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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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A conflict has brewed for more than 40 years between landowners of riverfront property on the Flint at Yellow Jacket Shoals and anglers who wade the beautiful area to fish for shoal bass. In the 1980s, a No Fishing sign was erected at the shoals, but it was not an edict ever enforced by DNR…
Anglers on the Flint River in the Yellow Jacket Shoals area recently might have seen No Fishing signs posted along the river. Apparently, a guide/outfitter is attempting to restrict access to the area by obtaining a lease from private landowners. Under Georgia law, navigable streams are those “capable of transporting boats loaded with freight in…
A two-year bass tagging project on the Flint River conducted by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) and Auburn University is currently underway. Through this project, biologists are tagging shoal and largemouth bass that are 12 inches or longer in the Flint River between Warwick Dam and Lake Seminole. “Data from…
Summer is in the books. Fall and all its attractions are upon us. As fishermen trade rods for rifles and recreational paddlers shelve their kayaks until spring, Georgia’s waters are entering one of my favorite patterns. The cooler weather makes float trips very enjoyable. The lack of crowds make them that much more special. And…
One of the greatest challenges faced by modern man is a lack of free time to explore, learn and grow. Too often we are bogged down in routine tasks, leaving little time to try something new. As a fisherman and outdoorsman, I have tremendous natural resources and diverse habitats to explore in my native Georgia.…
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 |