Fishing Report Fontana Lake, Lake Glenville, Lake Chatuge and More! 06/23/17

Summer is HERE and fishing is WEIRD! The lakes across the mountains of Western NC and North GA are fishing a little odd for this time of the year but it's coming around! Water temps are raising rapidly and the fish are starting to stack and become easier to pattern! All the lakes are fishing a little different but all of the lakes are fishing similarly in a few ways. Here are the current conditions and reports for the lakes of Western NC and North GA!

Lake Chatuge
Water Temp: 81*
Clarity: 6ft
Lake Level: 0
Pattern: There are some big spots and hybrids breaking in the mornings and pushing bait on points, shoals and humps. Largemouth on secondary points are doing similar things in the morning. Largemouth are cruising back waters, wolf packing bream beads and pushing the banks when the sun comes up. Occasional big bass on docks. Big spots randomly pushing herring periodically through the day. Fishing slow on points can produce some good bites! Frogging and glide baits will produce for some good largemouth where they are.

Lake Glenville
Water Temp: 75*
Clarity: 6ft
Lake Level: 0
Pattern: There is still a herring  spawn happening early in the morning! Top water is working well in the mornings and continues to work with cloud cover. A drop shot on deep brush and deep rock will produce well. Waterfalls are fishing well and doing extremely well during rainy conditions! A senko down the bank will catch some big fish randomly. Cruising fish are staying on the banks looking for last few spawning herring and bedding bream.

Fontana Lake
Water Temp: 80*
Clarity: 15ft
Lake Level: 0
Pattern: There was a recent threadfin shad hatch on the lake and there are clouds of bait in the back of every creek! Big smallmouth are schooling on the small threadfin and big largemouth are in back waters. A frog will put some decent largemouth in the boat as well as a Keitech and spybait in the areas where bait is present!

Bear Lake
Water Temp: 77*
Clarity: 10ft
Lake Level: 0
Pattern: A lot of bream spawning and a threadfin up in the water column! Breaking fish are showing up towards the bottom of the lake near dam. Both largemouth and trout are in these schools! Frogging and throwing soft plastics around overhangs are catching numbers of fish and good size mixed in! Drop shotting points and a jig in deep brush will catch above average fish!

Nantahala Lake
Water Temp: 75*
Clarity: 15ft
Lake Level: 0
Pattern: Just like Glenville there are a few herring spawning on hard rocky shorelines. Fish are pushing shallow on overhanging banks and rocky points. Top water will produce numbers and some size! Drop shotting points and fishing deep brush will catch some solid fish. Creek heads and frogging go hand in hand! There are some solid fish in the cooler water! 

Lake Burton
Water Temp: 80*
Clarity: 6ft
Lake Level: 0
Pattern: There are some big spots breaking in the mornings and pushing bait on points, shoals and humps. Largemouth on secondary points are doing similar things in the morning. Largemouth are cruising back waters, wolf packing bream beads and pushing the banks when the sun comes up. Occasional big bass on docks. Big spots randomly pushing herring periodically through the day. Fishing slow on points can produce some good bites! Frogging and glide baits will produce for some good largemouth where they are.