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Fishing
Anglers in Georgia are blessed with an abundance of excellent bass water. Many of our local reservoirs are listed among the famous when it comes to bass fishing. Lanier, West Point, Eufaula, Seminole and others are well known among bass anglers around the country, and many professional tournaments have been hosted on these great reservoirs…
The end of March and beginning of April is a time of year awaited by even the occasional angler. The weather is warming, and anglers are tired of being stuck in the house like a coop full of chickens. One can only rearrange tackleboxes and clean and ready the boat for spring so many times…
Anchored up at one of Wayne Loyless’ honey holes for the white-bass run on the Oconee River, a jonboat idled past, and we were hailed with the customary greeting. “Catchin’ anything?” the man in the front of the boat hollered over the drone of the outboard. “A few,” was Wayne’s remarkably honest reply. We had…
Webster does not define a turkey-hunting honey-hole in the dictionary, so most of us who have one must come up with our own definition. To me, it’s a place in the woods that makes me feel downright warm and fuzzy when I’m there or even when I’m just sit- ting around watching the Outdoor Channel…
Allatoona Reservoir is nearly 12,000 acres of some of the hardest- fished waters in the Southeast, ranking typically in the top five most-visited U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects nationally. Putting bass in the boat with regularity at a lake merely 30 miles from metro Atlanta is, more often than not, a close-kept secret of…
If you’re a gambler (which I am not due to a streak of bad luck as wide as the Savannah River), there aren’t many things you can make easy money on. However, were you to place a friendly wager with a fishing buddy you could start counting your winnings on a few facts. First of…
It may not have been on fire everywhere, but for the most part, the opening weekend of turkey season got off to a great start. There were lots of reports of birds hammering, and several experienced turkey hunters reported their best opening-day ever. “It was one awesome opening morning,” said Brandon Colquitt of Athens. Brandon…
Ten kids plus parents, five guides and dogs, plus 33 quail and 23 pheasants made for a great day last month. Kids that were quiet and a bit shy in the morning were, at the end of the day, sitting on tailgates discussing the finer points of shot angles, dog work and shotgun kick with…
A decision by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to outsource the sales of hunting and fishing licenses and boat registration to a Missouri company, Central Bank, has raised the ire of sportsmen who had no chance to comment on the decision or examine alternatives. Last month, GON incorrectly reported that DNR was directed by…
Russell: Level: 0.2 feet above full pool. Temp: High 50s in the mornings, low 60s on warm afternoons. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good, said tournament angler Trad Whaley. Trad and his father finished seventh in the Hwy 72 Marine tournament March 15 with 12.8 pounds. They caught bass on spinnerbaits in the trees, and they found…
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