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Fishing Reports
Lake Blackshear has to be one of Georgia’s “fishiest” looking lakes. Everywhere you look, you think… “There’s a bass by that cypress tree, I could catch one out of that grass, those docks look great, and I bet fish feed on that rip-rap.” You will often be right. Blackshear is located on the Flint River…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid to high 80s. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Tournament angler Jonathan Martin reports, “This time of year I like to concentrate around the mouths of creeks watching for schooling fish busting shad on the surface. As summer moves into fall, the bass should follow the shad into the creeks, but this…
Blackshear: Level: 0.2 feet low. Temp: High 80s. Clarity: Stained to lightly stained depending on area. Bass: Tournament angler Jon Martin reports, “The bass fishing is fair. My most consistent bite has been punching thick grassmats with a pegged, 1-oz. weight and a green-pumpkin Zoom Speed Craw. I use at least 65-lb. braid for this and…
When Georgia anglers think of yellow perch, their first thought is probably some northern lake where walleye are king. The shallow, cypress-laden waters of Lake Blackshear might not come to mind when a yellow perch is mentioned. That may change now that Stephen Lane, of Cordele, has registered a whopper of a yellow perch that…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: High 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Flint Murray reports, “With temperatures rising to their high peaks, the fish have become less active. Bites are in lesser quantity. Most fish are located around deeper banks with a lot of shade. Any shaded areas can hold fish. Fish are very wary this…
Blackshear: Level: Full. Temp: 80 degrees. Clarity: Clear Bass: Tournament angler Baylor Pless reports, “The bass in Lake Blackshear are in a tricky stage right now. They are in a postspawn funk as many people like to call it. The bream have started moving up to the banks to spawn, and the bass are staying shallow…
Blackshear: Level: Recent storms in the last weeks of April have kept water levels rising and lowering, also affecting the visibility. It’s currently about full. Temp: 72-76 degrees. Clarity: The lake is very muddy on the northern end, leaving the creeks with very little visibility. The southern end of the lake is stained, but expect the…
Blackshear: Level: 0.1 feet below full. Temp: The water temp over the weekend was between 68 and 73 degrees. Clarity: The water has been muddy and fluctuating the last couple of weeks but is starting to clear up since the water has stabilized. Bass: Tournament angler Baylor Pless reports, “Lake Blackshear has turned on with waves…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 55 degrees. Clarity: Has varied between clear and muddy depending on rain Various Species: Brad McDaniel at Flint River Outdoors reports, “The crappie bite has been very difficult with all the rain that has fallen north of us. With normal February weather, the bite should be on fire with some crappie…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 55 degrees. Clarity: Varied between clear and muddy depending on rain. Various Species: Brad McDaniel at Flint River Outdoors reports, “All varieties—largemouth, striped and hybrid—are being found with the shad. Find the shad and you find them. So, obviously a bait that closely imitates the shad is the way to go.…
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