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Fishing Reports
Hundreds of miles from the nearest rapid waters of north Georgia lies a stretch of the Flint River reminiscent of anything but south Georgia. Tall river banks and steep clay and rock walls tower high above some of the fastest-moving water south of the gnat line. When one thinks of south Georgia fishing, what normally…
Blackshear: Level: 0.1 feet below full pool. Temp: High 70s to low 80s. Clarity: Clear with a stain upriver. Bass: Tough. Ernie Broughton said it took 13 pounds to win his pot tourney, and the weights dropped off sharply. The high, muddy water experienced by most other lakes in the state had not yet hit…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 82 degrees. Clarity: Good stain. Bass: Slow. Blackshear has been tough in the hot weather for Ernie Broughton. He said the only pattern he found recently that has produced a few good fish is fishing docks on the main lake with their fronts in about 6 to 10 feet of…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 70s. Clarity: Good stain. Bass: Good. Wayne Geoff caught a new tournament-record sack July 18 with a 27-lb., 12-oz. limit anchored by the big fish which weighed 7-lbs., 9-ozs. Ernie Broughton said there has been a decent topwater bite over treetops, around grassbeds and lily pads with popping baits like…
Blackshear: Level: 0.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 88-92 degrees. Clarity: Clear on the main lake; slight stain up the river. Bass: Tough. Ernie Broughton said the heat wave in mid June made the fishing tough, mainly on the fishermen. “With this heat, it’s taking a slow presentation to catch them,” he said. “They aren’t…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 69 to 73 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. “There are a lot of small fish being caught, but the big fish over the last couple of months have been 4 or 5 pounds,” said Ernie Broughton. “It’s been a weird year. We never really did see any big fish bedding.”…
Blackshear: Level: 0.15 feet below full pool. Temp: 62 degrees. Clarity: The main lake is muddy; the creeks and coves have a normal stain. Bass: Very good. Ernie Broughton said the fish are up shallow in 2 to 3 feet of water right up against the cypress trees and stumps. He’ll throw a Texas or…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 62 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: The fish are on the banks bedding, and some good fish are starting to show up in tournament sacks. Fish around cypress trees and grasslines shallow with spinnerbaits, crankbaits, jerkbaits, floating worms or a Carolina rig. Crappie: Very good. Rusty Parker said the crappie are…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 56-59 degrees. Clarity: Clear on the main lake; just a tinge of stain in the backs of some of the sloughs. Bass: Ernie Broughton said the fish have moved up, and it took 17 pounds to win his most recent tournament. The big fish weighed 6-lbs., 13-ozs. “They’re definitely moving…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 46-49 degrees. Clarity: Good color, just a tinge of stain. Bass: Good. Ernie Broughton reports: “We had some good catches in our last tournament, including a couple of 7-pounders. I had 9 pounds, and we caught them all on Carolina rigs on the railroad trestle. The trestle also produced some…
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