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Fishing
The Zara Spook on Johnny’s line zig-zagged back toward the boat in a tight “V” pattern across the barely-rippled surface of Lake Burton. The water swirled behind the bait once, then twice from something unseen shadowing the lure. Then, when the bait was just 15 feet from the boat, the fish trailing it rushed, this…
Allatoona: Level: Down 5.9 feet below full pool. Temps: 53-55 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Excellent for spotted bass that are staged for the spawn and gorging on tiny threadfin shad. “Every staging area I know of is slap full of fish,” said guide Mike Bucca. “I’m seeing them breaking the surface and schooling in midday…
As always, it’s a mixed bag when you’re trying to gauge the statewide success from an opening day of a new turkey season in Georgia. Generally, the south Georgia folks fared far better than their brethren in middle and north Georgia. It was cold, but a more likely cause of the tough hunting were the…
Carters: Level: Six inches above full pool. Temp: Low 50s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: “Spring has finally arrived everywhere,” said Buddy Callahan of Bart’s Bait & Tackle. “The month you have been waiting for all winter is finally here.” Buddy said the bass are moving up to spawn, but April will go in three phases. During…
Burton: Level: 1.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 48-51 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow. A March 25 bass tournament was reportedly won with a catch of just four pounds! In April the bass should be staging on main-lake and secondary points getting ready to move up on the banks. Crankbaits like a Shad Rap or…
He is Georgia’s best-known crow hunter: Jerry Tomlin of Milledgeville has been hunting crows for more than 20 years. He has been guiding hunters for crows for about 13 years. You may have seen him at a Buckarama in his “Crow Roost” booth selling crow-hunting gear. He has been featured on nine television hunting shows,…
What does your hunting future hold? For those who love the outdoors, it’s an important question. The future of hunting in general is cloudy because of a variety of issues. But specifically, the future of your hunting may be cloudy for one primary reason — not having land to hunt. If a lease is where…
Encouraged by the successful quota deer hunts at Hard Labor Creek State Park last season, Georgia Parks is now planning a similar quota hunt at Fort Yargo State Park in Winder. Pending approval of the DNR Board of Natural Resources, two firearms hunts are planned to reduce an overpopulation of deer on the park, which…
A disease that is killing oak trees in California has been shipped to Georgia through infected nursery plants, and officials are fearful that if the fungus escapes into the Georgia woodlands it could be devastating to oak forests here. Monrovia, a major nursery supplier in California, shipped about 28,000 plants to Georgia from January of…
So you thought National Forest land was safe from the kind of rampant selloffs that prompted Weyerhauser to dump hundreds of thousands of acres of Georgia woodlands? Think again. If a proposal by the Bush administration goes through Congress, Georgia could lose more than 4,500 acres of the Chattahoochee and Oconee National Forests — including…
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