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West Point: Level: Down 10.9 feet below full pool. Because of low water levels, use caution on main lake, and extreme caution up the river. Temp: Upper 70s to low 80s. Clarity: Clear on main lake, stained to muddy in the backs of the creeks. Stain up the Chattahoochee, but clearing. Largemouth: Good, said guide…
Public Fishing Area Reports Marben PFA: Level: Several of the ponds remain low due to lack of rainfall. Margery Lake is about 4 inches below full. Bennett is very low, and the boat ramp remains closed. Canoes, kayaks and small jonboats are options on Bennett until the water level increases. Clarity: 18 to 26 inches.…
Georgia’s worst drought in more than 100 years is beginning to take its toll on lake levels. In an unprecedented move, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has “temporarily” closed all boat ramps on a Georgia lake due to low water levels. On Friday, September 7, the corps issued a press release announcing the closure…
Imagine a 3,600-acre public lake full of bass, but without skidoos, skiers or pleasure boats running around. Then imagine the lake has quality bass, with 15-lb., five-fish limits common in most tournaments. You don’t have to imagine. Lake Juliette is a reality. Juliette is a Georgia Power Co. lake east of Forsyth just off the…
This has been a banner year for flounder along the Georgia coast. Catches have been big in both size and numbers, and the bite is still running strong. Charles McGill of Middleburg, Fla. and I made a trip to the coast looking for some flounder in August and found a number of locations where almost…
With dog-day, afternoon temperatures peaking at about 100 degrees, Atlanta’s scorching black asphalt reaches temperatures suitable for frying an egg almost every day of the summer. During an afternoon thunder-shower, rainwater runs over these impermeable surfaces, leaching heat off the blacktop before flowing directly into the Chattahoochee River. This amounts to a death sentence for…
After 15 minutes of trimming limbs, I finally settled comfortably in my climber. It was a cold and clear November afternoon, and I had a good feeling about my stand location. In early November, I would usually be waiting on a mature buck, but this time I needed venison for the freezer. I had been…
It began, like many hunts for a giant buck these days, with a trail-camera photo. The camera was put out by Hawkinsville’s Blake Smith, 39, on one of his two Pulaski County farms. On August 19, Blake got a photo of a wide, impressive buck, and when deer season started, his hunt began. “I couldn’t…
Silas McPhee was dead. He just knew that was going to be the outcome of being trapped in his truck with the rattlesnake. Petrified with fear, he sat bolt upright in the truck seat, afraid to move even to take a breath, but he was certain the drumming of his heart alone would surely trigger…
West Point: Level: Down 8.8 feet below full pool with a boating advisory. Temp: Upper 80s. Clarity: Clear. Largemouth: Good, said guide Paul Parsons. “Fish roadbeds, humps and shoal markers 10 to 20 feet deep with DD22s or big worms like a Zoom Ol Monster in green pumpkin or watermelon seed,” Paul said. “Fishing has…
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