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The first batch of tiny, fingernail-sized stripers from this year’s stocking program went to their new home last week, and how well they do there will be of great interest to biologists and anglers alike. The first stocking of the season took place May 18, 2005 at Lake Oconee, one of five middle Georgia lakes…
When folks near White, Ga. reported dead birds falling from the sky in late January, 2003, wildlife officials scrambled to the area and searched for the cause of a significant bird kill. They found the answer in poison-laced corn on the property of Roger Kahn, a two-time candidate for U.S. Congress. In January 2005, Kahn,…
A trough full of a high-protein, high-dollar deer food… what was once unheard of by most in Georgia is now a growing trend. Ten years ago you could count on two hands the number of landowners or property managers who had troughs filled with high-protein deer food. Now, there are several companies right here in…
It’s the little lake that keeps on producing bragging-sized bass. Last month we showed you a picture of a 12-lb., 6-oz. largemouth caught from Lake Varner. This month it is a 13-lb., 8-oz. monster that was caught from the 800-acre lake in Newton County. On April 28, 2005, Travis Smith, of Oxford, was fishing up…
If you pay close attention and promise to keep it to yourself, I will let you in on a little known, closely guarded secret in the trout fishing community. Trout anglers are well known for staying tight-lipped about things like this, but here it goes. Whether you are looking for a good place to spend…
For the May 14, 2005 Easter Seals tournament at Clarks Hill Lake, catching big sacks of largemouths compliments of the blueback-herring spawn was hit or miss. For those who found schooling activity, they had to weed through the hybrids and stripers to fill their livewell with largemouths. By 1 p.m., the team of Dale Gibbs…
If you like fishing shallow for bass in June, Bartletts Ferry Lake is a good choice. It has grassbeds, docks, blowdowns, brushpiles, rocks, and seawalls that all attract bass this month. And the bass are hungry and feeding heavily in all those areas, so they are generally easy to catch. Bartletts Ferry is a relatively…
We had run the boat for only a couple of minutes, scarcely reaching above idle speed as Jerry McClure rounded a bend into a pocket, the back of which ran along a road. Jerry dropped the trolling motor and maneuvered the Ranger into water that seemed too shallow for such a big boat. “This used…
The key to successful blue-water fishing off Georgia is the ability to drop everything when the weather is good and the fishing report is hot. That is exactly what the crew of the boat Hambone, based at St. Simons Island, did on May 12. The boat’s owner, veteran offshore angler Steve Hammock was joined by…
Traveling offshore of Georgia in search of world-class gamefish is not the average angling experience. After all, an average person wouldn’t leave the bed at 2 a.m. just to cross 90 miles of open Atlantic Ocean in the darkness so he or she can be on the fishing grounds at sunrise. A blue-water trip means…
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