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Best white bass & hybrids lakes in Georgia

12 Georgia waters hold white bass & hybrids. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. Hard-fighting schooling fish (white bass and hybrid stripers/wipers) that corral shad on flats and points.

1. Lake Hartwell — 185 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie
2. Clarks Hill Lake — 180 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
3. West Point Lake — 85 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
4. Lake Sinclair — 90 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
5. Lake Oconee — 102 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
6. Lake Allatoona — 145 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
7. Walter F. George Lake — 100 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
8. Lake Seminole — 30 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
9. Lake Blackshear — 47 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
10. Lake Nottely — 98 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
11. Lake Chatuge — 144 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
12. Blue Ridge Lake — 246 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie

When to fish white bass & hybrids in Georgia

• Spring 3–15 ft — The famous spring run: fish stack in creeks, rivers and inflows to spawn.
• Summer 10–30 ft — Follow surfacing schools over humps and flats; jigging spoons when they sound.
• Fall 8–25 ft — Aggressive fall schooling — when you find one, you've found a hundred.
• Winter 20–40 ft — Deep wintering schools on channel edges; vertical spoons.

Also in Georgia: best largemouth bass lakes · best walleye lakes · best crappie lakes · best bluegill lakes · best channel catfish lakes · best striped bass lakes · best flathead catfish lakes · best blue catfish lakes · best spotted bass lakes

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