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Fishing
A Brunswick man has set a new Georgia state record for an almaco jack weighing in at 7 pounds, 0.7 ounces. The fish is a new species in the Georgia Saltwater Game Fish Program and no prior record existed. The records program committee, made of Department of Natural Resources (DNR) staff and biologists, approved the addition…
About the only thing more difficult than pronouncing the word navigable is defining it. But define it we might. Lawsuits, unprecedented last-minute midnight action at the capitol, and now public meetings across the state conducted by a who’s-who of legislative heavyweights… all are currents pulling a creaky old wooden raft toward treacherous waters. Those waters…
Piloting a powerful boat among a throng of racing bass boats at daylight at the start of a bass tournament is a danger that anglers accept. Rickie Knight, an angler from Selma, Ala., never dreamed that the real danger might come from just backing his boat down the ramp on a practice day. The 40-year…
Fishing has been good during the few trips I heard about this week. The swamp bite has been very good, and the rivers are getting in much better shape. Saltwater tides are ramping up with the upcoming full moon Saturday. Okefenokee Swamp: Bob and Chip Lafferty fished with a friend on the east side of…
By Dovie Hart On Oct. 19, my 13-year-old God daughter Lydia Allegood, of Moultrie, and I went to Bullard Creek WMA located in Jeff Davis County just off the Altamaha River after being encouraged by my husband Ed hart to take advantage of possibly getting a buck. The WMA was hosting an Oct. 19-21 Bonus…
Blackshear: Level: Full at 237. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Tournament angler Chris Gray reports, “The bite has been inconsistent the last few weeks. A pattern that has been producing quality fish is a white popping frog fished over grass mats. Work the frog extremely slow. The bass are smart. Another way that will…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.6 feet below 521. Temp: 72 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Kyle Welcher, Professional Fisherman (see November Map of the Month article) said to fish buzzbaits, small crankbaits like the Rapala OG mini 4 and jigs on seawalls with rocks. Target the biggest secondary points in coves and creeks to catch bass ambushing shad…
Eli Martin is just 21 years old and in his first season of bowhunting deer. The Oglethorpe County resident never imagined that the first deer he would take would be so weird, or that it would be talked about by so many deer hunters in Georgia. “My grandfather recently passed away, and I decided I…
Lanier: Level: 6.5 feet below 1071. Temp: High 60s. Clarity: Turnover is still happening on the lake, so water clarity is clear where it is finished to weak coffee colored where it is still going on. Bass: Guide Jimbo Mathley with Jimbo’s Lake Lanier Spotted Bass Guide Service reports, “While the outside elements are not…
Bass are following shad into creeks and coves right now on Bartletts Ferry. In late October and November, you can catch all the keeper-size spotted bass you want to eat by finding them suspended under balls of baitfish. But if you want quality fish and more largemouth, stick with shallow structure and cover like seawalls,…
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