Lake Blackshear Fishing Reports

Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid to high 80s. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Tournament angler Jonathan Martin reports, “This time of year I like to concentrate around the mouths of creeks watching for schooling fish busting shad on the surface. As summer moves into fall, the bass should follow the shad into the creeks, but this will greatly be determined by water temp. These fish can be caught early on shad-colored walking-style baits, buzzbaits, flukes and crankbaits. I really like a Rapala DT-6. I’ll throw this bait around schooling fish, seawalls and rip-rap. A weightless or lightly weighted Senko in watermelon…