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July 25, 2019

Lake Eufaula Fishing Report

Eufaula: Elevation dropping, water 79. Blue and channel catfish fair on cut bait and shad around the main lake and river mouth. Striped bass, striped bass hybrids and white bass

Eufaula: Elevation dropping, water 79. Blue and channel catfish fair on cut bait and shad around the main lake and river mouth. Striped bass, striped bass hybrids and white bass good on plastics, sassy shad, slabs and spoons below the dam. Report submitted by Jake Bersche, game warden stationed in McIntosh County.

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