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Fishing Tournaments
This season I entered some of the BASS Elite Series bass tournaments as a co-angler, the first tournament being the Citrus Slam on the Toho/Kissimmee Chain. I fished a BASS Open there last year on the pro side and was excited about going back. The Day Before: The pairings’ meeting is way out in the…
It starts in July with the Triple-Digit WMA Bucks list. Then we slide into August with last season’s Fab-40. In September you’ll find the annual Pope & Young Special, and our big finale is to publish our exclusive County-by-County Big-Buck Rankings list every October. There’s a reason to have your Georgia buck scored by an…
With Gov. Sonny Perdue signing off on almost every bill of interest to Georgia’s sportsmen that made it to his desk, 2008 ended what has been a pretty good two-year session for hunters and fishermen. HB 89: This gun-rights bill that raised ire in the liberal media for its protections of gun-owner’s rights and its…
Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge, arguably the original epicenter of deer hunting in Georgia, is reviewing its management plan, as is required every 10 to 15 years. Refuge managers are required to consider the wishes of the public as they formulate their plans. To learn the wishes of the public, they are accepting public comment for…
West Point: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low to mid 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tough, said Steve Holt who fished the recent BFL on West Point. He said it only took about 11 pounds to win the tournament in a big field. The most productive patterns were an early topwater bite for about the first hour…
Tobesofkee: Level: Full pool. Warning: Be careful of floating debris due to the recent tornadoes. Temp: 75-77 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain. Bass: Good, with bass moving out to their summertime patterns. “Look for fish in brushpiles on points and on humps,” said Clayton Batts. “These fish can be caught on a Carolina-rigged 6-inch Big Bite…
Sinclair: Level: Full pool. Temp: 74-80 degrees. Clarity: The rivers are slightly stained; down the lake is clear. Bass: Mike Cleveland said the bite is a little slow right now, but there are good things to come in June. “May on Sinclair — it’s always a tough period this time of year,” he said. He…
Seminole: Level: 0.6 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Great. Steve Holt said the bite is better than it’s been in a long time at Seminole. Thirty-three out of 75 boats brought in a limit at the recent Backwoods event on the lake. It took a 20-lb. sack to win it,…
Saltwater: Inshore: The trout and redfish are biting great, although strong currents have made fishing difficult the past few weeks. Traditionally, popping-cork rigs with live shrimp or artificial imitations work well on trout around shell beds, while redfish will take soft jerkbaits and other artificials on the mud flats and at the mouths of small…
Russell: Level: Down 1.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 70-72 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: There are some herring on the rip-rap rocks in the Hwy 72 area. First thing in the morning, try topwater like a Sammy or Rico, and if they won’t hit on top, throw a white spinnerbait. During the day, concentrate near…
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