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The tournament scoreboard listed 103 boats vying for the top spot in a late-August tournament on Lake Weiss. Has to be a crappie tournament, right? This shallow reservoir on the Coosa River near the Alabama and Georgia border is one of the finest crappie lakes in the Southeast, if not the country. Anglers from as…
On a windy Wednesday evening in mid-September, we were nestled under the Kellogg Creek bridge at Lake Allatoona. We had planned to fish the following Saturday, but Hurricane Ivan was due to arrive on Thursday and the lake was likely to be unfishable by Saturday. Lyndon Kolb, Cy Grajcar, Gary Holt and I had come…
Carters Lake has long been known for its trophy spotted bass. Spots of five pounds and more are not uncommon on this deep north Georgia reservoir north of Atlanta off I-575. The habitat in Carters is simply perfect for this feisty fish, and the catches over the years are a great indication of that fact.…
The “Home of the Monster Cats” has done it again… the Altamaha River in the Jesup area has yielded another monster catfish. Already home to the heaviest flathead catfish ever caught on rod and reel in Georgia, a 67 1/2-pounder wrestled to the side of a boat by Gene Middleton in 2000, the Altamaha last…
Since 1990, GON has been compiling lake and river records for 36 Georgia lakes and rivers. Over that period the largemouth-bass record at Lake Blackshear remained unfilled. Not anymore. We finally received documentation on a largemouth entry — and it’s a good one. On Tuesday evening, June 5, Clint Brownlee of Tifton was fishing with…
If kids are the future of hunting and fishing, the Ducks Unlimited Greenwings event in Walton County provided an encouraging display of support. On August 13, the Walton County Ducks Unlimited Chapter held its annual Greenwings event in Social Circle at Jaw-Doc Farm owned by Dr. David Allen. According to Georgia DU Greenwings coordinator Louie…
April is the time of year to be on Georgia’s lakes in search of slab-sized crappie. The fish can be caught using a variety of methods including trolling with minnows, pitching jigs to brush or even fishing bridge pilings. However, if you crappie fish any Georgia reservoir, especially those with lots of docks, shooting jigs…
My dad taught me to fish at the two lakes in Stone Mountain Park. He enjoyed taking me in April — a prime time for fishermen, and kids of all ages, to get bit shallow. He’d give me a canepole equipped with a gold hook, a small sinker, a long-skinny bobber and a minnow. While…
I just couldn’t believe it. It was early April, the water temperature was in the high 60s and Rick Howard of Warner Robins wanted to troll in 30 feet of water to try and show me a Jackson crappie. I thought, shouldn’t we be in the backs of the pockets looking for a shallow bite?…
Every September you probably take the same approach to the opening day of dove season that many people do: sit and wait for a friend with a good dove field to invite you on a shoot. If so, it may seem a little early to start thinking about a good dove shoot, but not if…
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