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All of us have experienced those rare, sweet moments when something good happens to people we know. You know the feeling, that warm inner glow you get, a swelling of pride that something that ought to have happened, some special reward or recognition, has been bestowed on one of the good guys. It happened recently.…
The smash of a healthy largemouth bass attacking a topwater bait is one of those things that avid anglers don’t soon forget. Nothing is more likely to get a serious bass fisherman’s adrenaline flowing than an explosive topwater strike from a big fish on a quiet summer morning. Bass are predators by nature, and they…
The proposal to breach portions of the Eagle Phenix and City Mills dams along the Chattahoochee River in downtown Columbus was recently approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers division office in Atlanta. The project, which now sits in a planning and specs stage, has some fishermen upset. “I’m wondering what impact it’s going…
No sound is music to the striper fisherman’s ears like an Ambassadeur 6000’s baitclicker sounding off. Your heart jumps in your throat and anticipation mounts as the first few slow “click, click, click” signals the fun is about to begin. When the sound changes to a loud, raucous “clikikikikikikikikikikikik” it is the ringside bell signaling…
Oh boy… it’s July. I’m going to make a prediction about those of you who are going to fish public waters this month: Ninety percent of your casts will be with either a deep-diving crankbait or a Carolina rig. Have fun. Terry Lee of Griffin said he’s fishing shallow grass all day — early with…
After a week-long investigation, WRD was able to locate the owner of a mystery cow elk that was found roaming the banks of the Broad River in Madison County in early June. The elk saga began with a phone call to the Wildlife Resources Division on June 12. “I was on call and got the…
“Get the net!” said Sarah Willard, who was hanging onto her rod as a hybrid bass flashed and pulled next to the boat. Sarah’s dad, Clarks Hill linesides guide Dave Willard, stepped to the gunnel with the net, scooped, and netted a silvery, 3-lb. hybrid. Dave unhooked the fish, and was holding the fish in…
The first Sidney Lanier Bridge was constructed in the mid-1950s and served as a Golden Isles landmark until it was replaced with a new state-of-the-art cable structure in 2004. The old bridge was built with a combination of concrete roadbed and a metal lift span. Over the years, the machinery grew finicky, and the commercial…
When 17-year old Kyle Thigpen joined his parents Joan and Buddy of Brunswick for a 2005 Father’s Day trip aboard the family boat, Get The Net, he really wasn’t that enthusiastic. Perhaps if he’d known he was in for a date with fishing destiny, he’d have been a bit more excited. Given his family heritage,…
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