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Quick quiz… what’s more frightening for the future of hunting and wildlife conservation? Is it that hunter numbers are falling in Georgia, and that the percentage of hunters under 34 years old gets smaller and smaller each year? Or, is it that animal-rights groups like PETA and the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)…
May is the month that southeast Georgia anglers hit the streams and rivers. The red-breasted sunfish are bedding this month, and some of the biggest you will ever catch can be caught right now. Whether you call them redbreasts, red-bellies, or robins, these fish are great to eat and put up quite a fight on…
If you think crappie fishing is a matter of dragging dozens of jigs behind a boat on a spider rig or drowning minnows straight under the boat, you will be surprised at the fast action and fun of shooting docks. May is a good month to land a mess of crappie to eat, and Lake…
Stonefly Nymph Hook: Size 8-16 Standard Nymph Rib: Brown V-Rib Thorax & Abdomen: Gold/Brown Dubbing Tail & Antennae: Sulfur Orange Turkey/Goose Biots Wing Case: Natural Turkey Flat “I especially enjoy fly fishing for wild trout in May; many streams in Georgia are home to wild, annually reproducing trout. A large percentage of these streams…
Russell: Level 1.3 feet below full pool. Temps: 72 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good with most fish quickly moving off the beds and settling into a postspawn pattern that should last until the end of May. Early try topwater plugs on secondary points. As the sun gets on the water, continue to fish secondary points,…
Weiss: Level: .5 feet below full pool. Temp: 76 degrees. Clarity: The main lake is clear, the Coosa is dingy. Bass: Fair. Lake Weiss fishing guide Mark Collins said the bass spawn is winding down. “I have seen a few bass guarding balls of fry,” he said. Mark said the grassbeds are just beginning to…
Sinclair: Level: 1.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 70 degrees. Clarity: Stained up the river, Rooty Creek is pretty clear. Bass: Great. Jim Windham said May is when it gets real critical that you’re on the water right at daylight. The shad will be spawning, and the mayfly hatch should bust loose by the middle…
Seminole: Level: 2.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 78-80 degrees. Clarity: Chattahoochee is slightly stained. The main lake is clear. Bass: Butch Tucker said the spawn was about done at the end of April. Now is the time when Seminole’s bass will head back to their summer haunts, which means it’s time to throw topwater…
Oconee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 74 degrees. Clarity: Lightly stained, but a good Oconee color. Bass: Good. The shad spawn is going on right now, but it’s been spotty. Many anglers feel that there’s so much seawall rip-rap on the lake now that it’s harder to find spawning shad — they can and will do…
Nottely: Level: 12.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 69-71 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Jerry at Jerry’s Bait & Tackle said there had been good catches of spots and largemouths at Nottely recently. The largemouth fishing is best back in the pockets around any wood structure. The fish were still bedding at the end of April.…
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