Jackson Lake is Georgia's oldest reservoir, impounded by Georgia Power's Lloyd Shoals Dam in 1910-1911 at the confluence of the South, Yellow and Alcovy rivers, forming the headwaters of the Ocmulgee River near Jackson and Monticello. Normal full pool is held at 530 ft MSL and the lake covers roughly 4,750 acres with about 135 miles of steep, rocky, dock-lined shoreline reaching depths near 94 feet at the dam. Once a trophy largemouth fishery, illegal stockings in the late 1980s established spotted bass that now dominate the bass population, favoring deep rocky points, riprap and bluff banks. In spring bass move shallow to spawn in the backs of the three river arms and major creeks; through summer they hold on main-lake points, humps and standing timber near the river channels; in fall they follow shad up into the creeks and up the Alcovy, and in winter they stack on the deep rocky banks and around docks. Effective approaches include crankbaits, spinnerbaits and topwater to locate active fish, then jigs, shaky heads and drop-shots pitched to docks, seawalls, blowdowns and rocky points.
Spotted bass · Largemouth bass · Striped bass · Hybrid striped bass · Black crappie · White crappie · Bluegill · Channel catfish
Everything below points at one goal — finding the most, and the biggest, largemouth bass on Lake Jackson.
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