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Fishing
With the temperature on the field in Athens hovering in the mid 90s for a 5:30 GA vs SC nail-biter, it’s hard to imagine water cooling down, but it always does. By Georgia/Florida weekend the boat ramp parking lots up and down the coast will be as packed as the Gator Bowl RV City parking…
Sam Taylor, of Box Springs, knows something about catching bass and big bass in particular. GON keeps records of the biggest Georgia largemouth bass of all time. To even make it onto GON’s Georgia’s Biggest Bass of All Time list, a bass must have a certified weight of 14 pounds. Sam Taylor’s name is on that…
May can be a magical month for Georgia bass fishermen. The weather has settled down into hot days, but the winds and storms of spring are mostly over. And the bass have settled down, too. They are bunching up on structure and feeding, and they are in predictable patterns. Lake Jackson is an excellent place…
In its infancy, the Hugh M. Gillis Public Fishing Area (PFA) in Laurens County was favorably compared to its neighboring PFA in Dodge County, but as it entered its third year of operation in 2006, Gillis PFA showed definite signs of making a name for itself. If you’re looking for a fat mess of fine-eating…
Back in the 1950s, the American Humane Society was responsible for setting up animal shelters across the country, a needed and valuable venture that dealt with stray dogs and cats. Apparently some folks wanted the organization to get more involved in animal-rights’ issues. A split occurred, and the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)…
The Eliminator Series matches top Georgia bass tournament anglers head-to-head, and the diaries of these competitions offer invaluable bass fishing information to anglers. This months matches took place on West Point and Clarks Hill, and they offer great insight to April bass fishing on these lakes. You’ve read about the fishing success of the Millsaps…
For about 18 years, Pat Ratanajantra has fished Lake Allatoona. These days, his reputation on the lake is for being an excellent jigging-spoon fisherman for linesides — white bass, hybrids and stripers. And unlike most fishermen, a jigging spoon is Pat’s go-to bait year round. “Most people associate jigging spoons with wintertime and vertical jigging…
Allatoona: Level: Down 1.9 feet below full pool. Temps: 72 degrees. Clarity: Very clear. Bass: Excellent for numbers of 1- to 2-lb. spotted bass. “It simply doesn’t get any better than it has been for the entire month of April. Forty- to 60-fish days have been the norm,” said guide Mike Bucca. The spotted bass…
For trout fishing tips, visit <www.RabunTU.com> To add to the enjoyment of a day on the stream with a fishing companion, you can “score” each other’s falls (note: a lone angler is neither capable nor qualified to score his own falls). Falls are scored on a scale of 1 to 10 points. The angler with…
Inshore: The inshore fishing for trout has been very good lately, and this month it should get even better with more big fish coming into play. Capt. Greg Hildreth said he’s had some good catches on live bait on slip-float rigs. “The sight fishing for the inshore reds has also been good. I had some…
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