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Fishing Reports
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 58 degrees. Clarity: The main lake is still a bit stained; creeks are beginning to clear. Bass: Clint Brownlee reports: “My partner Jimmy Sharp and friend Brian Davis won the last Ernie’s tournament on Blackshear with around 12 pounds. Most of their bites come on Rat-L-Traps and crankbaits, shad and…
Living on Lake Blackshear, Mike Bullington used to be involved in the bass-tournament scene, but an unusual pattern he discovered three years ago while fishing for deep bass has turned him into a catfish angler for a couple months each year. That pattern landed him the new lake-record appaloosa (flathead) catfish on Nov. 2, 2008,…
Blackshear: Level: Down 3.7 feet. Temp: 51-53 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Clint Brownlee said the primary pattern right now and through the winter months, especially with the lake down, is to find the deeper docks at the mouths of pockets and sloughs. “You can get bit with crankbaits or split-shot, green-pumpkin Trick Worms. Those…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 74 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Ernie Broughton said the fishing has been fair for this time of year. “Steve Phillips won the last tournament fishing alone,” said Ernie. “He had 15.9 pounds and the big fish at 4.8.” Ernie said most of the fish were still coming from up the…
Shane Wilson of Cataula had never been drawn for a gator tag before. Neither had two of the other three hunters who launched two boats from the Camper’s Haven boat ramp on Lake Blackshear Sept. 12. It’s a good thing at least one of the four, Randy Pounds of Butler, had some experience gator hunting,…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 78 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Improving as the water temperature drops. Jimmy Sharp said the fish are starting to move back into the creeks. At a Tuesday night pot tournament Sept. 16, he said most of the fish were caught on shallow-running crankbaits and spinnerbaits. A Rat-L-Trap was one bait…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid to upper 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Clint Brownlee recommends the slow approach with a Carolina rig until the water temperature drops. “Your best bet would be fishing main-lake docks near the creek channel in 8 to 12 feet of water with a Carolina rig,” said Clint. “The…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid to upper 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow. Ernie Broughton won the Blackshear Buddies tournament he hosted on July 26, but not many fish were caught. Ernie and his grandson Kris Kavanaugh won with a limit that weighed 11-lbs., 10-ozs. They caught fish on the mid and south ends of…
Blackshear: Level: Down 0.1 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid to upper 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Bass fishing is tough right now, said Clint Brownlee. “If I was going tomorrow, I would start out in Parker’s Slough north of the Hwy 289 bridge and throw topwater around the grass beds — something like a frog…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good, according to Ernie Broughton, tournament director for the Blackshear Buddies. “It will probably slow down in June when it gets hotter, but so far, it’s been holding up.” The team of Smith and Goodin brought in 17 pounds to win the May 17 tournament;…
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