The Flint River makes the Top Ten Places to Kayak Fish in the US 2012

I am proud to say that the "Home Waters" made the cut. This poll was taken on yakangler.com 2012 choice awards.

#10 - Flint River, Georgia

Photo credit: Chris Funk

Western Georgia's Flint River gets its name from the flint stones found along the banks. Between its urban beginning and reservoir ending, the Flint’s watershed drains some 8,460 square miles. The 344 mile long river flows south from the upper Piedmont region south of Atlanta to the wetlands of the Gulf Coastal Plain in the southwestern corner of the state through the cities of Jonesboro, Thomaston, Montezuma, Marshallville, Cordele, Americus, Albany, and Bainbridge.
While shoal bass can be found anywhere on the upper Flint, the stretch between Gay and Thomaston offers the best habitat in the state for these fish. There is fine fishing to be found for other species of fish. The flat water sections contain good numbers of largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill, shell cracker, and both channel and flathead catfish.
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The Presidential Pathways... Mid Ga is full of kayak fishing opportunities.

The awesome part about being located where I am is there are an abundance of fishing opportunitues really close by. The larger places (being West Point, Harding, Wedowee, and recently added to the list Oliver) all have some great places to catch fish. The more I fish from a kayak I am finding more smaller bodies of water that have caught my attention.

The first lake that we hit was Lake Oliver in Columbus GA. It is a smaller lake in comparison to West Point or Lake Harding but it is still a huge amount of water to cover in a kayak. That being said I have found some even smaller places to fish that I will be trying to pull some fish out of soon.

Big Lazer WMA



This 195-acre public fishing lake is on Big Lazer Creek Wildlife Management Area near the Flint River in Talbot County. Big Lazer Creek Public Fishing Area is on a 5,984-acre state Wildlife Management Area of the same name. The lake is 195 acres and was first opened to fishing in 1989. The lake is intensively managed to provide good fishing for bream, largemouth bass, and channel catfish. Anglers will find plenty of structure in the lake. About 15 acres of timber were left during construction. You’ll find the timber around the old creek channel and a small island. In addition, the lake is full of submerged cover. Fish attractors have been constructed and placed near the fishing pier. The upper end of the lake is shallow, averaging around 5 feet in depth. Near the dam, depths are more than 30 feet. Key species: bluegill, redear sunfish, largemouth bass, channel catfish

Read more at Trails.com: Big Lazer Creek Public Fishing Area | Talbotton Georgia Places to Fish | Trails.com http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.aspx?trailId=XFA050-056#ixzz2Dh8euuRN

Lake Meriwether
This Lake is located in Woodbury GA, the surface area is 144 acres and I have heard plenty of people talking about double digit bass being pulled out. The lake is open year round from sunrise to sunset. Another great thing about the lake is while they do allow boats they have a electric motor only rule. You won't be getting anyone blowing by you just to see how well you can handle the wake.

Update: November 30th, Temp: Low 50's, Water Temp: 51-53
Today Lake Meriwether was extremely tough, not giving up a single fish. It has been a while since we have carried the skunk home, but it still happens. We only had a few hours to fish this morning, and being the first time I have fished the lake, I don't really feel horrible about the results. This has also been the first week this year that we have awaken to see our cars and yaks covered with morning frost, the night-time lows have taken toll on the fish. In my opinion the lake is not the greatest places in the area to spend a day fishing. It is a very clean place and would be suitable to get out and paddle, but there are way better places to try your efforts at landing a trophy.

Squirts Personal Best

The story behind this fish is really neat to me. My fishing buddy Squirt has been learning to use a baitcaster throughout the summer and has really become acustom to throwing with one. He started with a pinnacle, a sweet reel that did the trick, getting him use to the brake system, drag, and overall use. He then wanted to upgrade and get something of a little better quality. Se he picked out a Pfluger. The next night, with the rod spooled and ready to go, we hit the lake after work to see how he likes it. We decided the best bait would be a Rat-L-Trap to get the rod set, he makes his cast and the reel beats all expectations with the cast... Then comes the neat part, we are admiring the cast and he says, I have a fish, A NICE FISH.... we get the fish landed and its his personal best bass ever.. This hog was quite the trophy.... and needless to say, he loves the reel...