Flint River Shoal Bass
Ed Lane took me on a float trip on the Flint River near Albany, GA and caught these fish. They look a lot like pictures of smallmouth bass, they like current and rocks, and fight like crazy.
I had caught five or six bass on a Shad Rap between 1 and 5 PM and Ed had two on worms. He kept trying a PopR and they started hitting it right at 5:00 PM. He caught these two out of the same shoals - you can see them in the background. These two were about the same size and are typical of the size you catch.
Photo by Ronnie Garrison
photo by Ronnie Garrison
The big one hit a Pop-R at about 6:00 PM. It weighed about 3.5 pounds. Ed says he regularly catches bass this size and catches several 5 pounders each year.
photo by Ronnie Garrison
This was a great trip that I plan on taking again soon!
