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Fishing Reports
Bass fishermen wait all year for March. Prespawn bass feed heavily, and on some lakes you can sight fish for spawning bass. There will even be some bass feeding heavily in a postspawn mode, as well. On Lake Blackshear, you can find spawning fish this month, and it is one of our most beautiful, fishy…
Blackshear: Level: 0.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 49-51 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Tournament angler and guide Jimmie Troxell did our Map-of-the-Month article on Blackshear for March. “Bass move into the spawning areas in waves, starting in late February,” Jimmie said. You can go into these areas and look for fish on the bed, while…
Blackshear: Level: 2.7 feet low. Temp: 50-53 degrees. Crappie: Rusty Parker reports, “The Crisp County Power Commission started raising Blackshear to its normal level back on the Dec. 15, and so far it’s kind of slow. Rain is coming the next few days and should have it full soon. The crappie have been biting fairly…
Blackshear: Level: 3.5 feet low Temp: 57 degrees. Crappie: Rusty Parker reports, “Wow! The crappie seem to continue biting at a great rate, even with the cold weather. The last time I went was the first of last week and was able to limit out both days. I am catching most of the crappie by…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 69-71 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Crappie: Rusty Parker reports, “The crappie have been on fire here lately. I have been fortunate enough to limit out four or five times in the past three weeks. A couple weeks ago, they were being caught mostly in shallower water, but recently they have moved…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: Falling into the 70s. Clarity: Light stained. Crappie: Rusty Parker reports, “Since the cooler weather is setting in, the crappie have started biting great. I went crappie fishing just a couple of days ago and didn’t think I would do that good but ended up with a limit of decent-sized…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid to upper 80s. Clarity: Clear. Crappie: Rusty Parker reports, “Wow I don’t see how the crappie are biting with this heat wave we are having now. A few good slabs have been caught along the railroad trestle close to Veterans Park. These have been caught using R.A.G. Fly jigs…
When you think of great crappie fishing in Georgia, a few lakes come to mind right off the bat—West Point, Oconee, Clarks Hill. Those are historically great fisheries that continue to produce full strings year after year. Georgia is lucky to have so many excellent and diverse fisheries scattered all across the state. There is…
Blackshear: Level: 0.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 75 degrees. Clarity: Heavy stain in the main lake, but the creeks are looking good. Crappie: Rusty Parker reports, “They are definitely hanging on the channel ledges in deep water. A great place to try is the west channel ledge of the main lake just north of…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 70 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain. Crappie: Very good. Rusty Parker reports, “This has been one weird month for me. Conditions that I thought were bad for crappie fishing have turned out great. There are still a few crappie spawning, but overall the spawn is on the downside. I have been…
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