LOCAL LAKES AND FORECAST

Forecast By: Captain Paul Tyre Tyrelakeseminolefishingadventures2gmail.com

The bass fishing has been very good in the first quarter of 2023!

The water temperature is in the low to mid 60’s to low 70’s. The Flint River arm of the lake is muddy due to recent heavy rains above us. The Chattahoochee River arm is also stained while Spring Creek and Fishpond Drain remain clear.

The May outlook is promising as we move into the post-spawn period. The shad have been and will continue to spawn along the grass lines on the main lake. A variety of lures are productive, like lipless crank baits, spinnerbaits, and even plastic worms, fished along the grass lines.

The shellcracker and bream are bedding and can be found around the sandbars in three to five feet of water.

For a lake Seminole Fishing Adventure for bass and/or panfish, give me a call @ 850-264-7534 or email me at paultyrefishing@yahoo.com

803-478-6479. His website is TakinitEasyGuideService.com.

Capt. Travis Long’s guide service is Happy Hooker Guide Service, and his number is 864-483-4299.

Capt. Eric Crowley’s guide service is Lake and Stream Guide Service. His website is www. lakeandstreamguideservice.com, and you can email him at lakeandstreamguideservice@gmail.com. He can also be reached at (706) 6694973 when he is not fishing.

Get with some of your friends and take a fishing trip. Whether with a guide or just on your own, GO FISHING!

I’m not sure what next month’s article will be on but remember, if you have an empty seat on your boat that needs filling, shoot me an email and maybe it will be about fishing with you!

Please check out my YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@ FishingWithGary.

You can reach me at gary@purgeright.com.

Please remember, if you are not going to eat it, don’t kill it.

“Tight Lines and Squealin’ Reels put a Smile on my face every time!”

Contributed

Tim Dangar

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Early spring is a great time to hit a small North Georgia lake for some fun and a wonderful meal of rainbow trout. Not too hot, not too cold and snakes are not out yet. All you need is a kayak, open face ultra-light spinning rod and reel, Rooster tail and/or Mepps spinners, and you are all set to hit the cold-water lakes scattered across North Georgia. On March 28th, I hit one of my favorite lakes and spent the day catching and releasing over 30 fish. I took a late lunch break and got back on the water around 3:00 in the afternoon and brought home a limit to filet and take to a friend who had a resent hip replacement. I used a variety of colors on this trip, but what seemed to work best was spinners with no buck tail and some orange on the body. Hope everyone can get on the water soon and as always, stay calm and fish on!

Contributed By: Jay Striker www.jaystriker.com

In my professional opinion, May offers three primary ways of targeting bass. Many fish are heading back out in areas close to deep water and trying to feed up from the work it takes to go through the spawning season. Mother nature does its job as the food supply chain is replenished with a shad spawn that is near, and the bass knows this. Also, part of this multi-faceted movement during this time of the year is when the mayflies start hatching. So let’s unpack why I like these situations and how I used them to catch bass in May.

Wrapping up the Spawn: May is usually when the signs of bass spawning are wrapping up. Note that all bass don’t spawn at the same time, nor stop at the same time. One tall tell sign, I look for in May, is the quality of fish I’m catching and how they are biting. Most fish being caught are smaller, guarding fry, and are often all likely around the same size. Sometimes you will run into a later spawning group of post-spawn fish and catch some bigger fish that are long and skinny, another sign that spawning is nearing its end or at post-spawn. Targeting bites in May is easier when you understand that the fish are moving from transition areas leading to and from shallow areas. Target those and hang on.

Shad are on the way: Shortly after the spawn, mother nature sends in a buffet to the fish as the shad spawn. When this starts, the bass feed to rebuild all that was a lost in the spawning process. The shad spawn is essential to the process, as it balances the food chain. Shad spawn on the move, usually on shallow banks, sea