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Lake Jackson
Lake Jackson is one of the oldest reservoirs in the United States. Jackson has transitioned from a trophy largemouth bass lake to lots more spotted bass making up the bass catch. Crappie fishing is good on Jackson, and the lake is home to some huge catfish. The Lloyd Shoals Dam was built in 1910 by Central Georgia Power Company, and electricity was originally generated for the city of Macon. At 4,750 acres, Lake Jackson is small compared to other Georgia reservoirs.
Lake Jackson Resources
Jackson: Level: 1.1 feet above 528. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Willie McMullen won an ABA at Jackson near the end of April with 12.27 pounds. He said the last cold front in April pushed the shad spawn back, so it is wide open the beginning of May. Topwater like Spooks and Pop-Rs, along with spinnerbaits and ChatterBaits, are all good. Fish seawalls with rip-rap early in the morning when you see any activity from birds or fish. Move quickly to find action. It lasts only until the sun gets on the water. Cloudy days push the feeding a little longer. Later in the day, look for bream beds and cast a wacky-rigged worm or topwater to them for quality, bass-eating bream. Boat traffic will get worse as the month progresses, so early mornings will be the best times to go. If fishing during the heat of…
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Many of us made New Year’s resolutions to go bass fishing more, but some decide to wait to start until the weather warms up and bass start biting better. That’s a mistake. You can go to Jackson right now and catch largemouth and spots. Lake Jackson is a very old Georgia Power Lake, built in…
Often, September can be the most frustrating month of the year for bass fishermen. The surface temperatures are as hot as they get, and the oxygen content is at the lowest levels of the year. Early in the month, the days are still hot and uncomfortable, and the bass are sluggish. But cooler nights are…
The cooler mornings we had in mid August, with temperatures only in the upper 60s, gave bass fishermen hope that September fishing would be better than normal. Early in the month, bass fishing can be tough. But even under tough conditions, the spotted bass at Lake Jackson will bite, and you can catch some good…
Where in the world was this cold weather during deer season? Instead of bundling up and sneaking through the woods with pounds of extra clothes this year, I was still swattin’ skeeters and sweating buckets come closing weekend—I even hunted in my bedroom shoes a few times. Weird, I know, but it was that warm.…
Lake Jackson is widely known throughout the state as a very good wintertime fishery. With multiple double-digit-class largemouths caught in the cooler months, Georgia anglers may lose sight of the great bass fishing Lake Jackson offers in other seasons of the year. As the water temperature begins to fall in October and the shad embark…
Lake Jackson Record Fish
| Largemouth Bass | 14-lbs., 7-ozs. | John Burnett | 03/09/86 |
| Spotted Bass | 6-lbs., 0.03-ozs. | Bill Haines | 06/08/18 |
| Black Crappie | 3-lbs., 8.5-ozs. | Barry Massey | 04/16/91 |
| White Crappie | 1-lb., 2-ozs. | Dylan Peppers | 05/31/05 |
| Yellow Perch | 1-lb., 6-ozs. | Rusty Tate | 02/06/19 |
| Hybrid Bass | 15-lbs., 2-ozs. | Jack Anderson | 04/16/92 |
| Shellcracker | 2-lbs., 3-ozs. | Jeff Weege | 04/22/92 |
| Common Carp | 35-lbs., 12-ozs.* | Donald Clark | 1972 |
| Chain Pickerel | 2-lbs., 9.28-ozs. | Hunter Parker | 04/20/21 |
| Flathead Catfish | 64-lbs., 6.08-ozs. | Daniel Perrier | 05/29/23 |
| Channel Catfish | 16-lbs., 10.56-ozs. | Grant Burroughs | 02/13/17 |
| Blue Catfish | 46-lbs., 7-ozs. | Luke Chandler | 11/15/18 |
| Striped Bass | 27-lbs. | Scott Hayes | June 1985 |
| Warmouth | 0.88-lbs. | Hunter Parker | 03/21/21 |