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Fishing
Fred Duncan holds the current Lake Lanier hybrid bass record with a 12-lb. fish he caught on Dec. 22, 1992. Hybrid bass, a hatchery cross between white bass and striped bass, are not stocked into Lake Lanier, so Fred’s unusual — and big — hybrid catch from Lake Lanier may be a GON Georgia lake…
A weekend deer hunt on the Oconee National Forest in Putnam County turned into a nightmare for Marty James, of Lilburn, when a killer tornado tore through the woods and trapped him under a massive oak tree for more than four hours. Marty James and two friends, Paul Taylor and his son Doug, both of…
Twenty five years after fishing in the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society’s (BASS) first tournament, the late Jack Wingate, the legend from Lake Seminole, returned to Springdale, Ark. and Beaver Lake to fish the Bassmaster 25th Anniversary tournament. Jack was among 19 of the 106 anglers who fished the premier tournament who also participated in the…
Jeff Weege with the Lake Jackson shellcracker record, a 2-lb., 3-oz. fish he caught on April 22, 1992.
“Oh, I sure wish I could have caught that fish on my rod and feel,” said Don Fuller, of Kathleen, as he learned that his 3-lb., 7-oz. bluegill would have been a new state record had he not caught it in his hands. This fish story began on Saturday, April 18, 1992 when Don and…
Jack Anderson holds the current Lake Jackson hybrid bass record with a 15-lb., 2-oz. fish he caught on April 16, 1992.
Ask any turkey hunter, whether he’s a novice or a seasoned veteran, what his meaning of the perfect spring gobbler hunt is, and nine times out of 10 his tainted version will paint a picture sort of like this…. “Well, year before last I had seen this big ol’ bird in the field bottom fuzzed…
As February finally gives way to March, the largemouth bass in Lake Oconee gradually give in to Mother Nature and begin migration into shallow water. When March is coming to an end, the first wave of spawning bass are beginning to start bedding. The month of March has something to offer every bassin’ man. Crankbaits,…
If there is an axiom about killing big bucks on hunt clubs, it is this: “Guests Kill Big Bucks.” Stan Steiner, who works for the DNR Fisheries Section and runs Moosehead Taxidermy in Americus, is the proof of that rule. On Dec. 21, Stan was invited to hunt on a 1,200-acre private farm in Lee…
Before deer season opened this year, Jeff Hill, of Tucker, had been hoping that he would be lucky enough to take a mountable buck this season. He succeeded in a way far beyond his dreams. His Nov. 23 hunt turned out to be his ultimate deer-hunting fantasy. The 1991-92 deer hunting season hadn’t started out…
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