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Fishing
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…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. Jack McGowan of Miss Judy Charters said the fishing has been good despite hot, humid days and pop-up thunderstorms that have muddied the water. Lots of small summer trout about 12 inches in length are showing on the sandbars. Capt. Judy Helmey also reports good action the past weekend (August 25) near…
Seminole: Level: 0.8 feet below full pool. Temp: High 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. The summer pattern continues, said Steve Holt. Frogs fished on hydrilla mats or buzzbaits or Pop-Rs fished around deep grass points early in the morning can produce topwater bites. Once the morning bite ends, standing timber in 16 feet of water…
Sinclair: Level: 1.4 feet below full. Temp: 89 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good, said tournament fisherman Jim Windham. He took second in a recent Berry’s tournament on Sinclair fishing ledges in 15-23 feet of water. He also took the big fish, which weighed a little better than 7 pounds. Jim said most of his bites…
Weiss: Level: 6.4 feet below full. Temp: 90 degrees. Clarity: Mostly clear. Bass: Larry at J.R.’s Marina said the lake is at winter pool already, but the lake level is expected to continue to drop — possibly going down 4 more feet if there are no significant rains. The bass fishing continues to be fair…
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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