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Fishing
“I’ve fished all over the United States and in Mexico, but Lake Weiss is the best bass lake that I know of.” Aaron Otting of Cartersville ought to know a good bass lake when he fishes one. During the 36 years that he was in the sporting goods business and the owner of Sportsman’s Supply…
Another hot Saturday in July and the Constant Threat was anchored near the wreck of a shrimp boat just a few miles east of the Fernandina Jetties at the Georgia-Florida border. Onboard with Gordon Rogers and I was Shelby Childers of St. Simons Island. We had departed from our normal slow-trolling strategy in favor of…
Phillip Everette could hardly have picked a more remote location to have an encounter with a rattlesnake. On Saturday, June 20, 1998, Phillip was working on top of Pigeon Mountain in northwest Georgia. Phillip was the cattle foreman for the Rollins Farm (now Mountain Cove Properties), and he had just moved a herd of cattle…
On June 13 of 1999, Brian Estes, of Milledgeville, was fishing in the tailrace below Lake Sinclair using a Zebco 33 and 16-lb. test line when something huge hit his live shad. After a 40-minute fight, that included the fish taking all the line right down to the knot, Brian landed a monster flathead catfish.…
Charlie Elliott passed away May 2, 2000 in Covington at the age of 93. The Outdoor Life columnist and outdoorsman, whose exploits were the inspiration for the comic strip character “Mark Trail,” is the namesake for the Charlie Elliot Wildlife Center, a state-owned area along the Jasper and Newton county line that includes Clybel WMA…
You’ve probably heard about the Flint River shoal bass that have been helping bass tournament fishermen win money on Lake Seminole in recent years. The same fish also inhabit the Flint above Lake Blackshear, in the region of the state between Macon and Columbus. They inhabit rocky currents, they have a reputation as a tough…
When GON publisher Steve Burch and I decided to fish as a team in the May 22-23, 1999 Altamaha Park Flathead Catfish Tournament, we knew better than to try to do it alone. We wanted a team with plenty of experience fishing for the big cats with rod-and-reel to fish with us. Several sources pointed…
At press time, eight of 10 Rocky Mountain elk accidentally released in Cherokee County on April 29 were still on the loose three weeks later. The number of escaped elk may climb, too. The elk were all cows that had been bred, and they are due to calve in early June. According to WRD Biologist…
As advertised, the Kids Dream Turkey Hunt provided by Realtree and GON was much more than just a turkey hunt. Thanks to the great folks at Realtree, 12-year-old Brett Garrett had the time of his life. Saturday, April 17, 1999 was cold. After nearly two weeks of beautiful, warm spring weather, the morning low dropped…
Wyatt’s first slab of the day came on his third cast — or third shot, to be exact. We had pulled up to a covered dock along the Chattahoochee River near Clarks Bridge and he rifled a 1/32-oz. jig into the dark, back corner of the dock, splitting a 12-inch gap between the dock and…
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