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Fishing Reports

Bartletts Ferry Fishing Report – April 2025

Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.9 feet below 521. Temp: Upper 60s to low 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Tyler Morgan, with Summerland Outdoors, won the March 22 Lazy Man tournament with 14-11, beating the second-place weight of 14-10. Bass are hard-core spawning in April. Fish the back halves of pockets in Halawakee Creek. Early mornings,…

Lake Blackshear Fishing Report – April 2025

Blackshear: Level: Full at 237. Temp: 66 degrees. Clarity: Heavy stain. Bass: Tournament angler Chris Gray reports, “As we head into the month of April, the bass spawn is in full effect. I expect the majority of the big females and males (fry guarders) to be shallow all month long. The first two weeks of this…

Lake Blue Ridge Fishing Report – April 2025

Blue Ridge: Level: 8.6 feet below 1686. Temp: 48-56 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Eric Welch, of Welch’s Guide Service, reports, “Fishing has been good. It’s that time of year when spring is in the air, and the days are getting longer, which means water levels are coming up and the water temperature is on the rise. In…

Lake Allatoona Fishing Report – April 2025

Allatoona: Level: 4.5 feet below 840. Temp: 58-61 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “Allatoona is on fire this month. The month of April is when bass are in all phases of the spawn. Most of the largemouth will spawn this month. Some spotted bass began to spawn at the end of…

Georgia’s Longest 2024 Gator

Ever since the hype of “Swamp People,” catching an alligator seemed like something many people wanted to add to their bucket list. Well, on Sept. 22, 2024, four friends were able to check that one off their bucket lists! It took six years to build up his points, but Daniel Garrett finally got drawn for…

Turkey Mentoring

Last month, we covered some background on our turkey season that opens up on private lands on March 29 and on April 5 on public lands. By the time you’re reading this, many turkey hunters will have already been out in the woods searching for a longbeard. However, there was a great opportunity that was…

Good Times And Bad

Lookahere, I’m in a tad of a dab of a hurry—leaving for three days on Eufaula (YEEHAW!)—so hush up and lissen. This won’t take long, and includes some stuff you likely won’t believe and others you’ve known for years. Sort ‘em out for yourself. I’ve got a fan! Finally! Took 37 years, but one showed…

Letters To The Editor: April 2025

GON’s Next Generation Dear GON, After a long day at work, I came home to find my latest edition of GON in the mailbox. I sat down to check it out when my grandson Silas arrived and wanted to see what Papaw was doing. I soon realized this is now his favorite book because it…

11-Pounder In ABA Tournament!

Peyton Dunn, of Fitzgerald, won the ABA-AFT Division 25 tournament on Lake Hartwell on March 16. He weighed in 21.16 pounds. What was really exceptional about his bag of fish was that it was anchored by an 11.03-lb. largemouth. “To my knowledge, it’s the biggest bass weighed in on tournament scales for Hartwell,” said Peyton.…

Hog Hunters, Bass Angler Incident Leads To Boat Collision, 9 Dead Dogs And Charges

A group of five young hunters from North Carolina and more than a dozen dogs trained to find, chase and bay wild hogs were in a boat on Lake Russell Sunday afternoon, Feb. 9, hunting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers property that borders the Savannah River reservoir between Hartwell and Clarks Hill. Meanwhile, a…

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