HOW THEY’RE BITIN’: Southwest Georgia fishing report — June 30, 2018 weekend

THE FISHING LINE: ( * ) poor; ( * * ) fair; ( * * * ) good; ( * * * * ) excellent.

LAKE SEMINOLE ( ** ) — Bass fishing is good. Fish are active early and late in the day. Fish jerkbaits and buzzbaits in open grass pockets. Work the channels with Texas-rig worms in the middle of the day. Bluegills and shellcrackers are active and will take worms fished on bottom. Fly fishermen may do well on bream early and late in the day. Crappies are good at moderate depths along the channels on live minnows. Hybrids and catfish are rather slow at present.

LAKE WALTER F. GEORGE ( ** ) — Bass will bite on the ledges, even during the heat of the day. Fish deep water containing “trash” and use Carolina-rigs, deep crankbaits, or Ledge Buster spinnerbaits. Early and late in the day, fish the flats with crankbaits. Hybrids of small to moderate size may be taken near the dam on humps and sandbars. Fish frozen shrimp near the bottom and fish late in the afternoon or at night. Bream are slow and small, crappies are slow, and catfish bite well only at night.

FLINT RIVER ( ** ) — Shoal bass are doing well on some stretches of the river. The early morning bite is said to be the best. Use topwater baits, spinnerbaits, and shallow-running crankbaits in the current. Largemouths are a bit lethargic, but may be taken near the banks on Texas-rig worms early in the day. Bream are biting well for some drift-fishermen, but are reported as slow by others. They seem to be concentrated in specific spots and are most active early and late. Flatheads and channel cats are fair.

LAKE BLACKSHEAR ( * ) — Bass may bite along creek ledges between 5 and 10 feet deep late in the afternoon. Use crankbaits. early in the morning, topwater action may be found around trees and retaining walls. Fish the docks and cypress trees during the late morning hours with lightly-rigged lizards. The northern half of the lake is said to be the best destination right now. Crappies are slow. Bream are active in spots early and late in the day, but individual fish are small. Catfish are slow.