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Paradise PFA Crappie Fishing

April in south Georgia brings warm weather and some of the best fishing of the year for speckled perch. Paradise PFA, just east of Tifton, offers crappie anglers a super public area with tons of options for a mess of April crappie. Few Georgia Public Fishing Areas can boast the history and fishing success of Paradise…

November Wildlife in Mind

November is a quiet time of year for habitat management, relatively speaking, but there are always a few things you could do-and things you don’t have to do-out there in your habitat. This month’s column looks at a few items on which readers have asked for more information. We recently received questions concerning minerals: if,…

North Georgia Fly Fishing Report – April 2006

Chattahoochee Tailwater Water temps: Upper 40s to lower 50s. Chris Scalley of River Through Atlanta is excited about April. Why?  “Caddis flies are everywhere!” Chris said. “The hatch is thick from Cochran Shoals and makes its way upstream through Settles.” Chris said there are a lot of trout rising and that this should last through…

PFA Fishing Reports – April 2006

Marben Farm PFA: Level: Full. Clarity: Clear. Temp.: 60 to 62 degrees. Bass: Plastic worms in black, blue and purple have been effective. Jigs have also been productive for some anglers. Most of the bass caught are in the 2- to 3-lb. range, with a few larger ones being caught as they begin to move…

Following The Bass Spawn At Lake Weiss

The hardwood ridges of north Alabama were still brown, but the Bradford pears blooming around valley homes were a sure sign that spring had sprung. A day of fishing on Alabama Power’s Lake Weiss was in store, and with spring on the way, the hope was to find some prespawn bass. By mid April the…

Jack Wingate: Sage Of Lake Seminole

On September 1 of this year, 2006, Jack Wingate will be 76 years old. Sitting over breakfast in his lodge at Lake Seminole a couple of weeks back, I told him he looked 25. “I feel 25,” he instantly retorted. “Most of the time. But this morning, I’ve already done shows for seven radio stations…

Rooster Shellcracker Biting On Lake Seminole

“Some great fishing is about to happen here…” Allen Carter’s voice was full of excitement as he surveyed Big Sem’ s waist-high grass and the multitude of minnows, lake shiners, bream of several varieties and bass moving in and out of its root systems. He was continually pointing to some slight shudder of stem as…

Oconee Bass Shallow And Feeding – Time For April Power-Fishing Fun

Here in Georgia, there is no better month for bass fishermen than April, at least for anglers who like to fish fast and like their bass to be aggressive. This month big bass are shallow and feeding, either getting ready to spawn or in a postspawn feeding mode. It is a great month for big bass,…

Evans County PFA – A Good Ol’ Fishin’ Hole

While the Fort Stewart ponds get much of the fanfare in the Savannah area, the Evans County Public Fishing Area (PFA) operated by the Wildlife Resources Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources quietly produces great catches of bass, bluegill, shellcrackers, and catfish. The almost 400-acre area is located in Daisy, adjacent to the…

Trout Fly Of The Month – April

Elk Hair Caddis Hook: Size 12-18 Thread: Brown Hackle: Furnace cock Saddle Hackle Rib: Fine Gold Wire Body: Dark Hare’s Fur Wing: Elk Hock Hair “I love this time of year!  The caddis have already begun hatching and will continuously escalate the next several months.  Caddis can be fished in almost every stage; however, fishing…

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