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Bass Tournament Reports April 2005

March 26: R&R, Oconee It took 15.09 pounds to make it in the top 10 and get a check at R&R’s Oconee tournament last weekend. “There were some strong sacks brought in,” said Russ Ferguson, tournament director for R&R. First place and $4,000 went to the team of Benny Lanning of Covington and Rick Hollingsworth…

Realtree Kids April 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].

Scrapbook April 2005

Send photographs to: [email protected] or 4331 Seven Islands Road, Madison, GA 30650.  Please include name, subscriber number, hometown, county and date and any interesting caption details you would like to share.        

Spy-Cam April 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.            

Georgia Shifts Lineside Stocking Toward More Striped Bass In 2005, Far Fewer Hybrids

A look at this year’s statewide stocking proposals shows it’s not just five middle Georgia lakes that will see a lineside stocking change this year. All the lakes on the Chattahoochee River are on a list to receive striper fingerlings this May, including West Point and Eufaula. Statewide, nine reservoirs will be stocked with stripers…

Warm Season Food Plots For Quality Deer Management

By Rans Thomas and Blaine Burley Interest in food plots and quality deer management are at an all-time high with hunters and hunting-land managers across the nation. Producing better deer herds is the main goal. Given this increase in interest and available information on the subject, it is surprising how many food-plot programs consist of…

Fishing Legend Tom Mann Dies

William Thomas “Tom” Mann, 72, a legendary tournament fisherman, lure-maker, and television personality, passed away in Birmingham on Friday, February 11, 2005 from complications from his second heart surgery. Tom Mann started Mann’s bait company in 1958 with $5, and later he became one of the most popular personalities in the fishing industry. He won…

Talk Softly To A Lone Gobbler

I was proud to feel a little nip of coolness in the air as I put on my turkey vest and loaded my shotgun. Normally, I do not like cool temperatures during turkey season, especially if I am going to have to wade sloughs filled with water. This morning, however, it was a welcome change.…

Spring Break Fishing Trip

My itch to begin fishing usually begins with the first warm day in February. The temperature rises close to 60 or so, and I can’t help but think that the fish are as eager to get started feeding as I am to get out there and take advantage of them. Combine this urge with the…

Small Lake Profile: Boatwright’s Pond

Boatright’s Pond, pond No. 12 in the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Small Georgia Lakes Open to Public Fishing guide, was little more to me than one of the 169 listings in the guide. It was just another place to wet a hook until I started talking about fishing with Neil Jones of Blackshear. Neil…

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