Fishing Finny Lake in Lamar County, Georgia

• Overview

  The Lamar County end of Georgia holds Finny Lake. The bank is 804 feet above sea level. Small at around 6 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Our Lamar County list holds plenty of bigger water. The nearest town is Barnesville, 4.2 miles away. The nearest city of size is South Fulton, 48 miles away. A county boundary sits nearby, which can matter for local access rules.

• Where to Fish on Finny Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Points where the flooded channel swings in are the reliable ones. Species logged nearby in open biodiversity records include blackbanded darter, chain pickerel and redbreast sunfish. Check the state or provincial list before planning around one species. On Finny Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 79°F in July and bottom out at 44°F in January. Winter is a mild inconvenience here, nothing more. Shade and hour of day matter more than month. November and March are the quiet, comfortable months to be out. Time your trip to Finny Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Potato Creek Structure Number 103 Lak at 2.2 miles is the sensible second choice. Nothing on Finny Lake should be assumed from this page alone.