Starnes Lake Fishing in Fulton County, Georgia

• Overview

  Set in Fulton County, Georgia, this is Starnes Lake. Around the bank it is open plain. Small at around 20 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Milton lies 0.6 miles from the water. For a city, Sandy Springs is 15 miles off. Others worth noting: Seagraves Lake within 0.7 miles, Eads Lake 1.7 miles off, King Lake within 2.2 miles, Sargent Lake 2.3 miles off and Bell Lake within 2.5 miles. The county edge is within a short distance of the bank.

• Where to Fish on Starnes Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. Points where the flooded channel swings in are the reliable ones. Species logged nearby in open biodiversity records include bluegill, green sunfish, blackbanded darter and chain pickerel. It reflects what has been logged, which depends on who was looking. Starnes Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 78°F and January near 40°F on the long-run figures. The hard part of the year is the heat, not the cold. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to be out. April and May are the settled weeks, with October close behind. At Starnes Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Seagraves Lake at 0.7 miles is the sensible second choice. Nothing on Starnes Lake should be assumed from this page alone.