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Fishing
“The clear water at Russell lets you see bedding and cruising fish in early May and catch them. I would much rather fish where I know a bass is seeing my bait, rather than just casting to a place hoping one will see it,” Bobby Stanfill told me as we discussed plans for fishing for…
“Come here to your sweet daddy!” Jack Wingate cackled as he swung the bream into the boat. “You are going into the Crisco!” he announced to the fish, as he unhooked the popping bug from its mouth. The mayflies are hatching on Lake Seminole and some of the most fun fishing of the summer has…
Quick! Which north Georgia public trout stream gives you the best chance to catch a trout bigger than 16 inches on any given day? If you answered Dukes Creek or Waters Creek, then you need to try fishing Smith Creek at Unicoi State Park. The mile-long section of Smith Creek downstream of Unicoi Lake’s dam…
Lake Bennett is one of 22 lakes scattered within the boundaries of the Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center, also known as Clybel WMA. The 70-acre lake is the second biggest on the area, second only to the popular and heavily-fished Lake Fox. Bennett offers good bream and bass fishing. One of the attractive things about Bennett…
With seven years of the annual Moby-In-The-Morning Bass Tournament in the books, there are several things you can count on for this Lake Allatoona event: a huge field of anglers including the top locals, a weigh-in before the biggest crowd of spectators you’ll see at a tournament, and hefty sacks of bass for the top…
Now that the first week of turkey season is coming to a close, you may be left scratching your head. What’s wrong? Maybe you’ve discovered that those special tricks you used last turkey season that nearly had birds running you over just don’t seem to be working that well this season. If you’re in the…
Brad Carroll, of Columbus, caught a 7-lb., 7-oz. monster shoal bass on March 6 that set a record on Lake Oliver, which is a small Georgia Power Co. impoundment on the Chattahoochee River near Columbus.
A unique and interesting wild turkey research project is in its second year at 8,000-acre Di-Lane Plantation WMA and 1,300-acre Alexander Tract WMA, both in Burke County. Wild turkeys have been trapped and fitted with radio transmitters and then followed through the mating and nesting season—and the results so far are bound to be interesting,…
WRD’s Game Management Section made the recommendation of 4 points on a side for the countywide quality deer management restrictions for Talbot County. WRD Biologist Scott McDonald looked at data from more than 300 deer supplied by Talbot County hunters. Based on the data, a 15-inch outside spread restriction, would have protected too high a percentage…
In his annual “state-of-the-city” speech to the Atlanta City Council on Jan. 5, Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell announced the city’s intention to hold firearm manufacturers responsible for injuries and deaths caused by criminal gun use in a lawsuit to be filed sometime this year. Already, state lawmakers have taken steps to try to block the…
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