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After walking the woods for 28 years as a timber cruiser, Jackie Bailey, of Harrison, has found his share of racks and shed antlers. But nothing compares to the rack and skull he stumbled upon March 4, 1999. Jackie was marking trees in a stand of big pines about 3 1/2 miles northeast of Kite…
GON editor Brad Gill joins Augusta’s Tim Rupert for a day of topwater fishing for Clarks Hill bass. The trip took place on June 9, 1999 as most of the largemouth bass were in a postspawn mode, but the blueback herring spawn was just getting started. Tim and Brad fished a Sammy and buzzbait for…
Dale and Blaine Burley of Woods-N-Water show GON editor Brad Gill how they catch trophy largemouth bass during the dog days of summer on small, trophy-managed, catch-and-release lakes in south Georgia. This episode originally aired in July, 1999 nationally on The Outdoor Channel and on dozens of local Georgia television stations. GON Videos Page
When a guy shows up to trout fish and his only “equipment” consists of a pair of old Nike tennis shoes that he calls wading shoes, the Orvis guys better wade for safer environs. My guide, Chris Scalley, poked fun at my wading shoes, made me put my baitcasting outfit back in the truck and…
“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…
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