| Lake Talquin holds good populations of black bass, | | | | deep-running crankbaits in the stumps and nearby flats. |
| Striped bass, white bass, black crappie, bluegill, and | | | | Be careful of stumps. |
| redear sunfish. Lake Talquin is one of the best black | | | | Area #5 This minor creek channel on the Coe's |
| bass lakes during the winter, But if you want to catch | | | | Landing side is at the southern tip of what local anglers |
| specs, bream, and redear sunfish Lake Talquin is the | | | | call the Iron Curtain. Bass hold on sandbar drop-offs |
| place to be! The Florida Fish And Wildlife Commission | | | | along the tiny creek. Using plastic worms along the |
| Maintains the population of Stripers by stocking. The | | | | creek drop-offs, which runs almost to Williams Landing, |
| striper ave. catch size is between 10 and 15lbs but | | | | is effective for winter bass. Target schooling bass |
| very few stripers over 20lbs are ever caught. The | | | | here in the summer. |
| good months for Stripers are normally caught during | | | | Area #6The deep channel at High Bluff provides |
| February, March and April. | | | | excellent winter fishing for striper and largemouth on |
| Lake Talquin has an abundance of natural bait fish that | | | | live shiners or deep-diving crankbaits. Fish the creek |
| keep the predator fish population very active. You can | | | | channel that runs from Double Creek to the old |
| find Golden shiner, seminole killfish, sunfish, crayfish, | | | | wooden pier. Fish the creek channel and pier pilings for |
| threadfin shad and gizzard shad are the most | | | | big bass and striped bass. For stripers, cast small |
| common forage. Minnows such as sailfin mollies, | | | | crank baits, vibration lures, plastic worms, and stick |
| pot-guts and a variety of others. You can also find | | | | baits in pockets of open water surrounded by lily pads. |
| Insect larvae, clams, mussels, frogs, tadpoles, leeches, | | | | Area #7 A 20-foot drop-off near the small island holds |
| sirens and water dogs that keep the fish on the move. | | | | winter largemouth that will take plastic worms dragged |
| Largemouth bass can be caught in drop-offs and | | | | along bottom and down the drop. In the heat of |
| channels. Anchor your boat in 6 to 8 ft of water and | | | | summer, if bass are not schooling on the surface |
| fish into the deeper channels using Texas- or Carolina | | | | nearby, a jigging spoon can sometimes entice fish |
| rigged plastic worms. In the spring fish the grass flats in | | | | from the depths. A plastic worm, rigged Carolina style, |
| 4 to 7 feet of water. Make sure you search along the | | | | is effective along the edge of the river channel. Bend |
| river and creek channels for spawning habitat. Minnow | | | | the hook back into the worm to prevent snags, then |
| imitations and plastic worms are effective where the | | | | drag it back, imparting no movement, through the |
| creeks empty into lake Talquin. | | | | stumpy drop-off. This is one of the most productive |
| You can catch Stripers all year round on lake Talquin, | | | | big bass spots on the lake. |
| but one of the funnest times for fishing is in the fall. | | | | Area #8Lake Talquin Fishing Report Fish this |
| The striper school in open water and feed on | | | | delta-shaped inlet with old docks for black bass. Work |
| vigorously during the fall and winter. You can spot | | | | the shallow drop-off into the cove, a small spring-fed |
| them by watching the birds. If the birds are diving on | | | | channel called Cootermill Creek, and the nearby |
| bait the open waters, chances are the there are | | | | Ochlockonee River channel, which averages about 22 |
| strippers schooling and feeding on threadfin shad. Fish | | | | feet deep. Fish plastic worms and jig spoons in the |
| any artificial bait that imitates these shad. Some | | | | holes and drop-offs, and toss crankbaits along edges |
| suggestions would be to fish Minnow imitations and | | | | of the channel. A floating worm snaked through the lily |
| chugger-style topwater lures. They seem to work well | | | | pads in areas with cypress trees and stumps may |
| on stripers that are feeding on Shad. | | | | draw a strike. |
| The best live bait for shellcraker and bream is grass | | | | Area #9Plenty of shellcracker beds, sometimes more |
| shrimp. Shellcraker and bream are very active during | | | | than an acre of them, are found just off the High Bluff |
| from april through may and you can get some great | | | | area around mid-April. The sandy flats remain loaded |
| catches. Catch Black crappie in the winter months by | | | | with beds for about 3 months. Move in carefully over |
| drifting or slow trolling open water. spider rigging is | | | | the stumpy-area. Fish the edges of the flats with |
| most effective. Make sure you vary depths until you | | | | spinnerbaits and floating worms for bass. In close, cast |
| find the schools of crappie. They will be suspended. | | | | small Beetle Spin lures or switch to shellcracker rigs |
| Area #1 Talquin Fishing Lake Report Picnic Point is a | | | | and use crickets or worms. |
| sandbar in one of the widest sections of the | | | | Area #10 Talquin Lake Fishing Report The mouth of |
| Ochlockonee River. There is heavy cover on top of | | | | Mews Creek is a good year-round area for schooling |
| the bar and 5-foot depths along the edge that drop to | | | | bass. Work plastic worms for largemouth where |
| about 22 feet at midchannel. A jig or crankbait like a | | | | Mewes Creek and Ochlockonee River channels |
| Big N worked down the drop is most effective. . | | | | merge. Cast toward the bank then work the creek |
| Area #2 The Smokehouse area off the mouth of | | | | channel |
| Hunter Creek is a flat about 4 feet deep with good | | | | Area #11The bends on Little River average about 12 |
| spring bass fishing. Stumps and vegetation along the | | | | feet deep and hold crappie during winter. One method |
| channel provide great cover for both forage and | | | | is to use a rake or paddle to scoop a hole in the |
| largemouth bass. When the water is running, use | | | | floating hyacinth, and then check for minnows. If bait is |
| deep-diving crankbaits. Plastic worms are also good | | | | present, crappie are generally below. Drop a live |
| bets throughout the year. There is good spring fishing | | | | minnow or small jig through the hole in the weed |
| when rainfall allows access to the shallows. | | | | canopy. In the summer, bass and striper school are |
| Area #3 Lake Talquin Fishing Report The Iron Post, | | | | here, feeding on thick populations of shad. Near here |
| also known as the Talquin flats area, has a deep hole | | | | an old boat house collapsed into the water, creating a |
| at the end of an old submerged channel. Work auger | | | | good spot. This is also a spawning area, from |
| tail and paddle tail worms along the ledge of the | | | | February through May. |
| adjacent flooded flats for big bass. Topwater stick | | | | Area #12Pre-spawn bass provide excellent action in |
| baits such as the Bomber Long A take smaller, | | | | the back of Little River Arm. The depth varies from 12 |
| schooling bass during summer and early fall. | | | | feet in the river channel to 7 or 8 feet along the edge. |
| Area #4 A bend in the river channel directly across | | | | Work shad-colored crankbaits along the channel during |
| from Coe's Landing is a prime largemouth spot during | | | | early spring. When there's a flow, move up the creek |
| the winter months. The water drops from 5 feet to 18 | | | | and work likely areas with a plastic crayfish or 1 |
| feet in the channel. Cast plastic worms and | | | | 4-ounce, lipless crankbait. |