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Spy-Cam June 2005

Email your pics to [email protected]. Please include your name, GON subscriber number, hometown, county where the picture was taken, date, time and any interesting details for a caption. Print images can be mailed to GON Spy-Cam, 4331 Seven Islands Road, Madison, GA 30650.          

Realtree Kids June 2005

Send us a picture of your GON Realtree Outdoor kid. Email image and caption details (name, hometown, age, and county where critter or fish was taken) to [email protected].                

Conservation Law Enforcement Corner June 2005

On June 22, 2004 at approximately 11:30 a.m., DNR Ranger First Class Craig Fulghum received a call from a Georgia Power Co. employee who monitors security cameras installed at Yonah Dam. Yonah Dam is located at the upper end of the Tugaloo River above Lake Hartwell in Stephens County. The employee said he was watching…

Camp GOLIJA Fishing For Kids

Lindy Evans, of Lake Par,k deserves a big ol’ GON pat-on-the-back. Lindy is a retired teacher from Lowndes Middle School who is now spending his summer days running a fishing camp for kids. Camp GOLIJA stands for God, Lindy and Janice, his wife, and it started in 1991. The goal was to give kids a fun…

Editorial-Opinion June 2005

Conventional wisdom suggests that if you do anything positive to promote hunting in an urban setting, you are bound to fail. The antis will come out and shout you down. Conventional wisdom has some holes in it. If you are a sportsman in Georgia, you just had a positive month. May was good. I think…

Harvest More Deer To Feed A Teenager

Heard that there’s a plan to increase deer harvest numbers once again. What’s it up to now, about 97 per hunter? I remember when we didn’t have 97 deer in the state. But then I also remember when DNR Commissioner Noel Holcomb was the fastest deer-undresser, with a regular old kitchen-type butcher knife, you’d ever…

Albany’s Flint River Shoal Bass

The Flint River begins just south of Atlanta, where it bubbles up from a spring. From there it flows south until it ends at its confluence with the Chattahoochee River in Lake Seminole. Throughout this long stretch, it features sections of swift shoals as well as slower flowing, deep pools. This river offers scenic beauty…

GON June 2005

Features: Ambush Alleys For Bartletts Ferry Bass 10 locations and June patterns from Randy Duncan. Shallow cover near drop-offs will hold hungry June bass on this excellent lake for numbers of aggressive fish. Albany Area Flint River Shoal Bass The hard-hitting shoal bass in this stretch of the Flint often wait until midday to hit.…

Junior Tournament Bass Fishing Takes Big Step Forward

The Georgia Bass Chapter Federation’s first Junior Club State Championship was held April 30, 2005 on Clarks Hill Lake. Three junior teams participated in the first championship tournament. Anglers competed into two age classes, 11 to 14 and 15 to 18, with the winner of each age group advancing to the Junior World Championship, which…

Rocky Mountain PFA QFA: Quality Fishing Management

One of the best things Georgia anglers have going for us is variety. No matter what species is your passion, you can probably find a good place to fish for it in Georgia. Even better, for certain species, different bodies of water offer different opportunities. Want big fish? Go to Lake Catchabiggun. Want lots of…

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