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Blackshear: Level: 3.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Lower 60 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: The Crisp County Power Co. began refilling the lake on December 18 after a drawdown to allow for dock repair. The timeframe to bring the lake up depends on rainfall, but the backing water which will help scatter the baitfish is…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.6 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 60 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Chris Brackett at West Georgia Sportsman in LaGrange said he has heard of two productive patterns lately, and both of them are fairly shallow. First, hit concrete boat ramps with shallow-running crankbaits, like a Shad Rap. Second, work a…
Allatoona: Level: Down 16.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 48-52 degrees. Clarity: Mostly clear. Bass: Fair. It should improve with some cold weather, according to guide and tournament pro Mike Bucca. “When the cold temps are around, the fish concentrate and that makes finding them a whole bunch easier. When we have a mild December,…
The Game Management, Fisheries, and Law Enforcement sections of WRD, departments with long histories of dedicated, professional service to wildlife, fisheries and sportsmen in our state, don’t have the resources and manpower they once had to do the work that sportsmen depend on them to do. Yearly budget cuts have meant positions formerly held by…
With 52 hunters bringing down 100 deer, the November 29-30 quota hunt at Fort Yargo State Park was a success on every level. The park was able to thin its deer herd, and a lucky group of hunters got the chance to hunt a 1,814-acre tract that hasn’t seen a rifle or bow in more…
The soft-blue glow of halogen lamps danced and flickered through the swamp, casting eerie shadows through the trees and along the ground, as I listened to the haunting mixture of voices. The deep chop and long, mournful bawls of the hounds shattered the night, which previously had been quiet save the noise of the gusty…
The mist was rising off the surface of Lake Sidney Lanier on a brisk December morning as 14 boats left Little Hall Park in search of striped bass. It wasn’t an unusual sight since striper clubs often go out early to compete for cash and braggin’ rights, and this was a striper club. But today…
I like deep-diving crankbaits and hard-thumping Colorado blades on spinnerbaits. So… when I got wind that my latest GON fishing assignment would include a lesson on how to catch Sinclair largemouths on a drop-shot rig, I found myself looking more forward to the company than the means we’d be using to sling fish in the…
On High Falls Lake — and just about everywhere else — a jig ’n pig is considered a big-bass bait. “Seems like every time you catch a bass on a jig ’n pig on this lake, it’s a good one,” said my fishing partner on the lake last month. On Jan. 16, I spent an afternoon…
The gray light of dawn had just illuminated the woods, and I had just stopped my second sequence of calls when I heard him trotting on the dry hardwood leaves. I shouldered the gun, immediately, while I had a chance. A short minute later he came into view. I settled the crosshairs on his shoulder,…
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