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Lake Seminole

Lake Seminole is a 37,500-acre reservoir located in the southwest corner of Georgia along the Florida and Alabama borders. Seminole is known for its great bass fishing and bream fishing. The often shallow waters of Seminole contains lots of hydrilla. The grasssbeds make navigation difficult in many areas, but fish and ducks love the hydrilla. Seminole is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers impoundment. The Chattahoochee and Flint rivers feed the lake. Below the Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam, which impounds the lake, the Apalachicola River forms. Fish in Lake Seminole also include crappie, catfish, striped bass and other species. Alligators and snakes are very common in the lake, which is also known for its good duck hunting for divers including canvasbacks and ringnecks.

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Lake Seminole Bass Fishing Report: June 18, 2025

By Craig James | June 18, 2025

Seminole: Level: 0.2 feet below 77.5. Temp: 83-86 degrees. Clarity: Clear to lightly stained. Bass: With many of Georgia’s major bass reservoirs beginning to transition into what I’ll call the “pre dog days” of summer, the action on Lake Seminole has been consistent the past several weeks, and MLF pro and Lake Seminole local, Matt Baty, doesn’t see that changing anytime soon. “This time of year the bite is really good on the lake, as long as you know where, and more importantly when, to fish. The really good bite this time of year is going to be in the afternoons after 5 or so, all the way till around 10 p.m.,” said Matt. Matt says that as of late it’s taking 10 to 15 pounds on a three-bass limit to hit the money in the weekly Tuesday evening tournament on Seminole, and that’s an indicator of just how good…

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Lake Seminole Articles

Seminole Fishing Report: May 16, 2025

Level: Full at 77.5 Temp.: 78-83 degrees. Clarity: Stained. After getting pounded by rain last weekend, surprisingly, Lake Seminole is still primed for some good fishing for this weekend. The key to have success on the Big Pond is going to be finding clean water. Find that and you’ll find the fish. “We got 4…

Lake Seminole Catfishing With A U.S. Marine

I’ve always been proud of my nephew, Kennon. Being the son of my twin brother, Corey, he was right between us on many of our outdoor excursions. He has shown to be very active and fearless, hunting everything from ducks to alligators. I remember on one occasion, while I was wading through a chilly swamp…

Lake Seminole Bass Early To Bed

The typical Georgia bass angler isn’t thinking about prespawn patterns for January fishing. But Lake Seminole bass are well ahead of other Georgia lakes, and as the New Year begins, they are already in a hungry, prespawn mood. You can take advantage of this early prespawn mode to catch numbers and quality bass on Georgia’s…

Seminole Gator Hunt Yields 20 Feet Worth Of Lizards

Ashley Bowlden first started putting in for her Georgia alligator tags back in 2018, when she got to attend her first gator hunt. She loved it so much that she immediately started putting in for herself and her children every year, as well. Six years later, on the opening weekend of Georgia’s 2024 alligator season,…

Lake Seminole Springtime Shellscackers

Lake Seminole has miles of shallow sandy grass flats and sandbars that are ideal shellcracker bedding areas. Head south to Seminole in April and May with an eye toward panfish, and you are in for some fantastic fishing. Seminole is formed where the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers join to form the Apalachicola River just inside…

Seminole Lake Records

Largemouth Bass16-lbs., 4-ozs.Charles Tyson05/23/1961
Hybrid Bass16-lbs., 5-ozs.Thomas Elder05/09/1985
Striped Bass38-lbs., 9-ozs.Justin McAlpin11/15/79
Black Crappie3-lbs., 8-ozs.Emmett Thomas12/13/1970
Shellcracker2-lbs., 9.5-ozs.John Weaver07/31/2007
Bluegill1-lb., 7.68-ozs.Wendell Mathis08/24/2021
Flathead Catfish53-lbs., 11.2-ozs.Tim Trone04/08/2023