A crisp, open sky after dark, with a whisper of wind from the WNW with a firming glass. Start the search at Chapman Pease Lake along the margins and the shelf beyond them. The useful hours run afternoon into evening. Trust the forecast and stay out through the window. Cooler water spreads fish back across the shallows.
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You will find Chapman Pease Lake in Muscogee County, Georgia. Country round the bank runs to dry hill. It covers about 3 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is a small entry by Muscogee County standards. Supplies mean a trip to Phenix City, 8.6 miles off. Columbus follows at 8.6 miles, then Smiths Station at 11 miles. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.
Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Points where the flooded channel swings in are the reliable ones. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. Fish reported in the area, according to open records, include bluegill, blackbanded darter, redbreast sunfish and warmouth. Check the state or provincial list before planning around one species. Fish Chapman Pease Lake to its features, not to its size.
The warm month here averages 81°F; the cold one sits at 46°F. It fishes twelve months of the year. The first and last hours carry the summer; the middle is slow. November and March are the quiet, comfortable months to be out. At Chapman Pease Lake the season follows that pattern closely.
Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. You will be walking about half a mile from the nearest car park. Bluegill and other panfish take small jigs or worms under a float near any cover. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Failing this one, try Lambs Lake, 1.2 miles away. Signs at Chapman Pease Lake carry more weight than any list.
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| 29.89 | 29.87 | 29.85 | 29.83 | 29.82 | 29.81 | 29.81 | 29.82 | 29.82 | 29.83 | 29.83 | 29.82 | 29.8 | 29.78 | 29.76 | 29.75 | 29.75 | 29.77 | 29.79 | 29.8 | 29.84 | 29.84 | 29.85 | 29.86 |
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