Black Shoals Reservoir is a reservoir in Georgia, near Rockdale County.
Black Shoals Reservoir is a 650-acre water-supply lake in Rockdale County. It supports largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill, redear sunfish and catfish and is compact enough for anglers to learn quickly.
The lake has a relatively undeveloped shoreline compared with major Georgia Power reservoirs. Points, creek channels, submerged cover and open-water structure are more useful than dock patterns.
Spinnerbaits, crankbaits, jigs and soft plastics work around points and cover for bass. Crappie respond to small jigs and minnows around brush and creek-channel structure.
Black Shoals bluegill and redear can be caught with crickets and worms. For Black Shoals catfish, cut bait, worms and prepared bait are sensible starting choices.
Because Black Shoals is a water-supply reservoir with less shoreline development than many metro lakes, I would spend more time on points, creek-channel turns, submerged cover, and the first depth change outside shallow water. For bass, I would start with a moving bait and keep a soft plastic ready for slower fish. For crappie, small jigs or minnows around brush and channel-related structure give the trip a second dependable option.
Fish one creek arm from shallow cover toward the channel before moving. Because the lake is only 650 acres, you can test several depths without spending much time running.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.