Lake Talquin

Lake Fishing Options

Lake Talquin holds good black bass populations, Striped bass, White bass, redear sunfish, Black crappie, and Bluegill. The winter months are when Lake Talquin shines for the best black bass fishing. While the black bass can be outstanding, the crappie, redear, and bream fishing are exceptional. Maintaining Lake Talquin is the Florida Fish And Wildlife Commission; they stock stripers.

The striper average catch size is between 10 and 15 lbs, but few over 20 lbs ever caught. The good months for Stripers are February, March, and April. Lake Talquin has an abundance of natural baitfish that keep the predator fish population very active.

You can find Golden shiner, Seminole killifish, sunfish, crayfish, threadfin shad, and gizzard shad are the most common forage—minnows. You can also find frogs, sirens, insect larvae, mussels, tadpoles, leeches, clams, and water dogs that keep the fish fat and happy.

Like all lakes, dropoffs, and channels are productive for largemouth bass. Suggest anchoring the boat in 6 to 10 ft of water and fish the side with the most considerable dropoff on the channel edge. In the summer and spring, fish the shallow grass edges in 3 to 6 feet of water. Any moving water will be off; be sure you search along the river and creek channels for spawning habitat. Minnow imitations and plastic worms are convincing where the creeks empty into Lake Talquin.

Creek Mouths

Mews Creek’s mouth of Talquin Lake is excellent for schooling bass. Try Senkos for largemouth bass at Ochlockonee River and Mewes Creek and channels edge. From the creek channel, Cast toward the bank for best success.

The mouth of Hunter Creek is 4 feet flat; it’s called the Smokehouse area and excellent spring bass fishing. Both forage and largemouth bass use stumps and vegetation along the channel provide perfect cover for feeding. If water is moving, use crankbaits or rattletraps. No current; try plastic worms or other slower lure. They are exceptional during the rainy season, which allows access to the shallows.

Look for excellent action in the back of Little River for pre-spawn bass. Most depths vary from 7 to 12 feet along edges. Work the boundary edges during early spring with shad-colored crankbaits along. When waters flowing, like other creeks, work up the stream with a plastic crayfish, lipless crankbait.

Deep Fishing

The 20-foot drop across from the small island holds winter largemouth that will take plastic worms dragged along the bottom and down the descent. In the heat of summer, look for schooling. If not schooling on the surface, try a jigging spoon to entice the fish suspended in the depths. A plastic worm rigged Carolina style is sufficient for any river channel edge.

If you find your self getting snagged, try bending your hook more profound into the worm to prevent snags, then drag it around, imparting no movement, through the stumpy dropoff. These types of locations are considered the most productive bass spots on the lake.

When fishing Lake Talquin near the delta inlet, concentrate on the old docks for catching bass. Look for the small spring-fed channel called Cootermill Creek; it has a shallow dropoff in the cove. In nearby Ochlockonee River, Fish plastic worms and jig spoons in the holes and dropoffs, and throw crankbaits on 22-foot channel edges. Working the lily pad edges with a fluke or floating worm in areas with cypress trees and stumps.

Striper Fishing

Stripers are caught all year round on Lake Talquin, fall being the best fishing. Typically stripers feed actively during the fall and winter months and school in open water. Sighting of diving birds is a dead give away to the active school. If the birds are diving, chances are they are feeding on threadfin shad. Once you find this, fish the area with any of your favorite artificial lures. Suggested fish chugger-style topwater lures or minnow imitations lures when these fish are active.