. Two huge guidelines to enhance your accomplishment are: (one) fish during reduced light conditions…..typically, dusk is greatest or when the drinking water is stained and (two) use light line such as six lb check.
There is an outstanding walleye fishing video on the web that was filmed on our extremely own Lake Tugalo. The internet tackle is:
http://www.myoutdoorstv.com/fishing/…na-outdoorsman Right after
accessing the site, scroll down the assortment of programs on the proper
side of the display screen. Choose Publish Spawn Walleye. I firmly endorse the
methods described by the walleye fishing guide in this brief presentation. The region they are fishing is in the headwaters of Lake Tugalo on the Chattooga River facet. They are fishing in a deep pool about one hundred yards below the cascading shoal that is identified for holding a whole lot of modest walleye nevertheless, these very same strategies will perform in the shallow headwaters in all of our lakes. If you fish for the duration of the day, I recommend backing off into deeper holes and fish with nightcrawlers or curly tail grubs. There is a good program on summer season walleye fishing methods also filmed on Lake Tugalo entitled Trolling for Summertime Walleye.
Lake Lanier – H2o temperature is fifty degrees and fish are becoming plentiful in the shoals and pools upstream of Mud Creek. We are discovering about 4 or 5 walleye in every single tiny pool and much more in the more substantial pools. I’m confident walleye can be observed as much upstream as you can go in a boat. The greater females have not moved up but so the peak is nevertheless about two weeks absent.
Carters Lake – On Wednesday (three/two), the h2o temperature was 51 degrees in the headwater shoals and the drinking water color was muddy. Senior fisheries biologist, Jim Hakala, and his crew discovered large male walleyes ranging from 2 to 5 lbs concentrated mostly in 2 to 5-ft of water along the rocky shoal and he caught a couple of walleye in slightly deeper drinking water on the rocky points downstream to the Huge Island (see picture of Jim with two walleye). Jim mentioned the density of walleye was the highest he has at any time seen on Carters. Jim did not discover any feminine walleye, which implies the bulk of the population has nevertheless to move upstream. Walleye fishing really should improve substantially more than the next two weeks. Ridgeway Boat Ramp is the closest ramp to these walleye honey holes.
Lake Hartwell – The water temperature was 49 degrees on Tuesday (3/one).
Walleye have moved even more upstream and are now primarily concentrated upstream of the Walker Creek Boat Ramp, which is positioned in Toccoa on Yonah Dam Street.
From Toccoa, get Prather Bridge Street (Highway 184) out of Toccoa. Hwy 184 will ultimately flip appropriate, cross the river and head into South Carolina, but you need to journey straight exactly where the road adjustments names to Yonah Dam Street. The Walker Creek boat ramp is 2.5 miles from this position. My crew collected 8 large females up to seven lbs a short distance upstream of the boat ramp in depths ranging from 2 to nine-ft deep (see photograph). This area is a fantastic place for anglers who fish from kayaks considering that the river shallows rapidly a few hundred yards upstream of the boat ramp.
Lake Yonah – The water temperature was 49 degrees on Tuesday (3/2) and my crew identified our very first walleye in the headwaters, a three pound male. The Lake Yonah Boat Ramp is also situated on Yonah Dam Street about 2.six miles north of the Walker Creek boat ramp. The two water bodies can be effortlessly fished on the exact same day.
Lake Tugalo – Because Lake Tugalo is 9-ft below complete pool, access is hard and there are no bank fishing opportunities. This is yet another excellent area for anglers with kayaks, though the paddle can be really far, but its a scenic trip. From the South Carolina boat ramp, paddle upstream to the cascading shoal on the Chattooga River. Walleye congregate in fairly big figures in the pool shaped by the cascade. This is the location featured in the referenced Submit Spawn Walleye video.
Lakes Rabun & Seed – On Wednesday (three/2), the drinking water temperature in each lakes was 48 degrees. Our sampling crew discovered a handful of males in the headwaters, but
I am confident that many a lot more are not much behind them. On Lake Rabun, fish
are downstream of the Bear Gap Road Bridge for the duration of daylight hours. On Lake Seed, daytime walleyes are downstream of the Burton Dam Street bridge. Your finest wager is to bounce nightcrawlers along the bottom from the bridge downstream for many hundred yards. From twilight to dark, walleye will move upstream of these bridges to spawn in the shallow shoals. A floating Rapala is a must. Exceptional bank fishing opportunities are accessible at Nacoochee Park positioned in the headwaters of Lake Rabun. Fishing is best at twilight and through the evening.
Very good Fishing!
Anthony
Anthony Rabern
Senior Fisheries Biologist
Georgia Department of All-natural Sources
Lake Burton Hatchery
3695 Highway 197 North
Clarkesville, GA 30523
706/947-1507 (office)
Anthony.Rabern@dnr.state.ga.us
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