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Fishing
We ducked under blowdowns, pushed our way through rhododendron thickets and crossed a trout stream four times, but finally, after 50 minutes of walking, wiggler tops popped and cricket cages opened. As lines begin to wet and move down swift cur- rents into knee-deep pools, three teenage boys — and their fathers — reminded me…
Many bass fishermen think June means slower bass fishing as the fast action of spring becomes just a memory. But bass are moving onto predictable patterns and holes this month, and the action can even be better than it was looking for scattered bass in the spring. Lake Sinclair is one of our best lakes…
Chattahoochee Tailwater Water temp: Mid 50s Duane Stalnaker said that the hatches on the ‘Hooch below Buford Dam are dwindling down, but that there are still a few caddis and blue-winged olives flying around. If there aren’t enough of those hatching to make the trout look up, don’t hesitate to tie on a nymph. Duane…
This is not supposed to be happening. There is a steady wind blowing 15 to 20 miles per hour out of the northeast; the temperature at 8:30 a.m. is in the very low 60s, clouds low, dark and threatening; the Altamaha River reading at Jesup is a little over two feet lower than what we…
Fishing guide Bobby Wilson has often told me that crappie fishing was hot on West Point, even when most anglers aren’t targeting the species. See, crappie fishing is a popular activity in the late winter and early spring, when giant numbers of the fish are moving from deep to shallow to spawn. But when the…
Ziiiipppp. I heard the drag on Randy Childers’ reel make that distinctive sound that tells anglers they have just hung into something solid. When I turned and looked, Randy’s rod was doubled over, and his line was still. “Stump?” I asked. “Good fish,” Randy replied, not really talking to me as much as affirming the…
Flounder season is here, and the early run of fish in southeast Georgia has some flounder the size of doormats just waiting to be caught. The fish have migrated back inshore from their winter haunts to the sand around nearshore reefs and wrecks. Now is the time to cash in on some hard fighting and…
“There’s one on there… it’s a good ’un, too,” Kenny Scott said. Kenny, who lives in Madison, was looking up at his flathead fish- ing buddy, Jason Knight of Good Hope, with a giant grin on his face. I was standing in the back of the boat with my camera in hand, just dying to…
Stimulator Hook: Size 6-12 Underbody: Dubbing Overwing & Tail: Elk or Deer Hair Rib: Gold or Silver Wire Hackle: Dry Fly Matched to Size/Color Head: Dubbing w/ Palmered Hackle Bead Head Pheasant Tail Hook: Size 8-24 Head: Gold Bead Tail, Thorax, Wing Case & Legs: Pheasant Tail Fibers Rib: Gold or Silver Wire “I…
A four-foot-long blue catfish caught from the Chattahoochee River below the Columbia Lock & Dam has broken a state record that has stood for more than 26 years. On April 1, 2006, James Tyus of Brinson and his brother Eric went to the Lake Andrew tailrace to try out the fishing. “A buddy had told…
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