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“I knew one of us was going to get him,” said Travis Brantley when he saw the trail-camera photos of the 10-point buck. Travis and three buddies were hunting a 100-acre tract in Washington County and had nine trail cameras set out around their property. A particular 10-pointer kept showing up on their trail-camera pictures,…
This year lawmakers passed a bill that makes it legal to have scopes on muzzleloaders during the primitive-weapons week of deer season, and also on primitive-weapons hunts on Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs). In previous legislative sessions, bills that addressed the issue of scopes on muzzleloders were complicated when more-controversial measures like baiting and dog-hunting changes…
Flying Ant Recipe Hook: TMC 100 (Sizes 12-22) Gaster (Back “Ball”): Black Superfine Dubbing Wings: Dark Dun Hackle Tips Thorax: Brown Dry Fly Hackle Head: Black Superfine Dubbing Fishing Tips Although terrestrials (ants, beetles, grass hoppers, crickets, et cetera) are available year around, they are most prominent during the warm summer months. Those same pesky,…
Chattahoochee Tailwater Water temp: Mid 50s Chris Scalley of River Through Atlanta said that summertime is when the ‘Hooch really stands out above the rest because of its constant cool temps. “Thirty miles downstream of Buford Dam, it’s still no warmer than 58 degrees,” Chris said. Chris also noted that the fish will really be…
Craig Johnson is one of the most confident anglers I’ve ever had the pleasure of being in the boat with. “I can put the camera down there and show you 50 fish. You can sit there for three hours and not have a bite and then all of a sudden they turn on and you…
You read it right, “Go Deep for Weiss Summer Bass.” If you are familiar with this 30,000-acre impoundment of the Coosa River on the Georgia/Alabama border near Rome that might sound a little strange. Lake Weiss has a reputation, among those who know it, of being shallow; sometimes dangerously so. This lake has claimed many…
HD Marine tournament anglers beware… there’s a young ball of fire headed your way for the 2007 tournament season. His name is Ben Cleary. He’s 16 years old, and during his summer vacation he has been warming up his bass-fishing skills on Lake Jackson, where he lives. Besides living on a lake where he can…
There’s no mistaking it when a hybrid bass or striper hits a live bait. We caught several spotted bass on the live bluebacks we were fishing on downlines and freelines, and the spots seem to like to play with their food. The rod tip might bounce a few times before the indecisive spot really eats.…
The Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) recently held a two-day event at the Ocmulgee River Gun Club. The shoot was held on June 10th and 11th; registering 71 in the skeet competition and 47 in the sporting clays competition. Both events were split into five classes: rookie, junior-novice, junior-experienced, senior-novice, and senior-experienced. Cloud-free skies offered…
Inshore: The fishing has been excellent for big, 2- to 3-lb. trout. Capt. Greg Hildreth says to concentrate on areas closer to the ocean as many of the bigger trout move to the beaches. The bite on the beaches is very good, particularly on the Cumberland Island beach (see article on page 60). The redfish…
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