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Lake Chatuge Fall Fishing

On October 26, 2016

Well we finally got our first frost of the year last week, and we’ve been having some cool mornings. Lake Chatuge is down 8′ and water temp has dropped to 67 degrees. The Spotted bass are starting move around allot and when the sun comes up you will start seeing small pods of bait fish […]

Top Water Bite on Lake Blue Ridge

On October 4, 2016

Lake Blue Ridge water temp is down to 75 degrees and the lake is down 12′, and the top water bite is on. The Spotted bass is chasing bait all over the lake, and every now and then you will catch a Smallmouth bass. I’m using Zara Spooks, Strike King sexy dog, Lucky Craft gunfish […]

Georgia Senators on Lake Chatuge

On September 20, 2016

I would like to thank all the Senators of the Georgia Republican Party and The Ridges Resort for choosing Welch’s Guide Service. We provided a three boat outing for them last week. We didn’t have the best condition with the lake down, full moon, blue bird sky’s and not to mention it being a midday […]

Fall fishing is in the air

On September 12, 2016

Fall fishing is in the air, we’ve been having some cool nights which has dropped the water temps some. Most all of our North Georgia lakes are down 4 to 5 feet, due to the lack of rain and TVA pulling them over Labor day. Their is nothing prettier then the leaves changing there colors […]

Good day on Lake Chatuge

On July 19, 2016

It’s been a busy four days on Lake Chatuge, despite the crazy hot weather we’ve been having. Today was one of those days we’ve been waiting on. We started out this morning the air temp was 65 degrees and naturally after the day before being so hot, it was foggy this morning. But the top […]