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Fishing
With the 2005 trout season in full swing, you might be thinking about planning a trip to one of north Georgia’s many trout streams. If you like beautiful scenery, easy wading, and abundant trout, then you would be wise to load up the truck and head to Wildcat Creek just north of Helen in northeastern…
They say the best laid plans of mice and men (and bass fishermen) often go astray. Such was the case when Frank Cobb and I decided to get an early taste of Lake Weiss’s famous springtime weedbed bassin’. In the only stroke of good fortune we encountered, after an initial batten’ down the hatches forecast…
The ol’ boy saw me coming. Salesman that he was, he had sized me up proper before I got in the door good. But, as they say, ignorance is bliss. And for taking up turkey hunting, I was fairly blissful. “Heard tell you was a’going turkey hunting this weekend,” he grinned. “First time, eh?” “Yeah,…
The heaviest spotted bass ever caught, weighed on certified scales and verified by state biologists is a Lake Burton fatty that pulled the scales to 8-lbs., 2-ozs. Wayne Holland, of Blairsville, caught the Burton spot on Feb. 23, 2005. The official Georgia state record, and Lake Burton record, measured 21 1/2 inches long, but it’s…
At about 2 p.m. on Jan. 4, 2004, David Kettering, of Kennesaw, arrived at the Little Pines Hunting Club in Heard County near Franklin. David is a member of the club, and he had made the trip to retrieve his 24-foot camper trailer for the off-season. He was accompanied by his 21-year-old stepson, Josh Swinks,…
The small hand-held scale registered 24 pounds. The battle was over, and I had won… sort of. The fish, a typical hard-charging lineside, never gave up, fighting all the way to the net and winning my admiration. It’s hard to not like the striper, the biggest, fastest and strongest of Georgia’s reservoir fish. Stripers, which…
Eighty-six Georgia bass clubs sent anglers to this year’s Georgia B.A.S.S. Chapter Federation Top Six tournament on West Point Lake. For the April 11-12 tournament, 502 anglers showed up to fish in hopes they’d make the top-12 cut and move on to the Southern Division tournament in June at Lake Okeechobee. The best-finishing angler in…
May is bream month. For any Yankees that may read these words, bream is Southernese for bluegill. I’ve given serious thought to corresponding this recommendation to George W. for his official proclamation. But I really think it is already such a consensus among us anglers that no official declaration is really necessary. May is the…
May is a month of transition on Lake Eufaula for both bass and bass fishermen. The water temperature is warming, and the spawning cycle is pretty much over. The bass that were easy pickings during previous weeks seem to either disappear or get a serious case of lock jaw. Fishing can be downright tough if…
Georgia anglers will have a new Public Fishing Area (PFA) in a few years, this one south of Perry. The lake will be built on an 860-acre tract purchased for the development of Houston County State Park. Fortunately for those of you who like to fish, WRD Fisheries will manage the future fishery on the newly…
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