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Fishing Reports
Blackshear: Level: 0.2 low. Temp: 68 degrees. Clarity: Moderate stain. Bass: Coach Stephen Birchfield, of Brewton-Parker College, reports, “The bass fishing this month will be great. The water is warming, and Blackshear bass have been moving up and looking to bed. We have been catching fish in a variety of places along the lake with various…
Fishy-looking cypress trees, docks, brush and grass, plus December bass that love to hold and feed in that shallow cover. What more could a bass angler ask for in December? Lake Blackshear has it all, and those shallow December bass will hit a variety of baits. Lake Blackshear is an 8,500-acre Crisp County Power Commision…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 63 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Fishing team coach at Brewton-Parker College Stephen Birchfield reports, “The fishing this time of year is really good. The bass are up in the creeks chasing shad and are feeding in the earlier part of the month. You can catch these fish in a variety of…
Blackshear: Level: Full. Temp: 77 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Tournament angler Stephen Birchfield reports, “The fishing is really starting to turn on this time of year. The early morning bite is really strong this time of year fishing soft plastics near the shoreline on the main lake. Candy bug and plum have been the two best…
The 7-year-old Lake Blackshear flathead catfish was broken on Friday, Sept. 15 by Shannen Kitchens, of Americus. Shannen’s Appaloosa weighed 39-lbs., 15.04-ozs, beating the old record by nearly a half pound. “Friday was just like pretty much every day for me, I was working and wishing I was fishing,” said Shannen. “I was counting the minutes…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 82-84 degrees. Clarity: Good. Crappie: Rusty Parker reports, “A couple of weeks ago a friend called me and asked me to go fishing with him, and he didn’t have to try hard because I jumped right on it. After a couple of hours of trying for those Blackshear slabs, I think…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 87 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Stephen Birchfield, coach of the Brewton-Parker Fishing Team, reports, “The fishing this month will definitely start to slow down. Right now your best bet is fishing near sunup or sundown with a hollow-bodied frog. Fish the frog as shallow as possible, as the backs of the…
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Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 76-81 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Coach Stephen Birchfield reports, “Fishing this time of year on Lake Blackshear is tons of fun. The fish are on their postspawn pattern, and you can really load up on them in a hurry. This time of year you need two lures to catch fish. The…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid to high 70s. Clarity: Light stain. Crappie: Rusty Parker reports, “It seems like the crappie are feast or famine lately. Most of the reports I am getting lately have been that the crappie are biting great and the spawn is just about over with. For the past couple of weeks,…
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