Roumbanis up a creek

Fred Roumbanis has three fish for 5-pounds which puts him in second place in BASSTrakk. He’s fishing way back in one of the many creek arms of Carters Lake. When...

Sunny skies ahead

At this point the bite is in a stall but that might soon change. I just checked the satellite forecast map and there’s a good chance the sun might appear...

Vinson clinches another day

Greg Vinson thought he might have hooked a striper when he felt the first head-shake from what turned out to be a 3-pound, 10-ounce spotted bass. With that fish, which...

Hanselman seeing fish

Ray Hanselman Jr. has two bass in his livewell for about 3 and a half pounds. That has him sitting in fifth place in BASSTrakk. Hanselman is creeping along a...

Just like Cali for Fred

Yesterday when I approached Fred Roumbanis a smile came across his face.  “It’s a neat fishery, reminds me a lot of my home lakes in California, like Shasta,” said Roumbanis,...

Vinson has quick limit

If you don’t like bass fishing on lakes like Carters, which have blueback herring in them, get away from the herring. That’s a tip Greg Vinson just shared on Bassmaster...

Blueback factor

How much will the blueback herring population play into this competition? The blanks are still yet to be filled in but the answers will likely be this baitfish will indeed...

Combs fishing deep

Carters Lake is the deepest lake in the state of Georgia at 450 feet. Some sources list it as the deepest lake east of the Mississippi. Still, I was surprised...

This ain’t Table Rock Lake

Being a native of northwest Arkansas and now a southwest Missouri resident, Mike McClelland loves the White River chain of lakes in the Ozarks – Beaver, Table Rock and Bull...

Turnover: just a hunch

Around Labor Day a number of pros came to scout Carters Lake. Those I spoke with yesterday compared it to a completely different fishery. The fish are here, the bite...