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Flint River
The Flint River begins its journey south toward Lake Seminole with headwaters at the Atlanta airport. The Flint River is one of only 40 rivers in the nation to flow more than 200 miles unimpeded by dams or other manmade structures, the first dam being the Lake Blackshear dam about 15 miles upstream of Albany. The upper Flint as it flows through the Thomaston and Talbot County area offers a unique and very good fishery for shoal bass. The lower Flint flows through fertile farm country through Georgia's top big-buck counties, and below Lake Blackshear the Flint again offers great shoal bass fishing. At the Lake Seminole dam, the Flint River combines with other tributaries and forms the Apalachicola River below the dam.
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Looking at the bubbling water racing across the rocky shoals, sprinkled with colorful spider lilies cramped within the crevasses, it’s hard to believe you’re in middle Georgia. While drifting down the Piedmont section of the Flint River in a raft, the rolling hills and rocky cliffs stretch upward to the sky, interspersed with many flat…
Shoal bass anglers gearing up to fish Yellow Jacket Shoals need to put the brakes on those thoughts. After hearing that new legislation designed to protect fishing access to navigable streams has passed its final step, some may have thought that section of the Flint River was back open to public access. Although Senate Bill…
Currently, anglers who fish the Yellow Jacket Shoals section of the Flint River without landowner permission are trespassing. The state of Georgia on March 23, 2023 settled a lawsuit brought by landowners along the banks of the Flint River at Yellow Jacket Shoals that appeared to resolve the long-simmering issue of whether the public could…
Anticipating more than 5,000 users each year, state lawmakers and officials with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and Meriwether County recently dedicated River Cove Landing, a renovated boat ramp giving boaters, paddlers and anglers improved access to the Flint River. This facility, located on River Cove Road, includes an 18-foot-wide concrete boat ramp. The…
It’s a tie! The Georgia state record for shoal bass was broken just last year, and now that record has been tied. Clark Wheeler, of Arabi, is the proud new angler who will share the shoal bass state record. His catch, caught on April 16 on the Flint River below Lake Blackshear near Warwick, weighed…
Flint River Record Fish
| Striped Bass | 48-lbs., 5-ozs. | John Hoffpauir Jr. | 05/20/83 |
| Shoal Bass | 8-lbs., 3-ozs.* | David Hubbard | 10/77 |
| Flathead Catfish | 43-lbs. | Tiff Thompson | 04/13/12 |
| Longnose Gar | 28-lbs., 6-ozs. | Richard Johnson | 01/95 |
| Shadow Bass | 10-ozs. | Kristen Brown | 06/01/16 |
| Black Crappie | 2-lbs., 5.44-ozs. | Jerrod Brown | 03/04/21 |