A grey, even sky over the water, with a light chop building from the SE with the barometer flat. On Norris Lake, work the first drop-off and weed lines first. Save your energy for the night. Work the productive water thoroughly. Autumn fish are feeding up and less fussy than in summer.
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Norris Lake is listed under Gwinnett County, Georgia. It sits in pine and hardwood. Surface area is around 104 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Nothing else we list in Gwinnett County covers more water. The town to know is Lakeview Estates, 4 miles out. The big place round here is Atlanta, 20 miles distant. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.
Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Points where the flooded channel swings in are the reliable ones. The old creek line under the surface is the feature worth finding. Nearby survey and observation records mention bluegill, largemouth bass and redbreast sunfish. Reporting is uneven, so absence from the list means little. Norris Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.
In an average year July sits at 79°F and January at 42°F. Winter is the comfortable season here rather than the difficult one. March through May is the strongest run, with autumn a second stretch. The hot months push the fishing to dawn and dusk. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Norris Lake.
Access is not recorded for this water. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Cement Lake, 2.3 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Norris Lake for certain.
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| 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 6.6 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7 | 6 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 68° | 67° | 67° | 66° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 64° | 65° | 66° | 66° | 67° | 68° | 68° | 69° | 70° | 70° | 69° | 68° | 68° | 68° | 68° | 68° |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30.08 | 30.08 | 30.07 | 30.05 | 30.03 | 30.02 | 30.02 | 30.01 | 30.02 | 30.02 | 30.02 | 30 | 29.98 | 29.94 | 29.92 | 29.9 | 29.91 | 29.91 | 29.9 | 29.91 | 29.92 | 29.92 | 29.92 | 29.91 |
| 89 | 89 | 89 | 86 | 87 | 86 | 87 | 89 | 92 | 92 | 91 | 90 | 91 | 90 | 90 | 91 | 87 | 89 | 89 | 91 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 93 |
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